Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that, partner Joseph La Ferlita and associate Nicholas Moneta, from the firm’s Personal, Family & Business Planning practice, have have been selected by the New York State Bar Association’s Trust & Estate Section as the Estate Planning Committee co-chairs.

The NYSBA’s Estate Planning Committee works on all matters pertaining

Please join us for the first Lunch and Learn of 2023, as Geoffrey Kaiser and Jeffrey Ehrhardt present on the OIG.

The program will:

• Discuss select Advisory Opinions from last year on a variety of topics, including use of gift cards, free technology, genetic testing, program exclusion and pharmaceutical subsidies, among others.
• Highlight OIG’s

Marc Ullman was quoted in Natural Products Insider’s article, “Analysis: CBD food industry unlikely to placate FDA.” The article discusses recent FDA warning letters sent to companies who were found to be illegal selling food and beverage products that contain CBD.

Ullman expresses concern with the how these companies are marketing these products if they

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that Anjali Puri, a second-year law student at Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, has received Touro’s Rivkin Radler Diversity Scholarship.

“Rivkin Radler is proud to support dedicated law students who excel in their studies and show promise as future leaders in the legal industry,” said Managing Partner

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