/newyork?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New York Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Fri, 16 May 2025 23:17:28 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341374?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341374 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into the "Gold Card" visa program, the hospitality sector's reaction to tariffs, and the path from in-house attorney to private practice.  Fri, 16 May 2025 22:43:35 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341261?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341261 KKR is trying to duck a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit seeking fines that could top $650 million, by reading standards for seeking penalties that are not there, the government said Thursday, defending claims that the private equity giant failed to notify two mergers and deleted key documentation from notifications. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:56:51 +0000 /newyork/articles/2340832?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2340832 Zurich American Insurance Co. has sued its former New York City-based head of management liability for allegedly poaching two employees by luring them to rival Everest Insurance when he took a new gig there, in violation of a one-year nonsolicitation agreement. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:39:07 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341494?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341494 Crypto exchange Coinbase faces a wave of lawsuits from users accusing it of negligent information security practices after the exchange disclosed that an unknown perpetrator had stolen customer data by bribing overseas workers. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:20:37 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341572 A Brooklyn federal judge ordered three former Credit Suisse bankers and the former finance minister of Mozambique to pay a combined $352 million in restitution Friday after they pled guilty or were convicted of scheming to defraud investors in a $2 billion state-backed development initiative involving tuna fishing. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:59:34 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341414?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341414 A proposed class of buyers of oral rinses is suing Colgate-Palmolive Co., alleging it misleadingly advertises its Hello Kids Fluoride Rinse as safe despite the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considering it too dangerous for children under 6 years old. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:50:00 +0000 /newyork/articles/2340964?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2340964 A Connecticut federal judge's oral ruling and follow-up minute entry were formal orders that triggered a 30-day countdown to appeal losses in a contract dispute worth $1.7 million, a Second Circuit panel has held, saying a plastic resin producer's interpretation of the relevant local rule "rings of empty formalism." Fri, 16 May 2025 19:17:21 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341448 Investors suing mobile food delivery and ride-hailing services operator Grab Holdings Ltd. have received final approval of an $80 million deal settling claims that several sections of a proxy statement Grab filed with a special purpose acquisition company were false and misleading. Fri, 16 May 2025 18:14:48 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341492?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341492 Ed Sheeran urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal to a decision concluding that his hit song "Thinking Out Loud" did not copy Marvin Gaye's classic "Let's Get it On," arguing the plaintiff wrongly contends that the Second Circuit improperly relied on the U.S. Copyright Office's administrative guidance after justices overturned the Chevron deference. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:52:08 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341378?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341378 In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's pending $2.78 billion name, image and likeness rights settlement faces another round of objections, the NFL shreds an antitrust suit accusing it of boycotting Bluesky and retail giant Dick's Sporting Goods makes a 10-figure splurge for Foot Locker. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:41:50 +0000 /newyork/articles/2340910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2340910 A former financial adviser pled guilty to a criminal charge in connection to defrauding an elderly family member out of $8.4 million, admitting to a Florida federal court he made false misrepresentations that he was buying investments on her behalf, but he was actually spending the money on himself. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:12:03 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341247 Prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to deny a request from convicted fraudster Jason Galanis to recoup $2.17 million he paid in criminal fines, after his nearly 16-year prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:05:32 +0000 /newyork/articles/2340960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2340960 A New York distillery and two Washington whiskey drinkers are asking a federal judge to reconsider the Washington state liquor board's win in a challenge to rules requiring a physical in-state presence to sell online, saying they never got to analyze the circuit ruling on which the decision was based. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:11:52 +0000 /newyork/articles/2340987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2340987 Frost Brown Todd LLP added a litigator from Grant Herrmann Schwartz & Klinger LLP to the firm's business and commercial litigation practice, as it expands from its stronghold in the Midwest. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:05:46 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341473?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341473 A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday granted Nadine Menendez's bid for a three-month delay of her sentencing on bribery charges, but he said he would not postpone it any further. Fri, 16 May 2025 15:16:52 +0000 /newyork/articles/2340363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2340363 Cullen and Dykman LLP has hired a former Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP partner who joins the firm's New York Corporate Department to continue her work focused on tax and transactional matters. Fri, 16 May 2025 14:52:03 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341343?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341343 A Rhode Island federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from cutting off billions of dollars in funding to state public health programs, determining the abrupt grant terminations likely violated congressional authority over spending. Fri, 16 May 2025 14:21:43 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341300?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341300 A Boston federal judge blocked a U.S. Department of Energy policy capping research costs, saying the suit was "far from identical" to another case in which the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to education grant cuts. Fri, 16 May 2025 12:56:18 +0000 /newyork/articles/2341238?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2341238 Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge for leniency when sentencing a former Goldman Sachs partner who cooperated in the investigation into the 1MDB scandal and testified at his former colleague's trial, citing his "extraordinary" assistance. Fri, 16 May 2025 11:22:21 +0000 /newyork/articles/2339525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2339525 A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.