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 Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 23, 2024
(1) A judge who previously served as General Counsel to the District Attorney is disqualified from presiding over any matter that the judge knows he/she was personally involved in or supervised in any way as an attorney, even minimally.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen and Laura A. Brevetti | April 23, 2024
Weighing in on Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, two veteran criminal defense attorneys say that the defense will have to deal with the prosecution's theory of why the payments were made—and create its own countertheory.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | April 23, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature got the job done before the Passover observance and recess—what a difference a couple of hundred years, many zeroes, and politico-speak make, a Law Journal columnist writes.
By Brian Lee | April 23, 2024
The Empire State's attorney countered by painting the New York Civil Liberties Union's request for 20 years' of state troopers' disciplinary records as "unduly burdensome," while estimating that it would take a full-time employee working on nothing else about 22 years to respond, and a part-time employee more than 40 years.
By Emily Saul | April 23, 2024
"Michael Cohen would call me and say, 'We would like for you to run a negative article on a certain—let's say it's on Ted Cruz,'" Pecker testified, recalling part of how the arrangement worked. "And then he, Michael Cohen, would send me negative information on Cruz, or Ben Carson, or Marco Rubio." Pecker added his staff would then "embellish" the fictional accounts from there.
By Patrick Smith | April 23, 2024
The growth of private debt and equity funds is fueling support for their corporate practices, evident in the Am Law 100 financial results.
By Marianna Wharry | April 23, 2024
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By Chris O'Malley | April 23, 2024
Stretch joined the e-commerce company as chief legal officer in February 2023, his first in-house role since his 2013-19 run as the social media company's general counsel.
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