NEW YORK – – Nov. 26, 2019 – Rivkin Radler is proud to announce that Peter C. Contino, Laura Einig and Benjamin P. Malerba have each received a Leadership in Law award from Long Island Business News in the categories of Lifetime Achievement, Unsung Hero and Partner, respectively.

The awards recognize individuals who demonstrate dedication,

On October 4, Janice DiGennaro will be speaking on the topic of, “Relations with Others including Partners and Non-clients” at the Risk Management Long Island 2019 CLE program sponsored by the Committee on Continuing Legal Education and the Law Practice Management Committee of the New York State Bar Association.

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Stan Tartaglia obtained summary judgment dismissing the Complaint and awarding judgment on the Counterclaim on behalf of the client, an engineering firm, in a suit in which the plaintiff asserted multiple causes of action, including breach of contract.

The plaintiff, a school district, alleged that our client breached its contract by failing to provide proper

Todd Belous and Amanda Gurman obtained pre-answer dismissal of an action alleging legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, fraud and negligent misrepresentation against our attorney client based on their representation of the plaintiff in a litigation which resolved over 10 years ago.

The plaintiff commenced the action against his prior attorneys based

Janice J. DiGennaro and Carol A. Lastorino obtained a major victory on a pre-answer motion to dismiss before Justice O. Peter Sherwood in New York County Supreme Court, Commercial Division.

The case involved a complex legal malpractice action against our client involving corporate restructuring, capital raise transactions and a merger with a public company, wherein

On July 17, 2019, Casey Murphy and Lawrence Han secured a dissolution of De’An’s Pork Products, Inc. on behalf of their client, a 50% owner in the sausage manufacturing company.

Over the objection and resistance of the other 50% owner, the Hon. Leon Ruchelsman of the New York Supreme Court in Kings County issued an

In a Newsday article entitled, “Safe data always key, new law or no,” Shari Claire Lewis discusses the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, which was passed by the State Legislature and awaits Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature. The law require businesses to implement data security safeguards.

“Data’s one of the highest valued

Jonathan Bruno and Cali Eckler obtained the dismissal of an amended complaint on behalf of their clients, a law firm and an individually named attorney at the law firm (the law firm defendants). The claim arose from litigation that the plaintiff initiated after the board members of the homeowners’ association (HOA) where the plaintiff lived

Janice DiGennaro and Amanda Gurman successfully obtained dismissal of a complaint filed against a real estate broker client.

Plaintiff, a disgruntled home buyer, commenced an action for fraud and negligent misrepresentation against everyone involved in their home purchase, including our client, the listing broker for the property. The action was based on the defendants’ alleged

On May 31, Avigael Fyman will be presenting at the USLAW NETWORK Professional Liability Exchange at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City. She will be speaking on, “Hot Topics in Professional Malpractice Claims.”