Please join us as we discuss employment laws taking effect in 2022. John Diviney, a partner in the Employment & Labor Practice Group, will present the following topics:

• COVID and Vaccine Rules/Updates
  • New York’s COVID pay requirements
  • Vaccine mandate/rules
• Update on New Laws for 2022
  • Paid sick leave
  • Whistleblower law

Chris Kutner was interviewed for the Healthcare Risk Management article, “Protect Peer Review Privileges, or Risk Serious Consequences,” which discusses the importance of maintaining privileges.

Chris notes that peer review privilege provides an opportunity for a completely candid evaluation. He adds that it is important to balance the need for an expeditious investigation with the requirements

Eric Fader was featured on the LexBlog podcast, “This Week in Legal Blogging,” where he discussed his blog, Rivkin Rounds.

The LexBlog article, “Eric Fader on his push to launch Rivkin Rounds and how it has paid off for him and his firm,” gives a brief overview of the topics the podcast goes into, as

Kenneth Novikoff’s Autumn issue of the Employment Law Reporter was published as a column in the Employee Relations Law Journal.

Read the full column here.

Cheryl Korman, Stuart Bodoff, and J’Naia Boyd obtained victory at the Appellate Division, Second Department, defeating an equitable estoppel defense to the expired statute of limitations.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the Second Department reversed the lower court’s decision and dismissed plaintiff’s complaint against our client. The Court first concluded that

Marc Ullman will be moderating the presentation, “FDA, New Dietary Ingredients, and Intellectual Property: Recent Developments in a Difficult Area” at the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section.

Friday, January 28, 2022 at 2:00 PM

The Dietary Supplement Industry has long struggled with issues surrounding its

From 10 to 10:30 am on Friday, January 14, 2022, John Diviney will participate in the Newsday LIVE discussion, COVID Surge and Customer Service.

The online program, hosted jointly by Newsday and the Long Island Association, will share what employers can do in a time when customer service departments are understaffed due to the pandemic. What

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that Jennifer Hillman, a partner in the firm’s Personal, Family & Business Planning practice, has been selected by the New York Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors to be a Fellow. The Fellows of the New York Bar Foundation are members of the bench and bar who are recognized for

Benjamin Wisher wrote one of most widely read articles on the topic of HIPAA on JD Supra for all of 2021.

The post, “New CT Cybersecurity Law Protects Against Liability For Data Breaches,” was the 12th most popular on the content syndicator’s list.

On December 29, 2021, the Consulate General for the Republic of Korea presented Gene Kang with an award for outstanding service to the community.

The award was presented in recognition for, among other things, Gene’s efforts with helping to report and investigate anti-Asian hate crimes as part of the local Hate Crimes Task Force, coordinating

Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, has announced that Ada Janocinska, Justin Piccione and Michael Vanunu have been elected Partners.

“This new class of partners is truly representative of our approach to client service,” Krinick said. “They are skilled lawyers who maintain an unwavering focus on their clients’ goals.”

Ada Janocinska, of

Please join us as Robert Hussar, a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Compliance, Investigations & White Collar and Health Services practice groups, presents the first Lunch-and-Learn of 2022. This presentation will focus both on a review of key developments in health care fraud and abuse, compliance and government enforcement in 2021 as well as trends and

Newsday spoke with Kate Heptig for the article, “State program aims to bring small-firm workers into retirement plans.” According to the article, New York will begin to enforce legislation passed in 2018 requiring employers with 10 or more employees to offer a voluntary retirement savings program.

Kate commented that while the legislation requires employees to

Louis Vlahos wrote one of most widely read articles on the topic of estate planning on JD Supra for all of 2021.

The post, “Increased Capital Gain Rate, Nonresident Aliens, And ESBTs,” was the 10th most popular on the content syndicator’s list.

The Appellate Division, First Department unanimously affirmed a summary judgment order obtained by Evan Schieber and Lawrence Han. Henry Mascia argued the appeal.

Immediately before New York State’s shutdown of non-essential businesses in March 2020, the Firm’s client entered into a contract of sale to purchase a commercial property in Brooklyn for approximately $20 million