By Sareena Sawhney | March 14, 2024
Estate theft often goes undetected because family members cannot identify red flags or know how to investigate potential theft. This article identifies and discusses those red flags and the benefits of forensic accounting.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas Kjellberg and Robert W. Clarida | March 14, 2024
In 'Philpot v. Independent Journal Review', the Fourth Circuit reversed the district court's findings regarding fair use and copyright registration validity.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward E. Neiger, Marianna Udem and Joo Hee Park | March 14, 2024
This issue of the Bankruptcy Update column focuses on the recent biotech industry bankruptcy cases of Zymergen and Humanigen.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Philip M. Berkowitz | March 13, 2024
The New York Department of Financial Services imposed a $30 million penalty on the New York branch of a foreign bank. The fine had nothing to do with employment discrimination or wage-and-hour issues—but it was the outcome of an internal transfer of a single New York-based employee to an overseas affiliate, and is a lesson in how financial services clients are at risk of penalties going far beyond those that are normally imposed by employment law regulators.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael B. Gerrard | March 13, 2024
Faced with a severe housing shortage, NYC is exempting the construction of much new housing from the environmental review processes and taking many other steps to encourage such construction throughout the city. Several of these moves will also help the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
By Jodi Stein, Eva C. Schneider and Sam Zarkower | March 13, 2024
The authors discuss New York's "City of Yes" zoning amendments pertaining to carbon neutrality.
By Scott Mollen | March 12, 2024
Scott Mollen discusses "HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Nicholas," and "71st Props. LLC v. New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Catherine Nyarady and Crystal Parker | March 12, 2024
An en banc panel of the Federal Circuit will soon decide whether to amend its long-standing framework for assessing design patent obviousness, known as the 'Rosen-Durling' test. The forthcoming decision in 'LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations' will be the first en banc decision the Federal Circuit has issued in a design patent case since 2008.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jerry H. Goldfeder | March 12, 2024
While most Americans are focused upon trials and court rulings impacting the 2024 presidential election, this article takes a moment to review two significant New York-related developments. In both cases, the goal was to expand voting rights. As of now, one succeeded and one did not.
By Louisa DeRose and Sarah Hechtman | March 12, 2024
The fundamental goal of mediation is to allow parties to maintain autonomy over the decisions that will govern their family. The reviewing attorney not only helps his or her client to make knowing decisions, but also aids the mediator by more fully exploring issues which the mediator, as a neutral, may feel constrained to avoid.
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