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The Appellate Division, Third Department's 5-0 ruling, a sweeping reversal of a lower court ruling, addressed how the South Glens Falls Central School District and others can be held liable for a student's foreseeable injuries that are proximate to inadequate supervision.

      

Retired Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Bellacosa recounts how he became the court's clerk and counsel—and persuaded his young family to pick up and move to Albany for the new job.

      

      

The decision from U.S. District Judge Laura Swain paves the way for a federal takeover.

      

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron and Robert Costello sued the embattled former Manhattan U.S. Attorney in September 2023, alleging he'd pay the firm a mere $200,000 of the $1.5 million retainer he inked in 2019.

      

In May 2024 I launched the parental leave coaching program at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a confidential coaching program for U.S. lawyers before, during and after parental leave.

      

The deal between General Electric and investors represented by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check had been reached in the lead-up to a trial that would have seen the company and investors squaring off on when executives became aware of what shareholders called “an undisclosed ticking time bomb."

      

The authors write "The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Title I of the ADA prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities by employers—including private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions—with 15 or more employees."

      

A discussion of the recent decision out of Brooklyn criminal court, People v. Marvel B.,' and its relationship to the New York State Senate's efforts to amend the state's criminal “revenge porn statute to criminalize the making of a threat to non-consensually disseminate/publish sexually explicit images.
      

The author writes "As the year 2024 comes to an end, we consider Surrogate's Court opinions from the final quarter. Addressed to such issues as in terrorem clauses, and breach of fiduciary duty, the closing days of 2024 brought multiple decisions of interest."       

The firm is hiring the Luxembourg co-head of funds at A&O Shearman as well as Clifford Chance;s Luxembourg co-head of investment funds.

      

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.

      

As firms vie to enter the Kingdom, licensing delays, strict hiring quotas, and fierce competition for resources are testing their resolve.

      

As firms vie to enter the Kingdom, licensing delays, strict hiring quotas, and fierce competition for resources are testing their resolve.

      

Teresa Ribera Rodri guez, a lawyer by training, will have the most powerful mandate in the EU College of Commissioners.

      

A state Supreme Court justice reflects on his first appearance before a jury as a young prosecutor.

      

Where a town has installed video security cameras in the courtroom and audio and video cameras in the court clerks' office, a town judge must object in writing and notify an administrative or supervising judge. The judge may, in his/her discretion, petition town officials to restrict access to the cameras in the court clerks' office and/or transfer monitoring and control functions to court personnel.

      

Richard Collura alleges that Warner Bros. only came clean about the riskiness of its contract renegotiation efforts in August, after it logged a $9.1 billion noncash goodwill impairment charge from, among others, “uncertainty related to affiliate and sports rights renewals, including the NBA.

      

The firm stuck to a roughly 50/50 split between New York and other offices. Two of the new partners are based in London.

      

"I am thankful that private equity is constantly evolving and changing but always challenging,” Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner Michael Weisser said.