February 1, 20150 comments
Bleakley Platt Proudly Sponsors Food Bank for Westchester
The Food Bank for Westchester held its annual Valentine’s Day “Take Heart Against Hunger” Dinner on Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Tappan Hill Mansion. Bleakley Platt was delighted to be a Platinum Sponsor of this year’s dinner which raised over $200,000. The Westchester Food Bank is the backbone of Westchester County’s emergency food distribution network, acquiring, warehousing and...Read MoreJanuary 21, 20150 comments
Bleakley Platt’s Janet Linn and Chris Palermo Speak at NYS Bar Association Food, Drug and Cosmetic Section’s Annual Meeting on Recent Developments in Food and Drug Law
Partner Janet B. Linn moderated the panel “Food Labeling, Patent Settlements, Forced Switches, and Gene Patents: A Review of Recent Legal Developments in Antitrust, Intellectual Property, and False Advertising Affecting Food and Drugs in 2014” at the Annual Meeting of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Section of the New York State Bar Association on January 29, 2015 at the New York Hilton...Read MoreJanuary 5, 20150 comments
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that Jennifer A. Lofaro has become a member of the firm.
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that Jennifer A. Lofaro has become a member of the firm. Her practice focuses on Commercial Finance and Real Estate and she advises and represents regional and national institutional lenders and developers, as well as individual and corporate borrowers, in residential and commercial real estate transactions. Ms. Lofaro received her J.D. from Pace...Read MoreJanuary 2, 20150 comments
Bleakley Platt Announces New Partner
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that Janet B. Linn has become a member of the firm in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on patent, trademark and trade secret litigation and counseling. She has extensive trial and litigation experience in jurisdictions throughout the United States in a broad range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals,...Read MoreDecember 4, 20140 comments
Bleakley Platt Partner Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
Bleakley Platt is honored to announce that Frances M. Pantaleo has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 in the field of Elder Law. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 52,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5...Read MoreNovember 4, 20140 comments
Change in Law Imposes New Requirements for Residential Leases in New York
An amendment to New York State’s Real Property Law, effective December 3, 2014, imposes new requirements for all residential leases, whether currently in existence or which take effect thereafter. The amendment adds a new section, Section 231-a, which imposes the following requirements. First, all leases for residential premises must include a disclosure statement regarding the existence (or...Read MoreOctober 4, 20140 comments
11 Bleakley Platt Attorneys Named 2014 New York Super Lawyers
Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication, identifies no more than five percent of the lawyers in New York State as “Super Lawyers” – “outstanding lawyers” who have attained a “high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.” The selection process includes independent research and peer evaluations. The publication recently announced that 11 Bleakley Platt...Read MoreJuly 4, 20140 comments
Bleakley Platt Announces New Partner
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that Christopher C. Palermo has become a member of the firm, in the litigation practice group. His practice focuses on matters involving contractual disputes, unfair competition and consumer protection claims, product liability, real estate litigation, common law fraud and False Claims Act matters. He has represented corporate clients in jurisdictions...Read MoreApril 1, 20140 comments
Appellate Division First Department Affirms Surrogate’s Court Decision in Favor of BPS Clients and Rejects Estate Executor’s Claim of Undue Influence as to Turnover of the Renowned “Pyramid of Hope” and “Butterfly of Peace” Diamond Collections
On April 1, 2014, the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously affirmed a Bronx County Surrogate’s Court decision dismissing the claims against Bleakley Platt & Schmidt’s clients, Alan Bronstein and Aurora Gems, Inc. David Gould, the Executor of Harry Rodman’s Estate, sought to set aside Rodman’s transfer of his fifty percent interest in Aurora Gems, Inc., to his stepson, Alan...Read MoreApril 1, 20140 comments
Appellate Division, 2d Department, Unanimously Affirms Dismissal of Fraud Claims Against BPS Client
By unanimous Decision and Order dated March 19, 2014, the Appellate Division affirmed the Order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Loehr, .J) entered on June 5, 2012, which granted the oral motion of the defendant Marlene Magarelli, executor of the estate of Isaac G. Sargiss, and the separate oral motion of the defendants Julius Sargiss, brother of Isaac, and Panrad Automotive...Read MoreJanuary 1, 20140 comments
Bleakley Platt Announces New Partner
Bleakley Platt is pleased to announce that Frances M. Pantaleo has become a member of the firm, handling a broad range of matters with a particular emphasis in the areas of elder law, estate planning, drafting wills and trusts, probate and administration of estates, guardianship proceedings, and the drafting and administration of supplemental needs trusts. Ms. Pantaleo is the Chair of the...Read MoreSeptember 4, 20130 comments