All Articles tagged Disclosure

• New York Appeals
  September 13, 2019 EDT
  SEA CHANGE: NEW YORK STATE CLASS ACTIONS: MAKING IT WORK, FULFILLING THE PROMISE: PART III
  Thomas A. Dickerson

  This is the third installment of the ongoing analysis of New York class actions brought pursuant to CPLR article 9.

• General
  April 15, 2018 EDT
  FROM THE CLOSET TO THE BOARDROOM: REGULATING LGBT DIVERSITY ON CORPORATE BOARDS
  Alexander M. Nourafshan

  This article proposes reforms to strengthen the SEC’s diversity disclosure rule by defining diversity and mandating disclosure of specific demographic traits: race, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

• General
  March 23, 2015 EDT
  QUID LEGES SINE MORIBUS VANAE PROFICIENT: A BALANCING APPROACH TO THE POSTMORTEM APPLICATION OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
  Kevin J. Maggio

  This article argues that where the balance favors disclosure of the confession, the court should permit disclosure of this otherwise confidential information.

• General
  May 13, 2014 EDT
  “GROUNDBREAKIN” OR BROKEN? AN ANALYSIS OF SEC CYBERSECURITY DISCLOSURE GUIDANCE, ITS EFFECTIVENESS, AND IMPLICATIONS
  Matthew F. Ferraro

  Using case studies, this article concludes that the SEC cybersecurity disclosure guidance both procedurally overreaches and substantively underachieves.

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  CRYING OUT FOR CHANGE: A CALL FOR A NEW CHILD ABUSE HEARSAY EXCEPTION IN NEW YORK STATE
  Christopher T. Fell

  This article proposes a change to the New York State law concerning outcries of abused children.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2013 EDT
  NEW YORK‘S APPELLATE COURTS WRESTLE WITH SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN INTERNET DEFAMATION CASES
  Alan J. Pierce

  This article examines how New York state appellate courts have applied internet-defamation principles after the Court of Appeals rulings in Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co., and Firth v. State.

• General
  January 01, 2013 EDT
  ARE FRANCHISEES WELL-INFORMED? REVISITING THE DEBATE OVER FRANCHISE RELATIONSHIP LAWS
  Robert W. EmersonUri Benoliel

  This article argues that the assumption that franchisees consider all relevant information before signing a franchise contract and make a well-informed choice is questionable.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2010 EDT
  CPLR 3126 CONDITIONAL ORDERS REQUIRING DISCLOSURE “CAN’T GET NO RESPECT”
  Patrick M. Connors

  This article examines the events in litigation that typically result in a CPLR 3126 conditional order requiring disclosure.

• General
  March 03, 2010 EDT
  BANKS AND BROKERS AND BRICKS AND CLICKS: AN EVALUATION OF FINRA’S PROPOSAL TO MODIFY THE “BANK BROKER-DEALER RULE”
  Jill I. GrossEdward Pekarek

  This article evaluates the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s proposal to adopt a modified version of National Association of Securities Dealers Rule 2350, known as the “bank broker-dealer rule.”

• General
  March 03, 2009 EDT
  CPLR 3126 CONDITIONAL ORDERS REQUIRING DISCLOSURE“CAN’T GET NO RESPECT”
  Patrick M. Connors

  This article examines the events in litigation that typically result in a CPLR 3126 conditional order requiring disclosure.