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November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Definition of Special Employment

The author states "An employee’s right to compensation under New York’s Workers’ Compensation law is the sole remedy available against their employer for work-related injuries. An employee may have more than one employer for purposes of workers' compensation – a general employer and a special employer. The general employer is the employee’s primary employer and is responsible for hiring and providing wages and benefits."
10 minute read
November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

When It Comes to Local Law 97 Compliance, You’ve Gotta Have (Good) Faith

New York City building owners faced with compliance obligations under New York City Local Law 97 of 2019’s strict greenhouse gas emissions caps are finding little relief from the law’s alternate compliance options. Rusty Pomeroy reviews the current state of play for some of Local Law 97’s built-in alternate compliance methods and discusses the DOB’s recent rulemaking establishing the “good faith efforts” requirements.
8 minute read
November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Thursday Newspaper

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November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Judge Precludes Ballistics Expert's Opinion on Scene for 2016 Fatal Police Shooting

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
2 minute read
November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-63

A judge may not participate in efforts to honor a trailblazing physician with a postage stamp, where such efforts include petitioning the U.S. Postal Service and/or elected officials, and have no connection to the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice.
5 minute read
November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Poll Workers Seek Contempt Against Rudy Giuliani, Alleging Continued Defamation

The contempt motion said the disbarred and indicted former New York City mayor had clearly committed "unambiguous violations of the Consent Injunction, and the Court should hold him in civil contempt.”
2 minute read
November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'A National Calamity': US Judge Says Archegos Founder Bill Hwang Should Get 18-Year Sentence for Fraud, Market Manipulation

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein deferred ruling on restitution and ordered the parties to return to court on Thursday to discuss forfeiture.
4 minute read
November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

New York Financial Services Watchdog Adopts Rules to Rein In Prescription Benefit Managers

New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne Harris said new regulations will help protect New Yorkers’ access to prescription drugs, prohibit business practices that increase the cost of those drugs, and ensure that small, independent pharmacies compete on a level playing field with large pharmacies affiliated with pharmacy benefit managers, who decide the availability of prescription drugs and their costs.
3 minute read
November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Big Law Partner Presented With State Bar's Scheindlin Award

The Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom is presented each year to a female litigator who has distinguished herself in New York courts and who has shown a commitment to mentoring young attorneys in the legal community.
3 minute read
November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'A World of Credit': Ex-FTX Executive Gary Wang Sentenced to Time Served Following Cooperation

“I’ve never seen anything quite like what happened here,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan told the defendant, who he said had “limited culpability" in the massive fraud that led to the collapse of the fund and some $11 billion in investor and lender losses.
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