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Who Is Barry Berke? Dems' Lead Counsel Named For Trump's Second Impeachment Trial On 1/15/21 at 10:41 PM EST The House Judiciary Committee announced Friday that lawyer Barry Berke will be serving as lead counsel for Democrats during President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. Berke previously served as special counsel during Trump's first impeachment. For Trump's historic second impeachment trial, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Lead Impeachment Manager Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said that Berke had once again been "retained on a consulting basis" to represent ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On Nov. 24, 2020, the State of New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Kramer Levin client Sutton 58 Associates LLC (Sutton), an affiliate of Gamma Real Estate, in its $100 million lawsuit brought against real estate investor Philip Pilevsky, his sons and related entities. The 23-page majority opinion held that federal bankruptcy law did not preempt Sutton’s state law claims for tortious interference with contract. This landmark decision from New York’s highest court reversed a decision of the Appellate Division, First Depa...

Corey Johnson (background) and (from left) Ross Moskowitz, Ken Fisher and Paul Selver (Getty) The City Council is taking the first step toward transforming how land use decisions are made in New York, but it has a long road ahead. Council Speaker Corey Johnson will introduce legislation Thursday that would create a new framework for city planning by setting long-term goals for housing, infrastructure, climate resiliency and other resources. The bill lays out a 10-year planning cycle that incorporates more opportunities for community members to weigh in on land use decisions in their neighborh...

By MARC BUSSANICH Credits: Dusan Petkovic December 16, 2020 at 6:49 PM New York, NY—The New York Blood Center explained during an environmental scoping session to the Department of City Planning why it needs to upzone its property on E 67 th. Street to build a 16-story, nearly 600,000-square foot campus while members of the public expressed both support and opposition to the redevelopment. Robert Purvis, executive vice president and chief of staff at the New York Blood Center, said that the Center’s proposed redevelopment is critical to ensuring its continued viability into the future. ...

(iStock) Fried Frank’s annual holiday bash typically draws about 1,000 clients and friends to Cipriani, where they stand elbow to elbow sipping cocktails and snacking on hors d’oeuvres. But this year may be one for the Grinch. Planning for the firm’s annual holiday bash typically starts a year in advance. But last month, the white-shoe law firm officially pulled the plug on its celebration, seen by many as the industry’s unofficial start to the holiday season. “As much as I like having fun and going to the parties and seeing everybody, I think this is the year of no parties.”