
Print Coverage (Letters to Editor, Articles, Editorials)
12/09/2020 — Times Union — Trustco Fights Back Against What It Calls ‘Sham’ Overdraft Lawsuit
11/23/2020 — New York Daily News — Dismantle This Law: New York’s Scaffold Law Diminishes Affordable Housing Supply by Driving up the Cost of Construction
11/10/2020 — New York Post — Cuomo Signs Law Making It Harder for Rich and Powerful to File Lawsuits to Stifle Free Speech
11/10/2020 — Times Union — Cuomo Signs Bill Designed to Fight Frivolous Lawsuits
11/02/2020 — Crain’s New York — Crain’s New York Business: Let’s Rein in the Political Investigations Against Big Tech
10/20/2020 — The National Herald — A Response to Mike Gianaris on the House Judiciary Antitrust Report
10/15/2020 — New York Daily News — Retired Upstate Judge Who Handled Hundreds of Asbestos Cases Gets Job at NYC Law Firm With Asbestos Practice
10/09/2020 — Harlem World Magazine — Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week Statement From Lawsuit Reform Alliance Of NY
10/08/2020 — Insurance Journal — Calls for Reform Revived Over More Than A Century Old New York Law
10/01/ 2020 — New York Daily News — Big Tech Bill Is Slippery Slope
09/29/2020 — Times Union — Business Groups Renew Proposal to Ditch New York’s Scaffold Law
09/23/2020 — El Diario — Mujer Gana $45 Millones en Una Demanda; Piden Bajar El Monto Para Evitar Futuros “Descalabros Judiciales” en Nueva York
09/20/2020 — New York Post — Woman’s $45m Personal Injury Payout Puts Cash-Strapped NYC at Risk: Lawyers
09/14/2020 — Genesee Sun — Jacobs Introduces Bill that will Lower Construction Costs in NYS
09/13/2020 — Times Union — Viewpoint: Antitrust Measures Must Leave Room for Innovators
09/04/2020 — Patch — Myths About COVID-19 Liability Protections
08/25/2020 — The Crime Report — NY Legislation Allows Businesses to Use Opioid Antidotes
08/15/2020 — New York Daily News — Suiting Up
08/04/2020 — Legal Newsline — New York Repeals COVID-Related Liability Protections for Health Care Workers
07/21/2020 — New York Post — NY Bill Would Rollback COVID-19 Liability Protection for Hospitals, Nursing Homes
07/18/2020 — New York Post — Legal Sharks Looking to Feed off New York’s COVID-19 Pandemic
07/09/2020 — Patch — New York’s Scaffold Law Needs to be Reformed
06/23/2020 — New York Law Journal — Business Groups Move for COVID-19 Lawsuit Protections Even as Grievances Stack Up
06/23/2020 — Real Estate Weekly — Contractors Call for Moratorium on Scaffold Law
05/31/2020 — Newsday — As NY Reopens, Extend COVID-19 Liability Waiver
05/28/2020 — Crain’s New York — Businesses Need Liability Protections During the Pandemic
05/28/2030 — Press-Republican — Governor Strengthens Mask Requirement
05/25/2020 — Buffalo News — What do Personal Liability Lawsuits have to do with the Pandemic? Maybe a lot?
05/15/2020 — Hudson 360 — New York Businesses Call for Liability Protections
05/11/2020 — Spectrum News — Should Nursing Homes Have Liability Protections During Pandemic?
04/20/2020 — Times Union — Letter: Manufacturers need Protection to Work
04/17/2020 — Legal Newsline — Coronavirus Roundup: States Pass Lawsuit-Protection Measures as Pennsylvania Resists
04/15/2020 — Harlem World Magazine — The COVID Crisis: Coalition Calls Gov. Cuomo to Further Protect Essential Businesses and Services from Lawsuits
04/15/2020 — New York Post — Legal Group Wants Essential Businesses protected from Coronavirus Lawsuits
04/15/2020 — Spectrum News — Lawsuit Reform Group Says Essential Businesses Need Protection
02/20/2020 — News 10 WHEC — News10NBC Investigates: 2 lawyers, 231 Lawsuits Over Gift Cards
02/25/2020 — Suffolk Times — Lawsuits Target Local Businesses With Websites Deemed Inaccessible to the Visually Impaired
02/19/2020 — Commercial Observer — Nearly 150 Construction Workers Sued Hudson Yards for Injuries on the Job
02/18/2020 — Schenectady Gazette — Workplace Could Be Affeced by Pot Law
02/14/2020 — Buffalo News — Letter: Cuomo, Legislators Must Correctly Align Interest Rate
02/12/2020 — The Daily Star — In Your Opinion: Capping Medical Liability Payouts Makes Sense
01/31/2020 — Lockport Journal — New York Must Cap Medical Liability Payouts
12/24/2019 — Epoch Times — Lawsuit Abuse a Growing, Costly Problem
12/10/2019 — New York Post — New York State Is Still a Top ‘Judicial Hellhole,’ Report Finds
12/10/2019 — New York Daily News — New York AG Failed to Prove Exxon Misled Public on Climate Change: Judge
12/10/2019 — New York Daily News — The AG’s Costly, Quixotic Crusade Against Exxon
12/10/2019 — Fox Business — Exxon Mobil Found Not Guilty in Climate Change Accounting Case
11/22/2019 — New York Law Journal — Private Right to Sue Under NY Data Privacy Bill Could Clog Courts, Business Leaders Say
11/22/2019 — Miami Herald — NY Lawyer Living in South Florida Made $1 Million from Fake ADA Lawsuit, feds say
11/21/2019 — Newsday — Data Legislation Would Be a Boon for Lawyers
11/20/2019 — Food &Wine — Lawsuits Target Restaurants for Failing to Offer Braille Gift Cards
11/08/2019 — Washington Examiner — Daily on Energy: New York’s climate case against Exxon loses luster
11/01/2019 — New York Law Journal — New Report Finds Many Asbestos Plaintiffs Fail to Identify Bankruptcy Trust Claims in Discovery
10/25/2019 — Albany Times Union — State Abusing Law with Exxonmobil Suit
10/22/2019 — The Washington Times — Exxon Mobil Taken to Trial for ‘Climate Fraud’
10/21/2019 — Wall Street Journal — Exxon’s Climate-Change Accounting Goes on Trial
7/23/2019 — Staten Island Advance — Litigator in various ADA lawsuits across state turns focus to Staten Island
7/12/2019 — New York Law Journal— Inside the Battle Over Litigation Funding Regulation (subscription)
6/20/2019 — Wall Street Journal — New York Protects Its Tenants and Lawyers
6/7/2019 — Crain’s New York Business — One reason health insurance costs are up: Albany loves lawsuits
5/14/2019 — New York Law Journal — Bill to Regulate ‘Lawsuit Lending’ Companies in NY gains momentum
5/13/2019 — Law 360 — How Litigation Funding Can Save, And Doom, Poor Plaintiffs
5/10/2019 — Albany Times Union — Lawsuit lending legislation on Senate committee agenda
5/3/2019 — Albany Times Union — Abuse survivors bombarded with attorney ads
5/2/2019— Albany Times Union — Child Victims Act will likely increase New York school insurance rates
5/1/2019 — New York Post— This new green ‘right’ is nothing but a trial gift to lawyers
5/1/2019 — New York Law Journal — As Bid to Place Environmental Protection in NY Constitution Gains Steam, Backers and Foes Say It Could Spur Litigation
4/30/2019 — State of Politics— Legislature approves environmental measures
4/24/2019 — New York Law Journal — NY Lawmakers Plan to Address Surge in ADA Website Accessibility Suits
4/19/2019 — State of Politics — Contractors Make New Push For Scaffold Law Changes
4/17/2019 — ArtNet News — ‘Serial Plaintiffs’ target art gallery websites for disability act violations
4/12/2019 — Finger Lakes Times — Wineries face ADA website woes
4/12/2019 — Legal Newsline — Lawsuit against TGI Friday’s over potato skins likely lawyer-driven, legal reform group says
3/10/2019 — New York Post — Corey Johnson targets Scaffold Law in plan to fix MTA
3/6/2019 — Capitol Confidential — Scaffold Law reform advocates buoyed by NYC speaker’s remarks
2/20/2019 — Democrat & Chronicle — Firms battling Larry Nassar among those seeking clients in New York
2/18/2019 — ArtNet News — A spate of lawsuits is targeting art schools
2/8/2019 — Democrat & Chronicle — Steuben County woman wants Ricola to cough up $5 million
1/29/2019 — Times Union — Ban the practice of digital ‘ambulance chasing’
1/29/2019 — ArtNet News — More than 75 New York galleries are slammed with lawsuits
1/25/2019 — Washington Examiner — New York’s new AG has the chance to end a major political abuse
1/8/2019 — New York Law Journal — Four J&J Talc Cases Moving to Trial
12/23/2018 — Bronx Chronicle — Christmas Wishes for NY’s Broken Tort System
12/20/2018 — New York Post — Nearly half of the world’s most ridiculous lawsuits were filed in New York
12/7/2018 — Albany Times Union — Complaint says Bloomberg charity influences attorney general’s agenda
12/4/2018 — Albany Times Union — Colleges, including Saint Rose, hit with website lawsuits
12/4/2018 — New York Post — We’re all paying for NYC’s huge frivolous lawsuit industry
12/4/2018 — New York Post — Wall St. cashing in on NYC’s legal feeding frenzy
12/4/2018 — New York Post — NYC is drowning in ridiculous, pricey lawsuits
12/3/2018 — New York Daily News — Lawmakers and advocates gear up to reform costly construction law
11/30/2018 — Albany Times Union — Predatory contracts hurt most vulnerable citizens
11/19/2018 — New York Post — Underwood’s Exxon probe is doomed to fail
11/15/2018 — Daily Caller — New York City Appeals Global Warming Lawsuit Against Oil Companies
11/12/2018 — Forbes — Winery Websites Must Comply With The Americans With Disability Act, But How?
10/31/2018 — Wine Enthusiast — Lawsuits Charge 15 New York Wineries with Discrimination Against Visually Impaired
10/29/2018 — Wine Spectator — New York Wineries Sued over Website Accessibility for Visually Impaired
10/26/2018 — Crain’s New York Business — Law firms aim to strike it rich with settlements from Big Oil
10/12/2018 — Legal NewsLine — New York sues Exxon over climate change disclosures; Move called ‘waste of taxpayer dollars’ by legal reform group
10/11/2018 — New York Post — Man who faked being wheelchair-bound drops two lawsuits after Post exposé
9/30/2018 — Newsday — Making business websites accessible for the disabled
9/23/2018 — New York Daily News — Brooklyn lawyer files avalanche of lawsuits over website accessibility for the blind
9/3/2018 — New York Post — NY Politicians to Science: Drop Dead
8/27/2018 — Brooklyn Paper — Blind woman sues Bklyn Brewery over ‘inaccessible’ website
7/30/2018 — Crain’s New York Business — Critics blame scaffold law for megaproject’s insurance costs ballooning 557%
7/28/2018 — Capitol Confidential — Sheldon Silver sentencing React-O-Mat™ II: This time it’s for real
7/25/2018 — New York Post — Wheelchair-bound man who sues inaccessible shops can walk
7/22/2018 — New York Post — Wheelchair-bound man demands $50K from inaccessible shops
7/19/2018 — Legal Newsline — Losing Streak Emerges As NYC, Hired Guns Defeated In Climate Change Case By Big Oil
7/17/2018 — New York Post — Judge calls request for half a million in legal fees ‘highway robbery’
7/11/2018 — Crain’s New York Business — Letter from Congress could affect local industry around ADA lawsuits
7/2/2018 — New York Post — What’s at stake in those climate-change lawsuits against Big Oil
6/25/2018 — New York Times — Hedge Funds Look to Profit From Personal-Injury Suits
6/11/2018 — Investor’s Business Daily — Climate Change: A Plea For Legislation, Not Litigation
6/4/2018 — Legal Newsline — Lawmakers, legal funding industry square off over regulation in New York
6/2/2018 — Legal Newsline — Three weeks after Silver conviction, NY lawmakers balking at asbestos reform
5/29/2018 — New York Law Journal — NY Lawmakers Considering Bills to Regulate Consumer Litigation Funding
5/28/2018 — New York Post — Woman scammed $200K through bogus personal injury claims: suit
5/17/2018 — Habitat Magazine — Diverse Group Pushes to Reform State’s Scaffold Law
5/16/2018 — New York Post — Time to kill NY’s predatory lending loophole
5/7/2018 — Capitol Confidential — Senate to review lawsuit lending
4/23/2018 — New York Post — Lenders coming out of the woodwork for dead woman’s estate: family
4/16/2018 — New York Post — $60M verdict vs. asbestos; Death award spurs reform cry
4/13/2018 — Times Union — Lawsuit alleges StarKist misled consumers about AHA mark
4/8/2018 — New York Post — Brew-haha
3/30/2018 — Albany Times Union — Scaffold Law benefits personal injury lawyers
3/28/2018 — Legal Newsline — N.Y. lawyers sue 40-plus companies on behalf of the blind man in a month
3/27/2018 — NBC New York — New York Sees Spike in Frivolous American With Disabilities Act Lawsuits, Report Claims
3/26/2018 — Journal News/LoHud.com — Frivolous American with Disabilities Act lawsuits ‘surge’ in NY, report claims
3/24/2018 — New York Post — Legal sharks are ready to cash in by ‘helping’
3/22/2018 — Legal Newsline — Legal reform advocates point to medical malpractice figures in New York, Pennsylvania
3/21/2018 — New York Post — Pabst’s Olympia beer sued for false advertising on ‘pure mountain water’
3/19/2018 — New York Post — Ralph Lauren interns get next to nothing after winning lawsuit
3/8/2018 — Crain’s Health Plus — NY regains status as No. 1 for medical malpractice payouts
3/7/2018 — New York Daily News — Toxic reaction over speedy shift of asbestos-case judge in Manhattan Supreme Court’s civil term
3/7/2018 — Governing Magazine — In World’s Most Expensive City for Building, an Attempt to Lower Costs
2/16/2018 — Journal News/LoHud.com — Werther’s Original sugar-free candy full of hot air, lawsuit claims
2/11/2018 — Albany Times Union — Federal fix needed if N.Y. can’t reform Scaffold Law
2/3/2018 — Legislative Gazette — Governor signs Lavern’s Law, extending patients’ rights in some malpractice cases
2/2/2018 — HudsonValley360 — Faso’s scaffold bill moves closer to House vote
2/2/2018 — Thompson Reuters — New York bill extends statute of limitations for cancer malpractice suits
1/29/2018 — New York Daily News — Cuomo, NY Officials Reach Deal on Lavern’s Law, Aiding Victims of Medical Malpractice
1/22/2018 — New York Post — These videos take cash-for-lawsuit controversy to new levels
1/15/2018 — New York Post — Lawmakers square off over profitable cottage industry
1/6/2018 — New York Post — Ridiculous class-action lawsuits are costing you tons of money
12/15/17 — New York Law Journal — NY Should Reform Tort Law, Group Says
12/15/17 — PPI Blog — New York’s Costly Tort Laws and How to Fix Them
12/11/17 — Forbes — Media Beware: ‘Shakedown’ Lawyer Suing the Industry Over Videos Without Closed Captioning
12/5/17 — Crain’s New York Business — New York Stores Caught in Web of Litigation
11/17/17 — Poynter — How Accessible Is Your Website for the Disabled? Consider Doing an Audit to Find Out
11/1/17 — New York Post — Reformer: Eateries Plagued by Frivolous Lawsuits
10/30/17 — ECA Construction Connections — The Case for Scaffold Law Reform
10/30/17 — Farm and Dairy — New York Law Protects Agritourism
10/29/17 — Crain’s New York — Frivolous Suits Not Funny to Eateries
10/26/17 — New York Daily News — Building Up Costs
10/26/17 — The Washington Post — Tear Down N.Y.’S ‘Scaffold Law’ To Rebuild Infrastructure
10/17/17 — Forbes — Industry Upset With Risk of Higher Verdicts in New York’s Asbestos Court
10/17/17 — The Legislative Gazette — Report Blames Scaffold Law for High Costs and Slow Progress on Infrastructure Improvements
10/11/17 — The New York Times — College Websites Must Accommodate Disabled, Lawsuits Say
10/11/17 — Albany Times Union — Letter: Liability Should Be Proportional to Fault
10/5/17 — The Buffalo News — Another Voice: Scaffold Law Is a Drain on State’s Economy
9/19/17 — Insurance Journal — Advocates Rally Behind New Federal Bill to Fix New York’s Scaffold Law
9/17/17 — New York Post — Let New York Build
9/16/17 — Albany Times Union — Deciding When Statute of Limitations Begins …
9/7/17 — The Journal News — Now Cuomo Should Fix Scaffold Law: Letter
8/14/17 — New York Post — Judges Expand ADA Rule to Include More Websites
7/26/17 — The Legislative Gazette — Doctors, Business Groups Urge Cuomo to Veto Malpractice Bill
7/21/17 — Litigation Finance Journal — The Battle Over Regulating Consumer Litigation Funding in NY State Heats up (Pt. 1 of 2)
7/20/17 — New York Law Journal — Tort-Reform Group Champions Bill to Regulate Certain Litigation Funders
7/17/17 — New York Post — An Unjust ‘Silver” Lining: Ex-Speaker’s Tossed Verdict
7/15/17 — Associated Press — Capitol Watch: Silver Decision Reignites Ethics Debate
7/13/17 — The Daily Gazette — ‘Sheldon Silver Is Absolutely Guilty’: Critics React to Overturned Conviction
7/13/17 — New York Daily News — Ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s Reputation Will Never Be Restored — Despite Overturned Conviction
7/13/17 — Albany Times Union — Sheldon Silver decision React-O-Mat™
7/11/17 — New York Post — Lawyers Cash in on Suits Demanding ADA-Compliant Web Sites
7/10/17 — Albany Times Union — Supporters Wrong About Sex Abuse Statute Change
7/6/17 — Elmira Star-Gazette — Scaffold Law in Need of Reform
7/6/17 — New York Post —There’s No Actual Veggies in ‘Veggie Straws’: Suit
7/3/17 — Legal NewsLine — Visually Impaired Plaintiff Says Online Glasses Retailer’s Website Violates ADA; Legal Reform Group Says Lawyers Only After Money
6/22/17 — Newsday — Legislature OKs More Time to Sue Doctors in Cancer Cases
6/21/17 — New York Daily News — Pared-Down Lavern’s Law Passes in Albany, Giving Cancer Victims More Power to Fight Malpractice
6/20/17 — New York Post — Trial Lawyers Push Bill for Heftier Fees in Malpractice Cases
5/16/17 — Gotham Gazette — The ‘Worst State for Doctors’ Has a Dangerous Pre-existing Condition
5/10/17 — Crain’s New York Business — Litigation Financing’s Dark Side: Vulture Capitalism
4/5/17 — The Auburn Citizen — Legal Costs Hurt N.Y. Municipalities
3/31/17 — WorkCompCentral *Subscription Only* — High Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Worker’s Fall
3/23/17 — Albany Times Union — Protect Consumers From Cash Advance Companies, Too
3/2/17 — New York Post — These Wacky Food Marketing Complaints Take Lawsuits Too Far
2/16/17 — Albany Times Union — McDonald Backs Scaffold Law Reform Legislation
2/15/17 — POLITICO -PRO *Subscription Only* — Scaffold Law Opponents Renew Perennial Push with a Glimmer of Hope
1/2/17 — Albany Times Union — Uber Quashed for Monetary Reasons
12/21/16 — Legal Newsline — Lawsuit by NYC Conductor Who Fell Asleep ‘a Travesty’ to Victims of Derailment, Advocate Says
12/15/16 — Legal Newsline — St. Louis Court Tops List of ‘Judicial Hellholes’ by Tort Reform Group
12/2/16 — Crain’s Morning Insider — Engineer Sues Employer for Letting Him Crash Train
11/4/16 — The Progressive Policy Institute — The Strain of Excessive Litigation on Municipal Budgets
11/1/16 — Westchester Magazine — Battle in the Skyscrapers
11/1/16 — Governing — From Police Shootings to Playground Injuries, Lawsuits Drain Cities’ Budgets
10/10/16 — The Buffalo News —Letter: Repealing Scaffold Law Is Common-Sense Reform
9/16/16 — Legal Newsline — Fla. Man Continues to File ADA Lawsuits in N.Y. Federal Court; Group Says Suits Are ‘Abuse,’ ‘Shakedowns’
9/2/16 — Yonkers Progress — New York Lawsuit Reform (Pg. 25)
8/24/16 — The Journal News — Trial Lawyers Halt Push for Uber and Lyft: View
8/14/16 — New York Post — NY Job-Juicer
7/25/16 — The Buffalo News – Enact Bill Protecting Victims From Personal Injury Lawyers
7/16/16 — Albany Times Union – Letter: Fix New York’s Overly Litigious Tendencies
7/15/16 — Long Island Business News – Stebbins: New York’s Archaic Laws Waste Taxpayer Dollars
7/15/16 — Press-Republican – Scaffold Law
7/11/16 — Newsday – Letter: Start-Up NY Can’t Overcome Downside
7/9/16 — The Economist – Crime and Time
7/7/16 — Westchester Magazine – Local Group Seeks Scaling Back of Scaffold Law
7/12/16 — WRGZ 2 NBC Buffalo – NY Lawmakers Reveal Outside Income
6/13/16 — New York Slant, City & State – Breaking the Statute of Limitations Is Not Justice
6/8/16 — Times Union Capitol Confidential – ‘Collette’s Law’ Aims to Curb Frivolous Lawsuits
6/8/16 — POLITICO Pro *Subscription Only* – Assemblywoman Sponsors Bill to Curb Frivolous Suits
5/25/16 — The Poughkeepsie Journal – Legal Reform Would Benefit Business in New York
5/3/16 — Times Union Capitol Confidential – Sheldon Silver Sentencing React-O-Mat™
5/2/16 — Times Union – Letter: Injury Lawyers Use Clicks for Cash
4/14/16 — Judicial Hellholes – Despite Corruption Conviction of Their Man in Albany, NY’s Unabashed Trial Lawyers Still Buying Influence
4/8/16 — Forbes – With Silver Convicted, Some NY Dems Lend Support to Asbestos Transparency Bill
4/5/16 — Syracuse Post-Standard – Legal Reforms Can Make NY a Friendlier Place for Doctors
3/20/16 — Albany Times Union – Judges Can Update an 1800s Relic
3/6/16 — The Bronx Chronicle – Letter to the Editor: NY Homeowners May Be Liable for Worker Injuries
2/8/16 — Insurance Journal – New York’s Scaffold Law Under Scrutiny
2/8/16 — New York Daily News – State Controller Thomas DiNapoli Donor Earns Nearly $200K from Pension Fund Work
1/25/16 — Insurance Journal – N.Y. Group: Scaffold Law Will Consume Billions from Public Projects Spending
1/25/16 — POLITICO (*Subscription Only*) – Assemblyman tries middle-ground approach to altering Scaffold Law
1/19/16 — The Daily News – State Should Revise Scaffold Law
1/13/16 — The Huffington Post – Sued for Being ‘Too Unattractive’ for a Tribute Band
1/13/16 — Watertown Daily Times – State Scaffold Law Costly to Taxpayers, Hinders Business for NNY Contractors
12/18/15 — New York Post – Even with Shelly Silver in Prison, New Yorkers Will Still Pay for His Legal Corruption
12/15/15 — Legal Newsline – With Sheldon Silver Convicted, N.Y. Legal Reform Sees Chance at More Success
12/13/15 — New York Post – FDNY Firefighters File Lawsuit: Loud Sirens Are Making Us Deaf
12/11/15 — New York Daily News – Cleaning up the Albany Mess
12/10/15 — The Elmira Star- Gazette – Fix Asbestos Litigation in New York
12/8/15 — The Journal News – Fight Corruption, Reform Scaffold Law
12/8/15 — The Buffalo News – Common-Sense Legal Reforms Are Long Overdue in New York
12/6/15 — Albany Times Union – Cleanse Agenda of Trial Lawyers
12/5/15 — The Poughkeepsie Journal – Silver Conviction Should Further Push Albany to Reform Policies
12/5/15 — Albany Times Union – Who Suffered from New York Pols’ Payoff Cases?
12/2/15 — Gotham Gazette – After Silver: Legal Reform is Ethics Reform
11/30/15 — Rochester Democrat & Chronicle – Sheldon Silver Guilty on All Counts in Corruption Trial
11/23/15 — NY 1 TWC News – Closing Arguments Delivered in Sheldon Silver Corruption Trial
11/19/15 — Observer – With Silver and Skelos Trials, a Light Breeze of Change Wafts Over Albany
11/9/15 — New York Post – Sheldon Silver’s Schemes Encouraged Greed and Corruption, Lawyers Say
11/8/15 — Albany Times Union – Arbitration a Better Choice for Consumers
11/5/15 — The Post-Journal – Counties Stress Need for Scaffold Law Reform
10/2/15 — Syracuse Post-Standard – Changing Statute of Limitations for Sex Abuse Would Harm Schools, Churches
9/18/15 — New York Daily News – Like a Ton of Bricks
8/25/15 — WorkCompCentral (subscription) – Compounders, DME Suppliers Turn to Civil Court for Payment
8/23/15 — New York Daily News – EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of Workers’ Compensation Suits Filed in Bronx Could Clog Courts, Advocates Say
7/31/15 — Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin – Forms Show What Lawmakers Do — or Don’t Do — for Clients
7/26/15 — Newsday – NYC Lawsuit Payouts Expected to Rise despite Tougher Stance on Nuisance Claims
7/23/15 — WorkCompCentral (subscription) – Reform Group Tallies Lawyer-Lawmaker Outside Earnings
7/21/15 — New York Post – Legislators Doubling as Lawyers Raked in $4.2M in 2014
7/21/15 — Rochester Democrat & Chronicle– Lawmakers Who Worked for Law Firms Earned 3x Their State Salary
7/21/15 — Albany Times Union – Letter: Knock Litigation out of Ballpark
7/21/15 — New York State of Politics – Report: Lawyer-Legislators Earned as Much as $4.2M Combined
7/21/15 — Albany Times Union – Donors Support Friends, Foes in New York State Legislature
7/20/15 — The Legislative Gazette – A Medical Liability Crisis
7/17/15 — City & State – Letter, Re: The Scaffold Law After Silver’s Fall
7/10/15 — Westchester Business Journal – Advocates Optimistic for Scaffold Law Reform in 2016
6/16/15 — The Wall Street Journal – Buckle Up for Ralph Nader’s ‘Tort Museum’
6/5/15 — The Buffalo News – Letter: Scaffold Law Increases Injuries, Costs Billions
5/31/15 — Crain’s New York Business – How to Heal the City’s Hospitals; Tame Trial Lawyers.
5/8/15 — The Global Legal Post – New York Urged to End Non-Working Law Firm Roles for Politicians
5/8/15 — WorkCompCentral (subscription) – High Court Grants Worker Summary Judgment on Section 240(1) Claim for Fall Down Manhole
5/7/15 — The New York Times – Albany’s Worst Offense
4/22/15 — New York Daily News – EXCLUSIVE: Political Spending by State’s Trial Lawyers Jumps 27% in 2014 over Previous Year, Report Says
4/22/15 — Buffalo Law Journal – BLJ Editor’s Notebook: The ‘Other’ Side of the Scaffold Law
4/7/15 — WorkCompCentral (subscription) – Insurance Panel ChairmanProposes pilot Liability Program for small Contractors
4/3/15 — High Court Issues 2 Rulings on Scope of Scaffold Law
3/12/15 — Times Union – Hope Follows Silver Indictment
3/9/15 — Legal Newsline – New NYCAL Judge an Unknown to Asbestos Litigants
3/3/15 — Legal Newsline – Replaced NYCAL Judge Was ‘Hands-off,’ Allowed Asbestos Plaintiffs Bar to ‘Run the Show,’ Defense Attorneys Say
2/26/15 — New York Post – Editorial: After Silver — Ending Ambulance-Chasers’ Rule of New York
2/22/15 — Crain’s New York Business – Litigation Finance Needs Regulation
2/21/15 — The Buffalo News – Silver Indictment Offers Hope for Lawsuit Reform
2/11/15 — State of Politics – Scaffold Law Opponents: We Have The Data
2/10/15 — Albany Business Review – Contractors, Developers and Lobbyists Say Scaffold Law Reform Gains Traction (Video)
2/10/15 — Albany Business Review – Today is Scaffold Law Reform Day at the Capitol
2/8/15 — Crain’s New York Business – Reading Tea Leaves on New Speaker
2/2/15 — New York Daily News – Close Advisor to Carl Heastie Is a Lobbyist for Trial Lawyers
2/2/15 — New York Post – Do Trial Lawyers Already Have a Friend in Carl Heastie?
2/1/15 — Crain’s New York Business – In Albany, the More Things Change…
1/30/15 — My9NJ: Chasing – Pink Is the New Ugly
1/30/15 — Albany Business Review – One Subplot of the Silver Story: An Opening for Lawsuit Reform
1/29/15 — CNY Business Journal – The “Scaffold Law”: Proof of New York’s Ongoing Hostility Towards Business and Common Sense
1/28/15 — Times Union – Silver Has Long Been Seen as an Immovable Defender of Status Quo, but He’s Not the Only One
1/28/15 — Capital New York – Interim Silver Replacement Has More Business-Friendly Agenda
1/27/15 — WorkCompCentral (subscription) – Silver Arrest Expected to Improve Chances for Scaffold Law Reform
1/26/15 — New York Post – Musician Sued for Being ‘Too Ugly’ Trying to Eliminate Silly Lawsuits
1/25/15 — New York Post – Silver’s Law Firm Rakes in Millions from Judges He Controls
1/25/15 — Crains New York Business – Tarnished Silver: Speaker’s Arrest Upends Most Everything in Albany
1/23/15 — The Wall Street Journal – Sheldon Silver Charges Highlight Allure of Asbestos Cases
1/23/15 — New York Law Journal – Speaker’s Arrest Prompts Calls for Change and Patience
1/22/15 — TU Capitol Confidential – Sheldon Silver Arrest React-O-Mat™
1/12/15 – Business Groups Renewing Push for Scaffold Law Reform
12/17/14–New York Daily News – N.Y., Trial Lawyers’ Playground
11/23/14–Times Union – Letter: Schools Suffer Under State’s Scaffold Law
11/19/14–Brooklyn Daily Eagle – Letter: A Call for Trespasser Responsibility Legislation
9/30/14 — The Journal News – Letter: Scaffold Law Driving Up Costs On New TZB
9/23/14– The Poughkeepsie Journal – Valley Views: New York Needs to Reform Scaffold Law
8/13/14 — The Post Star – Medical Premiums Hurt By Lawsuits
7/27/14 — Newsday – Letter: Scaffold Law Unfairly Penalizes Employers
7/15/14 — Schenectady Daily Gazette – Failure to Enact Tort Reform Costs Billions
7/14/14 — The Journal News – In Reply: Scaffold Law Adds Costs, But Not Safety
7/14/14 — Watertown Daily Times – Reforming Scaffold Law Would Save Money
7/10/14 — New York Post – Standing Up to Shelly (Letters from LRANY and Supporter)
7/8/14 — New York Post – Watchdog Wary of Sheldon Silver’s Income From Law Firm
7/7/14 — New York Daily News – Trial Lawyers Spend Record Amount Lobbying Against Payment Limits for Attorneys
6/27/14 — Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin – Letter: Lawmakers, Lawyers Love to Add More Liability
6/17/14 — New York Post – The Business of Birth
6/13/14 — Troy Record – Overcoming Physician Shortage Overdue, Challenging
5/12/14 — Times Union – Scaffold Law is Too Costly for New York
5/3/14 — The Journal News – A.G. Must Tackle ‘Lawsuit Lending’
4/29/14 — Syracuse Post Standard – Bar Stool Lawsuit No Laughing Matter for New York Business
4/15/14 — The Buffalo News – Letter: Medical Liability Reform Will Ease Doctor Shortage
4/4/14 — The Journal News – Medical Liability Change Aids Lawyers
3/21/14 — The Daily Gazette – State Scaffold Law Absolutely Too Strict
3/19/14 — New York Post – Scaffold Law’s Price
3/7/14 — Times Union – Make Lawyer Use Transparent
1/27/14 — Times Union – Dismantle Scaffold Law to Help Fund Education
Television Appearances
1/08/2021 — New York Now — Lawmakers Return to Albany, Assembly GOP Leader Will Barclay, NY’s Justice System
12/28/2020 — Today’s Verdict — Today’s Verdict: Protect Our Courts Act / Absentee Ballot Legislation / NYC Courts Judicial Hellhole
12/11/2020 — Capital Tonight — Legal Reform Advocates Call on Lawmakers to Make Changes to the Civil Justice System
09/14/2020 — Spectrum NY News 1 — New York’s Anti-Trust Laws Under Debate
05/14/2020 — New York Now — Access to Justice, COVID-19 and the Courts, Lawsuit Limbo
04/14/2020 — Bronxnet — Today’s Verdict: Cornonavirus and the Law, Purell Lawsuit, Voting by Mail, Resources for Businesses
02/20/2020 — News 10 WHEC — News10NBC Investigates: 2 Lawyers, 231 Lawsuits Over Gift Cards
10/30/2019 — Fox Business — Rex Tillerson Expected on Witness Stand at Exxon Mobil Fraud Trial
10/24/2019 —Spectrum NY News 1 — Surge in Lawsuits by Small Group of New Yorkers with Disabilities Draws Scrutiny
6/14/2019 — News 10 WHEC — Tom Stebbins, Berkeley Brean and John Urlaub on website ADA lawsuits
5/03/2019 — News 10 WHEC — Tom Stebbins, Berkeley Brean, Chip dolce and Jeffrey Gottleib on the explosion of ADA lawsuits
12/4/2018 — Today’s Verdict — Tom Stebbins on Today’s Verdict
11/1/2018 — Capital Tonight — Study scrutinizes cost, benefit of US tort system
10/12/2018 — News12 Westchester — Business leaders cite bridge cost in call for scaffold law reform
5/16/2018 — Capital Tonight — Senator Ortt and Tom Stebbins take on Lawsuit Lending
1/15/18 — Capital Tonight — The issues with lawsuit lending
9/14/17 — Capital Tonight — Survey: Fear of Malpractice Leads to Over-Treatment of Patients
7/13/17 — Capital Tonight — Bill on Agritourism Safety Standards Awaits Governor’s Action
4/27/17 — Capital Tonight — Report: NY Worst State to be a Doctor
12/7/16 — WNYT News Channel 13 — Advocates Renew Efforts to Bring Ride Sharing Upstate Despite Pushback From Lobbyists
11/9/16 — Capital Tonight — Addressing Municipal Lawsuits and Taxpayer Funding
7/12/16 — WRGZ 2 NBC Buffalo – NY Lawmakers Reveal Outside Income
6/8/16 — WNYT News Channel 13– “Pink” Tribute Singer Pushes New Law After Suit Claiming She Wasn’t Attractive Enough
5/17/16 – Capital Tonight – Advocates Want Albany to Change Its Treatment of Trial Lawyers
1/22/16 – Fox News – Firefighters Sue Siren-Making Company over Hearing Loss
12/22/15 – Capital Tonight – NY Ranks #2 on Legislative Hellholes Report
12/1/15 – CBS 6 Albany – Lawmakers, Government Watchdogs Push for Reform after Silver Verdict
11/3/15 – WNYT News Channel 13 NBC – Silver or Political Culture: What’s Really on Trial?
11/3/15 – NY1 TWC News – Opening Statements Begin in Sheldon Silver Corruption Trial
11/2/15 – WNYT News Channel 13 NBC – Jury Selection Begins in Sheldon Silver’s Corruption Trial
11/2/15 – Time Warner Cable News– Jury Selection Underway in Trial of Former Speaker Sheldon Silver
10/1/15 – Capital Tonight – Tom Stebbins Discusses Scaffold Law Reform Support from Majority of NY Counties
7/16/15 – Capital Tonight – Tom Stebbins on How Fear of Lawsuits Impacts NY’s Municipalities
6/24/15 – Capital Tonight – Capital Tonight Interview: Tom Stebbins Discusses Avoiding Bad Faith Lawsuits
4/26/15 – Capital Tonight – Tom Stebbins Discusses the 2015 Power of Attorney Report, Spending Up 27%
2/11/15 – CBS 6 – Fred Dicker Discusses the Scaffold Law and Scaffold Law Reform Day at the Capitol
2/11/15 – Capital Tonight – Tom Stebbins & Curtis Lumber’s Margie Miller Discuss Optimism for Scaffold Law Reform
12/16/14 – Capital Tonight – Tom Stebbins Discusses NYCAL Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
11/19/14 – Capital Tonight – Collette McLafferty and Scott Hobson Discuss Law to Curb Frivolous Lawsuits
8/19/14 – Capital Tonight – LRANY Director Explains Controversial Scaffold Law Report
5/6/14 – Capital Tonight – Tom Stebbins Discusses Trial Bar Report and Scaffold Law Reform
11/26/13 – Fox News Special Report – Grapevine: Fighting Frivolous Lawsuits
11/25/13 – Fox 5 News – Frivolous Lawsuits in New York City
11/5/13 – Today’s Verdict – Tom Stebbins Discusses The LRANY Video Series with Trial Attorney David Lesch
10/24/13 – Univision – Proponen Leyes Para Evitar Accidentes en Construcción
Videos
2/10/15 — Albany Business Review – Contractors, Developers and Lobbyists Say Scaffold Law Reform Gains Traction (Video)
10/14/13 – City & State – Tom Stebbins Discusses the Scaffold Law
5/14/13 — Poughkeepsie Journal – Tom Stebbins Discusses Scaffold Law Reform
5/10/13 — Syracuse Post Standard – Scaffold Law: Editorial Board Meeting
Radio Interviews
06/02/2020 — Capitol Pressroom — Re-opening of Businesses Amid Pandemic Raises Liability Questions
03/10/2020 — Capitol Pressroom — Consumer Protections in the Empire State
11/2/2018 — Capitol Pressroom — Tom Stebbins on tort issues and the AG’s Exxon suit
1/29/2018 — Focus on the State Capitol — Tom Stebbins Discusses Lawsuit Lending with Fred Dicker
12/20/17 — WHCU Morning Newswatch — Sue York? Sue You!
11/2/17 — Focus on the State Capitol — Tom Stebbins Discusses Scaffold Law Reform Efforts with Fred Dicker
10/6/17 — The Capitol Pressroom — Tom Stebbins on Fear of Lawsuits and Healthcare Costs
7/18/17 — The Capitol Pressroom — Tom Stebbins Discussed the Silver Case Overruled and Argitourism Liability
7/17/17 — WHCU Morning Newswatch — LRANY Advocates for Agritourism
7/12/17 — WHCU Morning Newswatch — Tom Stebbins Discusses the Cost of Sue York
2/14/17 — The Capitol Pressroom — Tom Stebbins and Attorney Steven Dyki Discuss Scaffold Law Reform, Collette’s Law, and Lawsuit Lending
12/19/16 — WHCU Morning Newswatch – Tom Stebbins Talks on New York’s “Judicial Hellhole”
11/28/16 — The Capitol Pressroom — Tom Stebbins Discusses in the Lawsuit Culture New York and the Municipal Budget Consequences
11/11/16 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus — Tom Stebbins Discusses Governing Magazine Report on Municipal Lawsuit Costs
8/28/16 — CBS WFAN 660 — Weekends on WFAN with Bob Salter
5/24/16 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus – Tom Stebbins Discusses New York’s Broken Civil Justice System
5/19/16 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus – Tom Stebbins Discusses Power of Attorney 2016
4/12/16 — The Capitol Pressroom– Tom Stebbins Discusses the 2016 Power of Attorney report
4/11/16 — Binghamton Now – Tom Stebbins Discusses the 2016 Power of Attorney report
4/11/16 — WHCU Morning Newswatch – Tom Stebbins Discusses the 2016 Power of Attorney report
2/22/16 — The Capitol Pressroom– Tom Stebbins Argues the Scaffold Law Drives up the Cost of Infrastructure Projects
1/27/16 — WVOX 1460 AM: “Westchester Means Business” – Tom Stebbins Discusses Scaffold Law Reform with John Ravitz
12/11/15 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus – Tom Stebbins Discusses a Post-Silver Albany
12/10/15 — WHCU Morning Newswatch – Tom Stebbins, The Cost of Corruption
12/2/15 — The John Gomez Show– Tom Stebbins Discusses the Conviction of Sheldon Silver
11/6/15 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus – Tom Stebbins Discusses the Sheldon Silver Trial with Tom Sipos
5/13/15 — Talk 1300 with Fred Dicker – Fred Dicker Mentions LRANY’s NYT Outside Income piece
4/23/15 — WHCU Morning Newswatch – Tom Stebbins Discusses Power of Attorney Report
2/2/15 — WHCU Morning Newswatch – Tom Stebbins Discusses the Cost of Sheldon Silver on NY
1/29/15 — The Capitol Pressroom– Tom Stebbins Discusses NY’s litigation culture post Silver
1/28/15 — Talk 1300 with Fred Dicker – Dicker Reads LRANY Statement on Imminent Departure of Silver
1/23/15 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus – Tom Stebbins Discusses Speaker Silver’s Arrest
12/24/14 — The Capitol Pressroom – Tom Stebbins Discusses NYCAL Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
12/16/14 — CBS New York 1010 WINS – Tom Stebbins Discusses NYCAL Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
12/16/14 — WSYR with Jim Donovan – Tom Stebbins Discusses NYCAL Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
12/16/14 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus – Tom Stebbins Discusses NYCAL Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
12/16/14 — WHCU Morning Newswatch – Tom Stebbins Discusses NYCAL Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
9/25/14 — The Capital Pressroom– Tom Stebbins Discusses the Costs of Medical Malpractice in New York
9/10/14 — WKIP Hudson Valley Focus with Tom Sipos – Tom Stebbins Discusses the Trial Bar’s Influence in New York
7/30/14 — The Capital Pressroom – Tom Stebbins Discusses the Result from a Recent FOIL Request