2021-2022 Legislative Memos:
Support
S.4848 (Reichlin-Melnick) / A.5599 (Galef) Statements of apology by medical providers
S.678 (Harkham) / A.2016 (Barrett) Permitted persons liability
S.3250 (Sanders) / A.5016 (McDonald) Interest on judgments
S.705 (Kaplan) / A.1270 (Magnarelli) Regulation of lawsuit lending
S.87 (Gianaris) Recovery for personal injury while committing a crime
Oppose
S.5394 (Parker) / A.2261 (Simon) Environmental conservation private citizens lawsuits
S.298 (Thomas) / A.2265 (Niou) Cause of action for medical monitoring
S.1034A (Ginaris) / A.2681A (Reyes) Occupational exposure to airborne infectious disease
A.1490 (Dinowitz) Ex parte interviews in medical liability claims
S.3551 (Breslin) / A.2540 (Weinstein) Private rights of action for insurance “bad faith”
A.2495 (Niou) Expansion of the general business law
A.3024 (Dinowitz) Liability for non-settling defendants
S. 5152 (Skoufis) / A.3486 (Dinowitz) Recoveries against third parties
S.3516 (Bailey) Private lawsuits for insurance “bad faith”
A.680 (Rosenthal) Relates to enacting NY privacy act
A.1812 (Dinowitz) Authorizes anti-trust class-actions
A.2506 (Weinstein) Expansion of false claims
S.1034 (Gianaris) / A. 2681 (Reyes) Exposure to occupational airborne disease
S.128 (Liu) / A.390 (Braunstein) Voiding COVID-19 Liability Agreements
S.697 (Hoylman) / A.1464 (Dinowitz) Prohibited arbitration agreements and provisions
S.74 (Hoylman) / A.6770 (Weinstein) Expansion of wrongful death claims
S. 1119 (Sanders) Relates to the waiver of sovereign immunity for ADA
Letters:
Business Regulations Opposition
Business Interest on Judgments Support
Municipal Interest on Judgments Support
COVID Reopening Liability Protections
Labor Law 240 Moratorium Letter
Labor Law 240 Executive Budget
Testimony:
2021 City Council ADA testimony
2021 Interest on judgments testimony
2020-2021 Executive Budget: legislative hearing regarding health and Medicaid
2020 COVID-19 Nursing Home hearing testimony
2020 Antitrust hearing testimony
2019-2020 Legislative Memos:
Support
S.9043 (Sanders) / A.7146 (Shimminger) Interest on Judgments Reform
S.52A (Hoylman) / A.5991 (Weinstein) Anti-Slapp 2020
A.3737 (McDonald) Scaffold Law reform
PPGG Part T (Budget) Judgment interest rate reform
A.53 (Buchwald) Truth & fairness in asbestos litigation
Oppose
S.8872 (Hoylman) / A.11066 (Weinstein) False claims
S.6352 (Kaplan) / A.7595 (Weinstein) Consent to general jurisdiction
A.2370 (Dinowitz) Ex parte interviews in medical liability claims
S.2407C (Comrie) / A.679C (Niou) Expansion of the general business law
S.6552 (Skoufis) / A.2373 (Dinowitz) Recoveries against third parties
S.6216 (Bailey) / A.5623A (Weinstein) Private lawsuits for insurance “bad faith”
S.6081 (Hoylman) / A.2372 (Dinowitz) Liability for non-settling defendants
S. 5642 (Thomas) / A.8526 (Rosenthal) Relates to enacting NY privacy act
S.8497 (Biaggi) / A.10427 (Kim) Repeal of article 30-D section 3082 of New York public health law
S.6334A (Hoylman) / A.8304 (Dinowitz) Expands class actions
S.3634 (Breslin) / A.5629 (Weinstein) Private rights of action for insurance “bad faith”