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.

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.

DeGette legislation to reform U.S. Olympic Committees signed into law

Nov 1, 2020 | News, Sports Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A key piece of legislation, originally introduced in the House by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), to reform how the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committees operate was signed into law last night. Oct 31, 2020 Press Release

Bill which gives Congress power to remove USOPC Board members to become law after Trump signature

Nov 1, 2020 | News, Sports Law

The Empowering Olympic, Paralympic and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020 has been signed by United States President Donald Trump, which will see the legislation become law.

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...