1/29/2026 3:23:59 PM Greater New York Mutual Co. Files Suit Against Subin By Christopher Gioia In a complaint filed on January 27, 2026, Greater New York Mutual Co. (GNY) alleges a civil RICO scheme arising out of the legal...
1/20/2026 10:04:03 PM Arbitration Agreements in Context: Lessons from Wise v. Tesla By Angie Chang Shortly before the holidays, the First District Court of Appeal in Wise v. Tesla Motors, Inc. held that the Federal Arbitration Act did...
12/30/2025 7:03:34 PM New Year, New Compliance Duties: SB 513 Expands Personnel Record Requests By Logan Nantais Beginning January 1, 2026, California employers will face new obligations when responding to employee requests for personnel records....
12/24/2025 10:07:50 PM New York Passes the "AVOID" Act to Limit Timeframe to File Third-Party Actions By Christopher Gioia Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law an amendment to New York CPLR Section 1007, which governs when third-party practice is...
12/24/2025 8:05:59 PM Don't Avoid Filing Third-Party Complaints: New Law Significantly Curtails Time Constraints on Third-Party Actions By Adeel Jamaluddin Just last week, Governor Hochul signed a bill into law amending the CPLR to add hard time constraints to filing third-party actions. This...
12/17/2025 8:13:44 PM Lawyers & AI: Structural Support for the Evolving Practice of Law By Adeel Jamaluddin There's been much published on lawyers and AI. My colleagues recently offered insights on how AI models can be applied in litigation and...
11/25/2025 10:21:36 PM No More Secrets: Case Funding is Now Fair Game in Discovery By Christopher Gioia The Appellate Division First Department, in Lituma v. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC, an unpublished decision, determined that case...
10/31/2025 9:53:24 PM Court of Appeals Practices Judicial Restraint - Reaffirms Bar on Solely Emotional Harm Recovery By Adeel Jamaluddin In San Miguel v. Grimaldi, 2025 NY Slip Op 05780, the Court of Appeals recently issued a decision likely to have a significant impact on...
10/30/2025 4:56:48 PM Trust, But Verify: Practical Use of AI in a Transactional Legal Practice By Breane Stryker The dramatic increase in the use of AI by lawyers and pro se parties in a litigation context, along with the risks that can arise from...
10/27/2025 8:00:39 PM Changes in the Legal Profession - Reflecting on Ropers' 75 Years By Adeel Jamaluddin The firm turns 75 this year. This got me thinking: what's changed in the legal profession in three-quarters of a century? Of course, I...
10/16/2025 6:30:57 PM Stage an Accident on a Construction Site in NYS? Still NOT a Felony By Adeel Jamaluddin Fraud in the New York construction industry in the form of staged accidents, exaggerated claims, and unnecessary or excessive treatment...
10/13/2025 3:46:07 PM The Rise of AI-Assisted Litigation By Eric Kim As AI programs such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity Pro become more accessible to the public, the use of these tools in the legal...