Employee Hacking: Protecting Against Data Breaches and Theft of Confidential Information
The recent media attention surrounding high-profile data breaches has most companies concerned about external threats rather than internal ones, when perhaps the greatest cyber threat to most companies comes from within.
New York Rent Stabilized Apartments Are Exempt in Bankruptcy Cases
The New York Court of Appeals, in response to a certified question from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, has held that a rent-stabilized residential lease is a public assistance benefit that is exempt from claims of creditors of the debtor tenant under Section 282(2)(a) of the New York Debtor and Creditor […]
Ads Claiming Disease-fighting Properties: D.C. Circuit Affirms FTC’s POM Ruling – EXCEPT for Double Randomized Control Test Requirement
Food, drinks and supplements that hold out hope of making you fitter or saving you from illness are a big business globally, so it’s hardly surprising that they’ve drawn skeptical government attention. One of the highest-profile U.S. law enforcement proceedings
2014 Recap: New York State Commercial Division Rule Changes
With 2015 still young, it’s a good moment to recap some major rule and other changes adopted by New York State Supreme Court’s Commercial Division in the year just ended:
David Jacoby comments on NY Court of Appeals “separate entity” doctrine in Motorola case
Author: David Jacoby The New York Court of Appeals handed down a much-anticipated decision with important implications for banks as well as for litigants hoping to collect (or avoid collection of) judgments. In its 5-2 decision in Motorola Credit Corp. v. Standard Chartered Bank [1] on October 23, the Court stood by the “separate entity” […]