For three years running, both Laura Hoguet and John Kenney have been named as Superlawyers in the New York Metro area. Laura Hoguet has been recognized in two areas, Business Litigation and Employment & Labor. John Kenney has been recognized in three, Business Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, and Corporate Governance & Compliance. The Superlawyer ranking is based upon peer nominations and evaluations, and independent third party research. The firm does not solicit or pay for the designation.
In a unanimous decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a decision of the lower court which dismissed the claim of a former police officer who sued his employer, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, for $20 million for alleged job-related injuries. The plaintiff sued under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA") alleging he sustained injuries resulting from exposure to the World Trade Center site following 9/11. He also complained of MTA' s policy of requiring that officers remain at home while on disability leave unless granted a special designation known as "no work status." The 2nd Circuit agreed with HNRK's arguments that plaintiff failed to comply with pleading requirements for a valid FELA claim and that he released his claims anyway as part of a settlement of an earlier suit. The Circuit concluded that the appeal was frivolous and is considering an application to award damages to the MTA. Bruno v. MTA, 2009 WL 2524009 (2nd Cir. 2009).
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On June 16, 2009, Tai-Heng Cheng delivered an alternative dispute resolution CLE on hybrid mediation and arbitrations ("Med-arb") at the Fourth Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation at Fordham Law School to leading international arbitrators, mediators, practitioners, and scholars. Participating on a panel with representatives from AAA/ICDR and CPR, Professor Cheng discussed the economic pressures to conduct alternative dispute resolution more efficiently and at lower costs, and how med-arb in international commercial disputes might present an attractive alternative. He also highlighted problems of enforcing med-arb settlements or awards in the United States and internationally, and suggested strategies for counsel and arbitral institutions to overcome these challenges. A paper based on his comments will be published in June 2010 in a book of the proceedings of the Conference.
Fred Newman gave a series of lectures on International Arbitration at the law faculty of Rezeknes Augstskola, Latvia, during March, 2009. He presented the fundamentals of arbitration policy, practice and procedures to fourth year students. The lectures were in English. Newman's lectures were arranged by the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria, a non-profit organization that places experienced Common Law practitioners at law faculties in Eastern Europe and the former republics of the Soviet Union. Newman's Powerpoint presentation is available here.
An arbitrator for the International Centre For Dispute Resolution has ruled in favor of HNRK's client, Tradesim AS, in an arbitration. Claimant brought the arbitration against Tradesim and its principal, seeking damages for Tradesim's alleged breach of contract to sell it custom software and further develop that software, as well as substantial consequential damages. Tradesim counterclaimed for breach of contract, asserting that Claimant itself had breached and repudiated the contract. The arbitrator denied Claimant's claims and ruled that Claimant must pay Tradesim $533,300.
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Our partner Sheryl Galler was recently a panelist at a continuing legal education workshop entitled "Update on Wage and Hour Issues: Developments in New York Labor Law and the FLSA." Ms. Galler discussed the federal rules and regulations setting the minimum wage and overtime compensation standards, recent court decisions applying those federal standards, and the risks of non-compliance. She also provided tips on the best practices for employers conducting a self-audit. The workshop was presented at the Fall Meeting of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, which was held in Cooperstown, New York.
The panelists included Valerie Caproni, who is now General Counsel of the FBI and formerly held high level positions at the U.S. Attorneys’ Office and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ms. Caproni was invited to join the panel by Ms. Galler and our partner John Kenney, who worked with Ms. Caproni at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
The panel discussion was presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), which was held in Dallas, Texas on November 13-14, 2008. The session was accredited by the State Bar of Texas for continuing legal education credit.
Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney has been a women-owned law firm since its start in 1996. We are a member of NAMWOLF, which shares our goal of encouraging clients to hire women-owned law firms such as ours based on the experience and talent of our attorneys, not their gender. We also are certified by the State of New York as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Ms. Galler has represented the firm's domestic and international clients in a wide range of matters involving fraud, breach of franchise rights, civil RICO, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation and breach of contract claims. She also counsels clients with respect to employment related disputes and has negotiated scores of severance agreements and employment contracts on behalf of the firm's clients.
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