Phoenix Partner & Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Practice Gregg E. Clifton will moderate a panel at the upcoming SLA 2023 Annual Conference in Los Angeles on May 12 at 4:00 p.m. PT.

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, the Grieving Families Act was re-introduced into the New York State legislature. A press release regarding the re-introduction of the bill claims that this new version responds to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s concerns by “clarifying the bill’s retroactive effect, limiting the types of damages that can be recovered, reducing the extension of the statute of limitations, and clearly defining who is a close family member eligible to recover.”

New York Partner Karen L. Campbell will join the faculty at the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) Annual Civil Trial Practice Institute on May 5 at 12:50 p.m. ET.

On Monday, May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down a controversial decision in the collective cases of Lion Elastomers and United Steelworkers, effectively hamstringing employers from terminating employees who have outbursts of temper at the workplace.

A little more than a month after the high-profile closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), California bank regulators closed First Republic Bank on Monday, May 1, 2023, marking the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and launching a hurried bidding process from several banks over the weekend. In the early morning hours of May 1, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed receiver, and it then transferred all of First Republic’s deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase).

Chicago Partner and Co-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) Practice Mary A. Smigielski recently spoke with Bloomberg Law for an article that discusses the rapid increase in BIPA lawsuits filed since the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision in Cothron v. White Castle. 

Fort Lauderdale Partner David Shannon will speak at the upcoming 2023 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Taxes Seminar, hosted at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Chicago on June 8 at 11:15 a.m. CT.

San Francisco Partner Florence McClain will present at the upcoming Perrin Talc Litigation Conference on June 1 at the W Chicago Hotel at 4:15 p.m. CT.

New York Partner Elior D. Shiloh spoke with Law360 about his recent appointment as chair of Lewis Brisbois' National Labor & Employment Practice. The firm announced the appointment, as well as regional leadership for the practice, earlier this week.

Fort Lauderdale Partner Sean P. Shecter, Atlanta/Savannah Partner Steven Lee, and Washington D.C./Baltimore Associate Joseph Doukmetzian recently published a Law360 Expert Analysis piece titled, "What SBF's FCPA Charge Means For Crypto Enforcement," which discusses the charge that federal prosecutors recently levied against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried pursuant to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce Elior Shiloh as the Chair of its National Labor & Employment Practice. The Labor & Employment Practice of Lewis Brisbois, the sixth largest law firm in the country with offices in 55 cities, across 32 states and the District of Columbia, represents clients in all forms of single plaintiff and class employment litigation, counseling, and training.

Phoenix Partner & Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Practice Gregg E. Clifton joined a panel on sports arbitration issues, hosted by New York Law School (NYLS) on March 28. 

New York Associate Gatluak Ramdiet will be the featured presenter at the National Black Lawyers' (NBL) webinar series, "The Academy," on May 11 at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Chicago Partner Stephen Sitley recently spoke with Law360 Pulse for an article, titled, “'A Whole New World': How GCs Can Navigate Bankruptcies.” The article, which features perspectives of attorneys who served as General Counsel before joining law firms, discusses how in-house counsel may work with outside counsel to handle bankruptcies in an effective manner, while managing internal communications as well. 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces sanctions. OFAC issued a new advisory on April 17, 2023 warning U.S. citizens and entities (U.S. Parties) of practices that could result in evasion of the price cap on crude oil originating from Russia. OFAC issued the advisory because of several incidents involving oil exported through the Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline and ports on Russia’s eastern coast.