August 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Litigation Department of the Year Finalist, Intellectual Property: Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone"It's impossible not to single out our role in enjoining Idaho's HB 71, a law banning gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth. That case underlined our commitment to pro bono work and social justice issues that we believe in."
By NYLJ Staff
3 minute read
August 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Generative AI: Confidentiality, Verification, Client Consent and BillingIn his Virtual Lawyering column, Mark Berman discusses Formal Ethics Opinion 512, issued in July by the American Bar Association, which addresses lawyers' use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI). Berman writes: "Many lessons are taught by the Opinion and they should become part of a lawyer's calculus when using GAI."
By Mark A. Berman
8 minute read
August 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Balancing Roots and Rights: Innovating Marital Residence Provisions in Prenuptial AgreementsOne of the most significant, and oftentimes complex, pieces of prenuptial agreement negotiations relates to residences purchased during the marriage. A creative and proactive approach is called for.
By Alyssa Rower and Jaime St. Peter
8 minute read
August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Legal Fee Award; Constructive Trust, Unjust Enrichment, and Conversion: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law DigestScott Mollen discusses "COD, LLC v. Ljuljdjuraj," and "Rojas v. Roche."
By Scott Mollen
16 minute read
August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal
From Beyond the Grave: Which Trust To Trust?Complex estates—whether they're complicated because of assets or family situation—take special handling, and the estate holder may want to control who gets what and how—even after they're gone. Two types of trusts can help achieve this goal, but which should they choose, and why? Trusts & estates and tax law attorney David I. Faust, partner at Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, explains.
By David I. Faust
7 minute read
August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal
IRS Targets Related-Party Basis ShiftingOn June 17, 2024, the IRS released Notice 2024-54, which states that the IRS and the Treasury Department intend to issue proposed regulations relating to partnership basis adjustments resulting from transactions between related parties. The proposed regulations would introduce massive additional complexity to an area of the tax law that is already complicated.
By Ezra Dyckman and Charles S. Nelson
6 minute read
August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Mayor's Advisory Committee To Hold Hearing on Fitness of Judicial CandidatesThe public hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, is for receiving information regarding Mayor Eric Adams 's nominees for Criminal and Family Court judges.
By Patricia Kane
2 minute read
August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal
AG Guidance Highlights the Dangers of Website TrackingPaul Greene, partner at Harter Secrest & Emery, discusses the risks inherent in website tracking, including use of tracking pixels, cookies, and other tracking tools, viewed against the backdrop of recent regulatory developments, including the new NYAG guidance.
By F. Paul Greene
8 minute read
August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal
The Elusive 4th Amendment Particularity Rules for ESIIn his Cyber Crime column, Peter Crusco reviews some recent case law that spotlights the ever developing area of the law surrounding search warrants targeting electronically stored information, or "ESI."
By Peter A. Crusco
10 minute read
August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Art, Shame and Criminal LawDavid Lenefsky asks whether "we have in our civil community, by and large, lost the ability to feel and/or recognize shame—and, if so, what consequences do we suffer as a society?"
By David Lenefsky
7 minute read
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