Pilgrim to Participate on Ethics Panel for the INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION Annual Meeting

Feb 28, 2022 | ADR, Business Law, Dispute Resolution, News

Pilgrim & Associates Arbitration, Law & Mediation LLC’s Managing Attorney, Jill Pilgrim, will be part of a distinguished webinar panel presenting at the Annual Meeting of the INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION (CPR).  The...

Free Program to Connect Live Performance Venues to Federal Relief

Feb 8, 2021 | Blog, Business Law, News

NYC’s Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment announced the launch of Curtains Up NYC, a program to provide application assistance to live-performance venues, organizations and workers applying for federal relief.

Resources for Businesses – Paycheck Protection Program

Jan 30, 2021 | Business Law, Entertainment, Sports Law

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) reopened earlier this month and currently offers:        •   First Draw PPP Loans for first time program participants, and •   Second Draw PPP Loans for certain businesses who have previously...

New York Enacts New Post-Mortem Publicity Rights Law with Significant Implications for Commercial Advertising and Marketing Uses

Dec 30, 2020 | Business Law, Entertainment, News, Personal & Family, Sports Law

A sea-change in NY’s privacy/publicity rights law went into effect on November 30, 2020, when Gov. Cuomo signed legislation establishing a new Civil Rights Law Section 50-f (S5959D /A.5605-C), which for the first time grants a 40-year post-mortem right of...

New Power-of-Attorney Law & Form in New York

Dec 15, 2020 | Business Law, Consumer, News, Personal & Family, Wills & Estates

In a major victory for New York State Bar Association advocacy on behalf of its members, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed a new NYSBA-advanced bill into law that simplifies and improves for consumers the state’s power of attorney form.

Gift From Davis Polk to Expand Legal Services in West Harlem

Oct 9, 2020 | Articles, Business Law, Consumer, News

Columbia Law School today announced a $500,000 grant from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to expand the Law School’s Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic. Students in the clinic provide free, transactional business law services to entrepreneurs, nonprofit...