On March 6, 2017, Stuart Gordon, Matthew Spero, Jeannine Farino and Viktoriya Kruglyak participated as Preliminary Judges in the Twenty-Fifth Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition this past weekend. The competition is widely recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent moot court competitions. More than 60 law school teams participate, making this the largest single

On February 25, 2017, Michael Kotula and Anne Murray presented “When Good Allocation Jurisdictions Go Bad – Unsettling Developments In Allocation Law and What They Mean For Policyholders and Insurers” at the ABA’s 25th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s Mid-Year Program in Phoenix, Arizona.

The New York Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Viking Pump

Michael C. Cannata’s and Frank M. Misiti’s article entitled, “Starbucks Hits the Bong Designer In the Wallet,” was published in the February 2017 issue of the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal.

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Jay Kenigsberg’s, Shari Claire Lewis’ and William Savino’s article entitled, “Blockchain for the Insurance Practitioner,” was published in Mealey’s Emerging Insurance Disputes and Mealey’s Litigation Report – Cyber Tech & E-Commerce.

The article discusses the impact of a blockchain application, known as smart contracts, on the insurance industry.

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In a case brought by an employee working at a firm located in the Gateway in Newark, NJ who was purportedly injured in a common area there, John Robertelli obtained summary judgment and successfully argued that the accident occurred at a time and place when the facility’s janitorial services, under subcontractor, Pritchard, were not obligated

Brian Ade and Alexander Pappas secured a win before the New Jersey Appellate Division for United Water New Jersey, Inc.  The Court affirmed summary judgment, agreeing that plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of negligence.  The Appellate Court agreed that plaintiff had not established our client owned the curb stop where plaintiff tripped,

Rivkin Radler partners, Michael Troisi, Pia Riverso, and Michael Welch, defeated a policyholder’s suit for breach of contract and bad faith on the basis that the policyholder’s claim was time-barred and was not subject to tolling.  The dispute arose from a retaining wall that was damaged a decade earlier.  The policyholder filed a claim with

Keith Grover and Michael Versichelli won dismissal of two causes of action against our client, State Farm, in a lawsuit for underinsured motorist benefits.  The Supreme Court granted State Farm’s pre-answer motion and dismissed plaintiffs’ second and third causes of action, for bad faith and breach of State Farm’s “absolute duties and obligations,” respectively.  The court

Rivkin Radler recently secured an affirmance of summary judgment from the United States Court of Appeals  for the Second Circuit in favor of State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, based on the insureds’ failure to comply with the policy condition that requires prompt reporting  of the loss. In this case the plaintiffs, Nikolai and Hartyun

Michael LiPetri is an Associate in Rivkin Radler’s General Liability, Insurance Coverage and Medical Malpractice Defense Practice Groups, where he represents landowners, landlords, and management companies in cases involving premises liability, construction accidents, and asbestos exposure, as well as, insurers in intricate coverage issues emerging out of homeowner and commercial insurance policies.

Prior to joining Rivkin