New York

  • September 29, 2025

    SEC Says Adviser Stole Holocaust Restitution Funds In Ploy

    A Brooklyn financial adviser faces U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations he defrauded at least 15 of his fellow members of the Russian-American Jewish community out of at least $4.1 million, including one person whose inheritance included restitution funds for his Holocaust survivor parents.

  • September 29, 2025

    Diamond Mogul's Daughter Escapes Tax Claims In $41M Deal

    The U.S. government agreed to stop pursuing the adult daughter of a diamond mogul to recover millions in tax liabilities from his estate after reaching an agreement in which the government will receive an additional payment of $41 million, according to a New York federal court order Monday.

  • September 29, 2025

    Firefighter Fired After Race Bias, Wage Complaints, Suit Says

    A Black former New York City firefighter told a Manhattan federal court he was fired weeks after filing grievances about racial discrimination and wage theft, saying he was routinely required to work off the clock and worked hundreds of hours without compensation.

  • September 29, 2025

    Sidley, Hogan Lovells Guide Ares' $1B Meade Pipeline Buy

    Sidley Austin LLP-advised Ares Management Corp. said Monday that it has acquired Hogan Lovells-led Meade Pipeline Co. from XPLR Infrastructure LP, an affiliate of NextEra Energy, for about $1.1 billion. 

  • September 29, 2025

    McCarter & English Slams Pre-Trial Win Bid In $22M Suit

    McCarter & English LLP has asked a Connecticut state judge to block two insurers' summary judgment bids on breach of contract claims connected to a $22.3 million professional negligence lawsuit, saying both sides agreed to a 2026 bench trial and conducted discovery assuming neither side would seek a quick win.

  • September 29, 2025

    Ex-Frank CEO Gets 7 Years Over Soured JPMorgan Deal

    Frank founder and former CEO Charlie Javice was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison following her conviction at trial for conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying the now-shuttered student financial aid startup for $175 million by lying about its user base.

  • September 29, 2025

    Avenue Capital Clinches $1B Sports-Focused PE Fund

    New York-headquartered private equity shop Avenue Capital Group announced Monday that it wrapped its Avenue Sports Fund after securing more than $1 billion of capital commitments.

  • September 29, 2025

    NY's Top Financial Services Regulator Is Stepping Down

    The head of the New York State Department of Financial Services is stepping down next month and will be replaced on an interim basis by the chief of its fintech-focused innovation division, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.

  • September 26, 2025

    Exxon Beats BP's Defense Claims In Brooklyn Oil Spill Row

    Exxon Mobil Corp. wasn't required to defend BP Products North America against lawsuits resulting from a Brooklyn oil spill nearly 50 years ago — or pay its multimillion-dollar legal tab — the Second Circuit ruled Friday, saying that an Illinois "complete defense" rule applicable to insurers doesn't cover indemnification deals between non-insurers.

  • September 26, 2025

    NY Judge Grills CA Atty Over Botched Pro Hac Vice Filings

    The Manhattan federal judge overseeing a major racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL on Friday took a California attorney to task over a bungled pro hac vice filing and his failure to appear at a prior hearing, but stopped short of taking disciplinary action, for now.

  • September 26, 2025

    Ex-Wall Street Financier, Assistant Charged With Sex Trafficking

    Retired financier Howard Rubin and his longtime assistant were charged with sex trafficking Friday in New York federal court, where prosecutors say Rubin lured women to his New York City penthouse "dungeon" where he assaulted them.

  • September 26, 2025

    EssilorLuxottica Beats Antitrust Suit, Buyers Get 1 Last Shot

    A New York federal judge on Friday dismissed two proposed class actions in a consolidated suit that accuses eyewear EssilorLuxottica SA of monopolizing the U.S. consumer eyewear market, saying that direct and indirect purchasers offered an "implausible and contrived definition" of an asserted premium eyewear market.

  • September 26, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: EB-5 Evolving, Insurance Impact, $1B Buy

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the EB-5 industry amid President Donald Trump's "gold card" investment visa rollout, higher insurance premiums affecting commercial real estate companies, and New York City's first single-asset real estate deal this year to break $1 billion.

  • September 26, 2025

    States Sue HHS For Order Erasing Gender Ideology In Sex Ed

    More than a dozen state attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Oregon federal court Friday, accusing it of violating the Administrative Procedure Act by threatening to revoke grant funding for teen sexual health education unless they eliminate language concerning "gender ideology" from their program materials.

  • September 26, 2025

    Wu-Tang Album May Be Trade Secret In Shkreli Suit, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge has found that a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album could be considered a trade secret in a novel decision that made significant trims to a cryptocurrency project's lawsuit against the album's former owner Martin Shkreli, but the judge kept in play claims that he misappropriated the project's trade secrets.

  • September 26, 2025

    Swizz Beatz Can't Avoid $7.3M 1MDB Fraud Case

    A New York federal judge on Friday denied hip-hop artist Swizz Beatz's bid to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges he received millions of dollars in the infamous 1Malaysia Development Berhad fraud scandal, saying liquidators for two alleged shell companies sufficiently alleged fraudulent transfers of funds among other claims.

  • September 26, 2025

    Bankrupt NYC Cannabis Club Ordered Out Of Brooklyn Spot

    A New York bankruptcy judge has told Empire Cannabis Club to surrender the property it leases at a location in Brooklyn to its landlord, ruling the bankrupt tenant effectively rejected the lease because it never moved to assume it.

  • September 26, 2025

    $33M NJ Mansion Wasn't Chinese Exile's, Holding Co. Says

    A holding company that nominally owns a $33 million New Jersey mansion has asked a Connecticut federal judge to flip a bankruptcy finding that the company was equitably owned by Chinese exile Miles Guo and functioned as his alter ego, arguing the property was actually paid for by Guo's fraud victims.

  • September 26, 2025

    Star Witness Against NJ Sen. Menendez Asks For Leniency

    The government's key witness in the cases against former New Jersey U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife told a New York federal court that because he pled guilty and cooperated, his sentence for admitted bribery and other crimes should be time served, not the years his seven counts could carry.

  • September 26, 2025

    Men On NYPD Gang List Fight To Keep Alive Racial Bias Suit

    Three anonymous men on the New York Police Department's list of gang members have urged a federal judge to reject the city's bid to dismiss their putative class action, saying their claims are based on ongoing racial discrimination and civil rights violations.

  • September 26, 2025

    Judge Criticizes Email-Only Talks In NY Smoke Shop Dispute

    A New York federal judge chided attorneys for the Cayuga Nation and the smoke shop it's suing on Thursday for not actually speaking to each other when resolving a combative documents dispute, warning them that she might sanction them if they don't follow her orders more closely next time.

  • September 26, 2025

    2nd Circ. Urged To Rethink Afghan Central Bank Ruling

    Victims of two terrorist attacks have called on the en banc Second Circuit to reconsider a panel's August decision rejecting their attempts to secure blocked funds held by the central bank of Afghanistan, arguing the panel ignored U.S. Supreme Court and Second Circuit precedents.

  • September 26, 2025

    Feds Say They Have Standing To Block Hawaii Climate Suit

    The federal government is urging a Hawaii federal court not to dismiss its suit aiming to block the state's climate change suit against energy companies, saying it has standing because the state's action would usurp its authority to regulate pollution.

  • September 26, 2025

    Capital One Resolves Ex-Workers' 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

    Capital One has agreed to end a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully used tens of millions of dollars in forfeited 401(k) funds to reduce its own contributions to the plan rather than curtail administrative costs, the company told a New York federal court.

  • September 26, 2025

    Trump Media Seeks End To Merger Fee Fight After Arbitration

    In the wake of a favorable arbitration award, counsel for Donald Trump's social media company told a New York state judge Friday that it would seek to bar further litigation in a fee dispute with a company that helped launch Truth Social in an $875 million merger.

Expert Analysis

  • 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

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    District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • How Cos. Can Prep For Calif. Cybersecurity Audit Regulations

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    As the California Privacy Protection Agency Board finalizes cybersecurity audit requirements, companies should take six steps to prepare for the audit itself and to build a compliant cybersecurity program that can pass the audit, say attorneys at Covington.

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    Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.

  • NY Case Shows How LLC Agreements Can Be Amended

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    The New York Court of Appeals in Behler v. Tao recently held that a merger clause contained in an amended limited liability company agreement superseded and extinguished an alleged oral agreement between the parties, highlighting the importance of determining early how and when an LLC agreement may be amended, says Kerrin Klein at Olshan Frome.

  • If Justices Accept, Maxwell Case May Clarify Meaning Of 'US'

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    If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, it could clarify the meaning of “United States” in the context of plea agreements, and a plain language interpretation of the term would offer criminal defendants fairness and finality, say attorneys at Kudman Trachten.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

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    New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

  • How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication

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    As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

  • When Legal Advocacy Crosses The Line Into Incivility

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    As judges issue sanctions for courtroom incivility, and state bars advance formal discipline rules, trial lawyers must understand that the difference between zealous advocacy and unprofessionalism is not just a matter of tone; it's a marker of skill, credibility and potentially disciplinary exposure, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.

  • 2 NY Rulings May Stem Foreign Co. Derivative Suits

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    In recent decades, shareholders have challenged the internal affairs doctrine by bringing a series of derivative actions in New York state court on behalf of foreign corporations, but the New York Court of Appeals' recent rulings in Ezrasons v. Rudd and Haussmann v. Baumann should slow that trend, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • Despite Rule Delay, FTC Scrutiny Looms For Subscriptions

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    Even though the Federal Trade Commission has delayed its click-to-cancel rule that introduces strict protocols for auto-renewing subscriptions, businesses should expect active enforcement of the new requirements after July, and look to the FTC's recent lawsuits against Uber and Cleo AI as warnings, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Colo. Antitrust Law Signals Growing Scrutiny Among States

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    Colorado's recently enacted Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act makes it the second state to add such a requirement, reflecting a growing trend and underscoring the need for merging parties to plan for a more complex and multilayered notification landscape for deals, say Puja Patel and Noa Gur-Arie at Cleary.

  • AGs Take Up Consumer Protection Mantle Amid CFPB Cuts

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    State attorneys general are stepping up to fill the enforcement gap as the Trump administration restructures the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, creating a new regulatory dynamic that companies must closely monitor as oversight shifts toward states, say attorneys at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Va.'s Altered Surcharge Law Poses Constitutional Questions

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    Virginia's recently amended consumer protection law requiring sellers to display the total price rather than expressly prohibiting surcharges follows New York's recent revision of its antisurcharge statute and may raise similar First Amendment questions, says attorneys at Stinson.

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    Volunteering At Schools Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy.

  • Attacks On Judicial Independence Tend To Manifest In 3 Ways

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    Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University.

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