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On appeal to the Second Circuit, the case centered on whether the pieces at 5Pointz could qualify as having achieved "recognized stature," a term which until now has largely eluded a precise definition.

Chief diversity officers, as well as so-called "concierge services," have become increasingly in demand among law firms as they jockey to recruit and retain the women and minority attorneys demanded by many clients.

Laura Friedrich, who had been at Shearman for 12 years, said clients had reacted positively to her move to Willkie.

This essay is a "step back" from the author's tenure in different roles at the Court of Appeals spanning the last quarter of the last century. The reminiscences recounted here, however, are from his more recent endeavors as a witness in various cases.

While a claim of conversion has grown to extend beyond tangible property to keep up with computerized use, courts are still grappling with how far to extend the tort. In their Commercial Division Update, Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer explore the expansion of conversion claims to cover intangible property.

Interviews and court documents trace the New York firm's efforts to woo a major pension fund client.

This essay examines 'People v. Thomas' and the law of appellate waivers. To borrow Judge Rowan Wilson's words, the law has become a "Daedalean maze"—a labyrinth like the one that Daedalus is said to have designed for King Minos to hold Minotaur.

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It not clear that laws should be made based on cases involving one franchisor, but lately it seems that McDonald's is at the center of some important legal issues for franchising in the United States.

The suit aims to invalidate a new rule that would impose new requirements and procedural hurdles for students looking to cancel fraudulent loan obligations.

The firm, with roughly 50 lawyers across its litigation and corporate practices, has named Jody Briandi its managing partner-elect.

Judge Julio Rodriguez III was elected to Bronx County Supreme Court in 2018 and served as a criminal court judge and an acting supreme court justice before that.

The ex-attorney, Edmundo Roman-Perez, pleaded not guilty to all charges, including grand larceny and issuing a bad check, before Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on Tuesday.

What is the lawyer's obligation to communicate with his missing client? While it is clear the issues are attorney-client communication and authorization to act, the answers are not so simple.

"Plaintiff's expert ... opined that, had decedent been given a chest X-ray prior to October 2012, the lung cancer would have been discovered before it entered Stage IV, and, thus, she would have had a greater chance of survival," the Appellate Division, First Department wrote in allowing certain claims to go forward against the Manhattan medical group and two of its physicians.

After a yearlong leave of absence, Berke will co-lead the litigation department again at Kramer Levin.

Daniel Alonso is returning to private practice, joining Buckley as a white-collar defense partner, after spending the last decade at the Manhattan DA's Office and a consulting firm.

In his Admiralty Law column, James E. Mercante discusses cases in which "the ship hits the fan," causing a cruise to go from dream to nightmare.

The appropriate tax treatment is not clear where a taxpayer makes a payment not in respect of a guarantee of another person's debt obligation, but, rather, by reason of a guarantee of performance of some other sort of contractual obligation of another person. In their Taxation column, Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen discuss a recent Fifth Circuit decision affirming a district court decision, in which a deduction was disallowed for an expenditure that was at least arguably of this nature.

In his International Arbitration column, John Fellas discusses the Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration—a 12-year effort primarily concerned with the role of the U.S. courts with respect to arbitration proceedings. The author describes it as a "majestic, comprehensive, and clear account of the U.S. law of international and investor-state arbitration that belongs on the shelf of everyone involved those fields."