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Rivkin Radler associate, Eric Santos, has been appointed by the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, to serve on the Committee on Character and Fitness for the Ninth Judicial District. His four-year term will commence on January 1, 2026.

The Committee is responsible for investigating the character and fitness of applicants in said districts for admission

This month, Rivkin Radler partner Stuart Gordon was elected as secretary of the Board of Directors of the Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI).

Founded in 1961 to address the special education needs of children with autism and other developmental disabilities and provide therapeutic intervention, DDI is a nonprofit, multi-site agency that serves hundreds of children and

This month, Rivkin Radler partner Brian Schlosser was appointed as a member of the Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) Lawyer Assistance Committee, which administers the NCBA’s Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP).

Originally recommended to the LAP Committee by the NCBA Executive Committee, Brian was officially appointed to the committee by NCBA President James Joseph on December

Southern District Finds Insurer Has Standing To Seek Additional Insured Coverage For Entities It Is Not Defending

A Manhattan property owner retained On Star Management LLC to manage a renovation project at its property and On Star, in turn, retained Batco Associates, LLC, to perform work at the project. Batco then retained CMG Improvements, Inc.,

We begin this month’s update with a pair of cases from the Eleventh Circuit, which unfortunately, both involve claims arising from senseless shootings. The court first takes up the issue of number of occurrences in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting. It then considers whether an employer’s liability exclusion applies when an employee

The 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”) required states to adopt electronic visit verification (EVV) systems for Medicaid-covered personal care services (“PCS”) by January 1, 2020 and for home health care services (“HHCS”) by January 1, 2023. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the EVV requirement was imposed “in response to