The Covid-related increase in the number of employees working remotely has created an unexpected consequence: heightened risk of cyber intrusions as employees are logging on through their home networks or with personal devices that might not be as secure as office environments. Because it takes...

Recently, Leo Barnes shared his thoughts on how to maximize leverage and collections for commercial landlords. Read more of the Suffolk Lawyer article here and contact our office to learn how we could potentially be able to help you.

Standard fare in the New York Commercial Division today finds (sometimes) overzealous employers seeking to keep former employees “on the sidelines” in order to achieve stated goals of “preserving its business” or “protecting its trade secrets.” Far from involving solely highly compensated,...

The commercial real estate sector has been particularly hammered during Covid, with tenants legally unable to occupy retail and office space, while consumers and professionals adjust to the “new normal”, including working remotely, and enhancing an already well-heeled capacity to order items...

In a recent decision by New York County Commercial Division Justice Barry Ostrager in Matthews v. Symbion Power LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op 20189 (Sup. Ct. New York Cty. 2020), the Court analyzed whether, despite asserting claims for breach of contract against one defendant, a party could recover in...

Recently in WSP USA Corp. v. Marinello, 13-CIV-4591 (PKC), 2013 WL 6704885 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2013), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York analyzed whether a broad separation agreement and release executed upon an employee’s voluntary departure from his employment will bar...