Managing Partner, William M. Savino, has been named to the permanent Commercial Division Advisory Council by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman. The Council will be charged with implementing the Commercial Litigation Task Force recommendations, keeping Judge Lippman apprised of developments in the business world that may affect the court system, and working to help the Commercial

Michael Troisi, a partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups, will be a speaker at the HarrisMartin’s Superstorm Sandy Insurance Coverage Litigation Conference on Tuesday, February 26, 2013.  This one-day CLE will focus on the rights and obligations of policyholders and insurers and more.

Mr. Troisi’s topic is

George DeHaven, a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, obtained a directed verdict in the client’s favor at the close of the evidence in a trip and fall case involving a defective catch basin on a Town of Hempstead street. The plaintiff was pursuing a novel theory of liability to distinguish the case from

Laura Shockley, a partner in the firm’s Employment & Labor and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups will present, “Employment Law in the Workplace,” at Bradley & Parker.

Ms. Shockley’s presentation will cover the following issues:

• Avoiding lawsuits
• Employee contractor regulations
• Mandatory recordkeeping and filings
• Department of Labor enforcement and penalties
• Compliance matters with government

On Jan. 22, Pia Riverso will present before the Construction Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, a seminar entitled, “Practitioner’s Guide to Delay Damages and Change Orders.” Ms. Riverso will present an overview of delay damages, including the types of damages recoverable, the period of delay, and common issues in litigation of delay

Erez Glambosky, a partner in the Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, was quoted in The New York Times article entitled, “No Access to the Mailbox.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/realestate/new-york-real-estate-question-and-answer.html?ref=realestate&pagewanted=print 

On behalf of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, William M. Savino has been appointed to serve as Chair of the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission for the Tenth Judicial District. for a term of service effective January 2013 through December 31, 2015.

The Administrative Board of the Courts established Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commissions in each

Michael Troisi, a Partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups, was quoted in a Dec. 28, 2012 New York Law Journal article entitled, “Businesses Damaged by Sandy Face Knotty Insurance Issues.”

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Ken Novikoff, Max Gershenoff, and Brian Bank successfully obtained the pre-answer dismissal of various federal antitrust claims brought by a freight forwarder against another freight forwarder that services the niche hatching egg market.  In Solent Freight Servs., Ltd Inc. v. Carlos Alberty, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179699 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 18, 2012), the Court

David M. Grill and Erez Glambosky, partners in the firm’s Litigation and Appeals Group, obtained summary judgment in favor of a New York City commercial restaurant tenant dismissing a Nonpayment Proceeding commenced by the landlord for unpaid rent and water charges.  The Court was not persuaded by any of the landlord’s arguments and derided the