Congratulations to Founding Members Alan Kluger, Abbey Kaplan, Bruce Katzen, Steve Silverman and Philippe Lieberman and to attorney Terri Meyers, who were selected by Best Lawyers in America 2013 to be among the top legal practitioners in their practice areas: Alan Kluger – Commercial Litigation / Litigation: Banking & Finance / Litigation: …

By Michael T. Landen Recently, the Buffalo office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a letter concerning an employer’s instructions to an employee not to discuss a pending investigation.  Excerpts of the letter can be found here. The EEOC letter raises questions about an employer’s ability to silence employees during an …

By Todd A. Levine We have recently seen a rash of cases involving private equity firms’ or public companies’ purchases of closely held companies prior to the recession.  Unfortunately, many of the acquired businesses did not survive the recession and the buyers—seeking to recoup some or all of their investment—then …

This week Alan J. Kluger comments on the Third District Court of Appeals decision in LaRue v. Kalex Construction and Development, Inc., et. al. On its face, this case may seem like a run-of-the-mill law school hypothetical – does the statute of frauds apply to an oral employment agreement?  The …

By Abbey L. Kaplan An often over-looked part of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure is 1.510(d), which provides that if a court denies a motion for summary judgment, the court “shall ascertain, if practicable, what material facts exist without substantial controversy and what material facts are actually and in …