Steven Shapiro’s article entitled, “Has your Company Been the Victim of a Consumer Class Action?” was published on the Nutrition Industry Executive website on December 1, 2022.

Click here to read the article.

Please join us for the December Lunch and Learn with Benjamin Malerba and Benjamin Wisher. The pair will discuss recent audits, investigations and actions of government agencies including DOJ, MFCU, OMIG, the NY AG and others.

They will also discuss the potential pitfalls suggested by these agencies’ actions:

• Overbilling
• Anti-kickback violations

Rivkin Radler is proud to announce that four members of the law firm, Rivkin Radler LLP, received Leadership in Law awards from Long Island Business News. The awards recognize individuals who demonstrate dedication, hard work, skill, tenacity and excellence, along with leadership qualities in both the legal profession and in the community.

The following honorees

Marc Ullman was cited in the NutraIngredientsUSA article, “FDA’s takedown of NMN raises fairness transparency concerns.”

The FDA has disallowed the anti-aging ingredient, NMN, and this has raised questions of fairness and transparency.

Ullman said the current FDA interpretation sets up a situation in which a pharma company could file an IND, let the issue

Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, is pleased to announce that Domenick Pesce, Ivette Reyes, Ryan Roberts, Jason Sanders, Sahil Sharma, Jenson Wang and Cyndi Lalanne have joined the firm.

Domenick Pesce, of East Meadow, NY, has joined the firm as an Associate in the Insurance Fraud Practice Group, in the Uniondale

Nancy Del Pizzo was interviewed by the New Jersey Law Journal after being named to the Women Attorneys of the Year list.

The article, “‘My Authentic Self’: Women Attorneys of the Year in Their Own Words,” interviewed all the women who made the list and asked them questions to get to know each woman a

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that, Tamika Hardy has been named among Long Island’s 50 Most Influential Women by the Long Island Business News at a dinner held on October 27, 2022, at the Crest Hollow Country Club.  Tamika is a partner in Banking, Business Dissolution, Cannabis, Commercial Litigation, Employment & Labor practice groups.

Rivkin Radler Managing Partner Evan H. Krinick was named to City & State’s Long Island Power 100, which recognizes the most influential government officials, business executives, labor leaders, advocates, activists, academics and other personalities shaping politics and policy on Long Island.

Krinick, a Plainview, NY, resident, is a member of the firm’s Appeals, Commercial Litigation

Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, is pleased to announce that Michael C. Castellon, of New York, NY, has joined the firm as Partner in the Construction Practice Group, in the Manhattan office.

Castellon focuses his practice on construction related matters. He tries, arbitrates, and mediates cases in state and federal courts

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that the Firm has been named to the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list for 2023. The Firm was ranked in the following regions and practice areas:

Metropolitan Tier 1

Albany: Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law

Long Island: Elder Law, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Litigation-Health Care,

On November 1, 2022, Greg Miller presented at the International Aloe Science Council (IASC) Board of Directors Meeting in Las Vegas, NV. The topic of his presentation was Defending Consumer and Class Action Claims.

The IASC is a not-for-profit trade organization for the aloe vera industry. Its mission is to advance, promote, and represent the aloe

Marc Ullman was quoted in the NutraIngredientsUSA article, titled “DOJ prohibits Arizona company from distributing adulterated or misbranded supplements.”

Ullman discussed a federal court’s recent ban on Arizona based company, Global Vitality Inc. The company repeatedly violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act over the last decade, by selling “adulterated and misbranded dietary

Marc Ullman spoke with Natural Products INSIDER for the article “Ullman to moderate discussion at SupplySide West regulatory session”

SupplySide West brings together more than 18,000 ingredient buyers and suppliers from the dietary supplement, beverage, functional food, personal care and sports nutrition industries. This year’s conference will be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in

Michael Heller’s and Matthew Spero’s Summer issue of the Title Insurance Reporter was published in the Real Estate Finance Journal.

The authors discuss recent court decisions of note involving title insurance, including how an appellate court in New York has ruled that an exclusion in a title insurance policy precluded coverage of a claim asserted by the

Please join us for the November Lunch and Learn as Rivkin Radler Partners John Diviney and Tamika Hardy discuss the following topics:

• New State laws – New York Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, New York Labor Law Section 201-D, New York Human Rights Law, New York Penal Law, New York City Administrative Code
• Pre-employment