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By Brian Lee | February 29, 2024
Lurie Daniel Favors, executive director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, was appointed to the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, which drew controversy as lawmakers considered creation of the body in 2023.
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By Carla Varriale-Barker | February 29, 2024
The New York Legislature recently enacted the CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination in employment and educational opportunities. Following this, Governor Kathy Hochul also signed the Health Equity and Opportunity legislative package. This article discusses why this legislation is important for greater health equity and the specific actions schools, stylists, and insurers can take to remain in compliance.
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By Brian Lee | February 28, 2024
Bill sponsors say the measure is aimed at preventing forum-shopping and to designate those courts as experts in redistricting matters.
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By Gail Suchman, Eva Schneider and Samuel Zarkower | February 28, 2024
Last year, New York Senator Jessica Ramos introduced S. 2510-A, which would require all major projects located in or adjacent to a "disadvantaged community" to submit a written enhanced public participation plan to NYSDEC as part of the proposed project's permitting process. This article summarizes the bill's requirements and explores both the benefits and drawbacks of the bill as currently drafted.
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By Gail J. Cohen | February 27, 2024
The new Online Harms Act also raises the maximum punishment for advocating genocide online to life in prison.
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By Patricia Kane | February 27, 2024
Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure—RPAPL 1501 Complaint Reinstated—Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA)—CPLR 213(4)(b)—Lender…
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By Cheryl Miller | February 27, 2024
The state bar's executive director, Leah Wilson, said she wouldn't recommend asking lawmakers for the full $164 increase in 2025 given its large size.
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By Brian Lee | February 26, 2024
The prosecutorial watchdog will be naming Friedman its inaugural administrator, a newly created position resembling Commission on Judicial Conduct Administrator and Counsel Robert Tembeckjian's job.
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By Cheryl Miller | February 23, 2024
"As the technology develops, the laws have to try to keep up with them," said Husch Blackwell partner Mhare Mouradian. "And it's definitely a race."
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By Allison Dunn | February 21, 2024
Attorneys with Seyfarth Shaw, on behalf of CVS Health Corp., moved to dismiss the third count of the complaint brought by the plaintiff, Brendan Baker, who accused CVS of violating a state law known as the "Lie Detector Statute."
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In Memoriam: Richard "Dick" K. DeScherer (1944-2024) We mourn the loss of our friend and former partner and Co-Chairman, Richard "Dick" K. DeScherer. Dick was a member of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP for more than 24 years. He was the consummate business lawyer, wonderful colleague and true friend. He joined the Bloomberg organization in 2012, a client for whom he had served as their principal legal advisor since their inception, and later was appointed as a member of their board. Dick's knowledge and experience were unparalleled, as evidenced by appointment to leadership and board positions at numerous well-respected organizations. He was deeply involved in civic and community engagements through his work with the S.L.E. (Lupus) Foundation, Lupus Research Institute, United Hospital Fund of New York, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, National Dance institute, and Baryshnikov Dance Foundation, among others. He received an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1970, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1969, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1966. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. We offer our sincerest condolences to his family, including his wife Jennie, son Christopher and wife Amanda, daughter Kate, and grandchildren Emmett, Serena, George, Emily and Madeline. We will remember Dick with the utmost respect, admiration and affection. His loss will be felt by his many friends and colleagues at Willkie, and by all those whose lives he touched.
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