New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Katherine B. Forrest | April 29, 2024
If you are wondering what the next big thing in AI is, it's AI agents. No doubt about it. Their capabilities are exciting, a little scary and essentially unknown. For legal practitioners, the issues that AI agents raise are complex.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jeremy A. Cohen | April 29, 2024
The Court of Appeals recently took up successor jurisdiction for the first time. In response to a question certified to it by the Second Circuit, the court held that an entity that acquires all of another entity's liabilities and assets also inherits the selling entity's jurisdictional status.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | April 26, 2024
In 'Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhoods, et al., v. Village of Chestnut Ridge', the Second Circuit considered whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs' complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the basis that plaintiffs lacked constitutional standing.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Merril Sobie | April 26, 2024
To an observer, Family Court appears to be, with minor exception, similar to every judicial tribunal. However, the foundation, philosophy, and experiences of Family Court are unique.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elisa Reiter, Daniel Pollack and Jeffrey C. Siegel | April 25, 2024
According to a survey sponsored by the OJJDP, 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year; 90% of them are eyewitnesses to domestic violence incidents. From a legal perspective, are there some approaches and strategies to keep in mind when the alleged perpetrator is the "new parent" and the eyewitness is their stepchild rather than biological child?
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Larry P. Schiffer | April 25, 2024
Much like judges, mediation purists believe that a good mediator can manage any dispute because mediation skills, like judicial skills, apply across every type of dispute in every type of industry.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Corinne Ball | April 24, 2024
In March, the Seventh Circuit held that the same safe harbor provisions in the Bankruptcy Code may also extend to leveraged acquisitions structured as a purchase of privately held stock.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Noah J. Hanft and Lorraine D. Mandel | April 24, 2024
Arbitration has evolved significantly in the last decade. What general counsel once viewed skeptically has now become the norm and an effective method to resolve disputes. Noah Hanft, arbitrator and mediator with FedArb, along with co-author Lorraine Mandel, also an arbitrator and former general counsel, will walk readers through the many historic concerns of arbitration and update for its current approach.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By James J. Beha II and Brendan F. Quigley | April 24, 2024
In a significant decision regarding the scope of the federal securities laws' anti-fraud provisions, the U.S. Supreme Court held that "pure omissions" are inactionable under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act and its enabling rule, SEC Rule 10b-5.
By Scott Mollen | April 23, 2024
Scott Mollen discusses "Henry v. Khan," "East 54th Operating LLC v. Brevard Owners, Inc.," and "Batts v. Carrion."
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