Law360: New York /newyork?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: New York Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:05:29 +0000 Blank Rome Hires Bicoastal Pair Of Patent Attys /newyork/articles/2391544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391544 Blank Rome LLP announced Tuesday that it has welcomed two new patent attorneys to its ranks: a Los Angeles-based firm alum and a New York-based former Leason Ellis LLP lawyer. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:46:40 +0000 States Say Ed Dept. Must Face Suit Over Mental Health Cuts /newyork/articles/2391933?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391933 A group of 16 states led by Washington has asked a federal judge not to let the U.S. Department of Education escape the states' claims that the agency violated federal law by discontinuing mental health grants given to public schools to help students cope with school shootings. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:38:14 +0000 Rikers Detainees File Class Action Over Solitary Confinement /newyork/articles/2391524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391524 A group of detainees are accusing the New York City Department of Correction of systematically violating the state's landmark law restricting solitary confinement, saying in a state court in a proposed class complaint they have been locked in their cells for up to 24 hours a day at Rikers Island despite the ban, a lawyer told Law360 on Wednesday. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:34:54 +0000 Ex-Bank Compliance Execs' Whistleblower Suit Tossed /newyork/articles/2391480?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391480 A New York federal judge has dismissed whistleblower and discrimination claims brought by former Shinhan Bank America compliance executives against the bank, finding that they failed to follow the required administrative steps before filing suit and haven't demonstrated that the bank was aware of their allegedly whistleblower-protected activity, among other things. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:23:35 +0000 Former US Attorney To Join Harter Secrest In Buffalo /newyork/articles/2391803?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391803 The former U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York is making the move to private practice next month at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, the firm announced Wednesday. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:07:16 +0000 Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management /newyork/articles/2381330?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2381330 Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:36:34 +0000 NYC Housing Bribe Case Winding Down As Another Trial Set /newyork/articles/2392029?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2392029 A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday teed up a trial for a Bronx assistant public housing superintendent accused of taking $14,000 in bribes, as an anti-corruption sweep targeting 70 workers at the New York City Housing Authority inched toward an end. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:35:02 +0000 Smoke Shop Avoids Sanctions But Must Actually Talk To Tribe /newyork/articles/2391422?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391422 Retailers accused by the Cayuga Nation of running an unauthorized cannabis shop won't be sanctioned for allegedly failing to turn over daily sales records, which they had destroyed for years, but a New York federal court has ordered them to produce those records going forward and is requiring both sides to confer in good faith "by actually speaking to each other." Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:48:49 +0000 Courts Keep Upping Standing Ante In ERISA Healthcare Suits /newyork/articles/2391005?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391005 As Article III standing becomes increasingly important in litigation brought by employer-sponsored health plan members under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, several recent cases suggest that courts are taking a more scrutinizing approach to the standing inquiry in both class actions and individual matters, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:31:56 +0000 Sandisk Gets Support In 'Settled Expectations' Challenge /newyork/articles/2391062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391062 Industry groups, professors and Unified Patents are backing Sandisk Technologies Inc.'s Federal Circuit challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's policy of denying review of patents based on the owner's "settled expectations," saying it flouts the law and undermines the patent review system. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:49:19 +0000 Laser Co. Mynaric Investors Get Final OK For $300K Deal /newyork/articles/2390979?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2390979 Investors in laser communication company Mynaric AG have gotten a final nod for their $300,000 deal ending proposed class action claims the company covered up production delays despite allegedly knowing its revenue growth would later take a hit as a result. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:54:55 +0000 NY Feds Say Ex-Finance Exec Stole $8M From Brand Co. /newyork/articles/2391491?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391491 The former finance director of Area 17 was arrested Tuesday and accused of pilfering $8.2 million from the multinational brand management and media company by using his extensive control over its financial systems to embezzle funds from the firm over a 10-year period. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:54:20 +0000 Tether Objects To 'Unsound' Class Bid In Crypto Rigging Suit /newyork/articles/2391370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391370 Tether, Bitfinex and others have urged a New York federal judge not to grant certification to a class of investors accusing the digital asset companies of rigging the cryptocurrency market, arguing that the investors' expert presented an "unsound and unreliable" methodology for determining common impact, among other things. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:40:42 +0000 Professor Says New West Point Policy Stifles Free Speech /newyork/articles/2391426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391426 The longest-serving law professor at West Point has accused the school of violating the free speech rights of its civilian instructors with a new policy that requires professors to obtain permission before participating in or publishing papers tied to their position at the school. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:29:12 +0000 This Week In Healthcare Cybersecurity /newyork/articles/2391197?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391197 Expiring Obama-era cybersecurity legislation, U.K. charges for 'Scattered Spider' breach, and the challenges of 23andMe's bankruptcy. Law360 looks at the week in cybersecurity developments affecting the healthcare industry. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:23:50 +0000 Axsome Settles Investors' Drug Approval Suit For $7.8M /newyork/articles/2391098?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391098 Biopharmaceutical company Axsome Therapeutics Inc. and its shareholders have asked a New York federal court to approve a $7.75 million settlement to resolve investors' claims that Axsome hid issues related to gaining regulatory approval for its migraine drug. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:15:46 +0000 DHS Floats H-1B Rule To Prioritize Higher-Paid Workers /newyork/articles/2391309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391309 The Trump administration proposed a rule on Tuesday to change the H-1B lottery process to one that gives priority to higher-skilled workers at companies offering better pay, according to a Federal Register notice. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:09:38 +0000 Judge Keeps DNA Evidence, Won't Split Gilgo Beach Trial /newyork/articles/2391521?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391521 A New York state justice has again denied suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's attempt to preclude DNA evidence from the case against him, finding Tuesday that the state public health law Heuermann cited as barring the forensics lab used by prosecutors was inapplicable to his case. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:49:17 +0000 Tylenol MDL In Spotlight After Trump Blasts Use In Pregnancy /newyork/articles/2391330?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391330 The Trump administration's attack on the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy drew on the work of a Harvard expert whose analysis is central to a legal clash now before a federal appeals court. The president's broadside promises to energize plaintiffs. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:17:36 +0000 Spirit Strikes Ch. 11 Global Deal With Largest Lessor AerCap /newyork/articles/2391458?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /newyork/articles/2391458 Spirit Airlines urged a New York bankruptcy court Tuesday to approve a global resolution the company reached with AerCap, its largest lessor, that could be a major step forward for the budget airline's riskier, second Chapter 11.