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Corporate Counsel

New DOJ Pilot Program Creates New Legal Risks for Startups

The DOJ has created new incentives for employee, or anyone, to report criminal misconduct allegedly committed by companies and their agents. Given their often laxer internal reporting structures and higher employee turnover rates, startup companies should pay particularly close attention to this new DOJ development to best mitigate legal risks.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cameras in New York State Courtrooms: A Short Update

On balance, we believe that New York should join the majority of jurisdictions that permit cameras in the courtroom. In our opinion, the factors favoring legislative change are overwhelming.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Biblical Reconciliation Between Judaism and Islam: A Lesson for Everyone, Everywhere

Given the current deep divide in America on everything—politics, economics, race and human rights—and everywhere—urban/rural, coastal/heartland, and the widespread lack of tolerance for diversity and treatment of opponents as enemies, is it fair to ask whether Americans can live together peacefully and treat the public interest as taking precedence over private privilege and personal political expediency?
6 minute read

Law.com

Eighth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Police Officers Who Removed Street Preacher From Festival

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently upheld the grant of summary judgment to an Iowa city and several police officers in their individual capacity in a Section 1983 suit brought by a street preacher who was removed from a festival area but allowed to continue his preaching across the street from the festival's entrance.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

My Six-Trial Year

Tarter Krinsky partner Richard Schoenstein offers 10 tips for navigating a civil trial, based on his recent experience trying six cases between July 2023 through June 2024.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

When There Are No Custody Heartstrings To Pull

There is something about parental arguments over children, otherwise known as custody disputes in the matrimonial arena, that generate a spectrum of emotions not seen in the context of disputes over dollars.
8 minute read

International Edition

The Rise of Legal Finance in Spain's Growing Market

With appropriate regulation and fast litigation times, the country's litigation finance market is increasing quickly.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How to Recognize Relocation Cold Feet: 5 Tips for Employers When Hiring a Nonlocal Candidate

Relocation has become more challenging for companies post-pandemic. Great candidates who became accustomed to hybrid or remote work arrangements are less enthusiastic about uprooting. The degree of difficulty in successfully recruiting non-locals has risen considerably.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

SCOTUS, Common Sense and the Limits of Climate Change Litigation

In defense of our legal system, the law that is developed in courts and legislatures quite regularly reflects the wisdom of the average citizen. When it does not, we should be skeptical.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fully Human Lawyer: The Secret Thoughts of Lateral Partner Hires

Many laterals don't have a clear grasp of the unwritten rules of success at their new firms—and the firms don't have clue about that, Lauren Krasnow writes.
11 minute read

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