Companies that have made confidential settlement payments related to sexual harassment claims should be aware that the recently enacted federal tax reform law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, includes a provision prohibiting employers from deducting such confidential payments from business income, ...
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Kasowitz has secured a complete victory for client Bridgeton Holdings, the hotel and real estate owner, operator, and developer, in a case pending in the Southern District of New York, when the court granted Kasowitz’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the remaining claims against Bridgeton for...
Kasowitz recently obtained an award of asylum from the New York Immigration Court on behalf of a woman who had been subjected to persecution in Côte d’Ivoire on the basis of her ethnicity, religion, and imputed political opinion. After hearing evidence from the victim concerning her history of pers...
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP secured another victory for its client Age Group when it defeated the appeal brought by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia that sought dismissal of the action....
From January until April, Kasowitz attorneys coached a team of students from the Law Institute at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn in their first New York City Mock Trial Tournament, part of the New York State Mock Trial Competition....
The New York State Legislature and the New York City Council have adopted new legislation prompted by increasing attention to sexual harassment in the workplace. The changes in law will impact all New York employers and require new practices and policies....
Matthew B. Stein, a leading bankruptcy and restructuring partner at Kasowitz, has been named a 2018 “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” by Turnarounds & Workouts, a listing that honors top attorneys under 40 in the restructuring practice area....
Kasowitz secured a significant victory on behalf of client Cambridge Security Seals when the New York Court of Appeals rejected plaintiff E.J. Brooks’ novel damages theory for trade secret misappropriation cases measured by a defendant’s “avoided costs.”...
Kasowitz Partner Christine Montenegro has been shortlisted, for the second consecutive year, as a 2018 “Rising Star” in Litigation for Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards....