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New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judicial candidacy Sponsorships – Purchasing advertisements Joint opinion 18-121/18-122/18-123 Background: Three judicial candidates ask about purchasing advertisements in the form of sponsorships for informal outdoor gatherings, such as picnics or cookouts. Each ...

New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department City contracts Appearance of impropriety – Cure Bison Elevator Service v. City of Buffalo CA 18-00889 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County Background: The petitioner commenced an Article 78 proceeding ...

New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department Products liability Unsafe design – Proximate cause Beechler v. Kill Brothers Co. CA 18-01170 Appealed from Supreme Court, Genesee County Background: The plaintiff was working inside of a piece of ...

Hurwitz & Fine P.C. announces the hiring of Alice Trueman as an associate in the firm’s litigation department. Trueman will focus on liability defense matters, handling clients such as trucking companies, school districts, retailers and property owners. Trueman earned her J.D. ...

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP announces that Jodi Reynolds has been promoted to counsel in the firm’s intellectual property practice group. Reynolds helps clients attain, protect and monetize patents, trademarks and copyrights. She counsels clients through the patent prosecution process, ...

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP announces that Edward Stone has joined the firm as a senior associate in the firm’s private equity and venture capital practice. Stone represents clients in all aspects of corporate transactions and equity investments, including mergers ...

Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP announces the hiring of Mary Balkin as an associate in the real estate practice group. She focuses her practice in the areas of commercial real estate development, commercial leasing and real estate investment and financing ...

Laurie Vahey and her partners announce the creation of the majority woman-owned law firm of Vahey Muldoon Reston Getz LLP. Vahey is managing partner and concentrates her practice in helping businesses and individuals solve disputes from litigation avoidance to court resolution.

We previously wrote about the New York attorney general’s (NYAG) broad investigatory powers under Section 63(12) of the Executive Law. Section 63(12) allows the NYAG, on short notice and without commencing a court proceeding, to issue subpoenas for documents and ...

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As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2019, the stock market continues to exhibit increased volatility — which was noticeably absent in 2017, then resurfaced in force in 2018 with a particularly volatile end to the year. This ...

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City Court HON. CHARLES F. CRIMI Landlord/Tenant 9:30 a.m. 1—Roycrodt Drive Residense LLC v Christopher Wilson, 178 Roycroft Drive – Allen & O’Brien 2—Lyell Portfolio LLC v Chrishanique Jones, 106 Grand Ave – Burgess & Miraglia 3—Lyell Portfolio LLC v ...

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