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4 weeks ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Samuel Estreicher |Andrew Babbitt
NYU Law professor Samuel Estreicher and JD candidate Andrew Babbitt examine President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose and threaten tariffs on multiple countries during his second administration, bypassing the typical legislative and procedural requirements for tariff implementation. Professor Estreicher and Mr. Babbitt argue that this strategy represents an unprecedented and legally questionable expansion of executive power, circumventing congressional intent and oversight, raising serious constitutional concerns about the broad and unchecked use of the IEEPA.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
law.com | Samuel Estreicher
After over two decades of Supreme Court decisions dealing with the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq., it is clear that FAA-covered pre-dispute arbitration agreements dealing with statutory claims are enforceable “as written.” It is also clear that such agreements will not be enforced if they require waiver of a statutory claim or right. The Second Circuit’s recent (2-1) decision in Cedeno v.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
law.com | Samuel Estreicher
In 2000, Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in response to the growing problem of human trafficking. The act defines human trafficking broadly as the exploitation of an individual for forced labor or a commercial sex act done under force, fraud or coercion. (Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-386, 114 Stat. 1464 (2000).
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Karen Meara |Christopher P. Rizzo |Samuel Estreicher |Ellen Bardash
Former President Donald Trump and his companies must pay $355 million for repeated and persistent fraud, a Manhattan judge ruled Friday. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are each liable for $4 million, while former Trump Org. CFO Weisselberg is liable for $1 million, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ordered.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
law.com | Samuel Estreicher
On Jan. 1, 2024, the Biden administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final regulation on who is an employee versus who is an independent contractor, Part 795 – Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 89 F.R. 1741, No. 7 (Jan. 10, 2024).
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys |Samuel Estreicher |Jack Womack |Justin Henry
Sullivan & Cromwell claimed the top spot for deal activity in Latin America in 2023 while ranking second in the Caribbean, during what was a slow year for mergers and acquisitions around the globe. Data from the London Stock Exchange Group showed that the New York-based firm logged 13 deals in Latin America worth $15.3 billion last year, catapulting it from a ranking of 18 in 2022. The firm also clocked eight deals in the Caribbean worth $10.8 billion. Want to continue reading?
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
verdict.justia.com | Samuel Estreicher |Employment law
Each day brings new accounts of tragedy from Israel and Gaza. Reasonable people agree that the atrocities Hamas committed on October 7—deliberate, videotaped killings of innocent civilians; maiming in the most gruesome fashion of Israeli women and children; and taking Israelis as hostages into its warren of tunnels—stand as deeply disturbing violations of human rights and the laws of armed conflict.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
law.com | Samuel Estreicher
In Petersen Energia Inversora v. Argentine Republic, No. I: 15 CIV. 2739 (LAP) and Eton Park Capital Management v. Argentine Republic and YPF, No. 1:16 CIV. 869 (both S.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2023) (Petersen), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (per Judge Loretta Preska) entered a judgment of $16.1 billion in damages against Argentina, one of the largest—if not the largest—judgments in the court’s history, relating to conduct occurring nearly entirely outside the United States.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
law.com | Samuel Estreicher |Erin Connell |Alexandria Elliott
With a spotlight on corporate diversity efforts, most employers are keenly aware that Title VII prohibits using race and gender when making employment decisions such as hiring, promotions and terminations. There is less clarity, however, over the extent to which Title VII prohibits employers from engaging in race- or gender-conscious recruiting in order to create a more diverse applicant pool.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
americanpurpose.com | Richard Aldous |Katherine Zimmerman |Samuel Estreicher
Each day brings new accounts of tragedy from Israel and Gaza. Reasonable people agree that the atrocities Hamas committed on October 7—deliberate, videotaped killings of innocent civilians; maiming in the most gruesome fashion of Israeli women and children; and taking Israelis as hostages into its warren of tunnels—stand as deeply disturbing violations of human rights and the laws of armed conflict.
