23 Jul, 2024 Eyes Wide Open to Experiential Learning By Jaclyn Grodin Experiential learning can be transformative for law students who incorporate career clinics, externships, and internships as part of...
05 Jun, 2024 5th Circuit Strikes Down SEC Private Fund Rules. Now What? By Jaclyn Grodin The long-awaited SEC private fund rules were put on ice by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today when the appellate court struck...
22 Apr, 2024 Hackers Loot IOLTA Account; Insurers Look for Cover By Richard Rosensweig The case of Haggett v. Kirzer is raising significant questions not only about the security of law firm accounts, but also about potential...
18 Jan, 2024 Mass. Bar Split As Pre-Pandemic 12-Person Juries Return By Jennifer Furey What a judge called the "last vestige" of COVID-era restrictions in Massachusetts state courts came to an end in the new year with the...
08 Jan, 2024 How I Made Partner: Be ‘A Good Firm Citizen in Addition to a Good Lawyer,’ Says Jennifer Mikels of Goulston & Storrs By Jennifer Mikels How did she make partner? Jennifer Mikels discusses her trajectory to Goulston & Storrs director with Law.com. Learn more about her...
25 Sep, 2023 SEC collects Wall Street's private messages as WhatsApp probe escalates By Jaclyn Grodin Reuters The U.S. securities regulator has collected thousands of staff messages from more than a dozen major investment companies,...
03 Mar, 2023 Could It Happen Here? Firm Claws Back Associate's Salary By Richard Zielinski Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly A North Dakota law firm has succeeded in clawing back nearly $36,000 of a former associate’s salary by...
16 Feb, 2023 How New Cases Are Expanding Parameters of Litigation Privilege By Jennifer Mikels Richard Rosensweig Isabel Sukholitsky Bloomberg Recently, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court joined a growing number of jurisdictions pushing the boundaries of the...
18 Oct, 2022 But What About But-For Causation? Challenging Legal Malpractice Claims for Lack of Proximate Cause By Nick Cutaia Joel Antwi New York Law Journal Conventional wisdom dictates that a lawyer being sued for legal malpractice in New York will rarely win a motion to...
10 Oct, 2022 Litigators Balance Competing Needs in Dispute Resolution By Nick Cutaia Crain's New York Business As complex litigation grows increasingly expensive, litigators must be able to manage their cases effectively...
12 Jul, 2022 Adapting To SEC's Heightened Scrutiny Of Private Funds By Goulston & Storrs Law 360 Jaclyn Grodin, Joel Cohen U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler's ambitious agenda to enhance overall market...
16 Feb, 2022 5 Steps For Private Funds As SEC Ramps Up Oversight By Jaclyn Grodin During his first year at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chair Gary Gensler announced to the markets clearly and often...
04 Jan, 2022 Private Funds Should Prepare For More SEC Oversight In 2022 By Jaclyn Grodin Growth in the private funds industry has been exponential in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. Industry experts estimate...
04 Nov, 2021 General Jurisdiction Trend Grows With NY High Court's Ruling By Jaclyn Grodin Isabel Sukholitsky Since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2014 landmark decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman,1 courts around the country have been reexamining their...
23 Mar, 2020 Ten Things You Need to Know About Force Majeure Now By Gene Barton Dan Avery Martin Edel In the social and economic fallout from the Coronavirus, businesses are assessing how best to address their commercial relationships,...