Coverage

Newspaper Coverage (Letters to Editor, Articles, Editorials)

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