October 1, 2025
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP team Douglass Maynard, Ramya Kasturi, and Charlotte Blatt won another judgment defeating Mayor Eric Adams’s second complaint against the New York City Campaign Finance Board. The Mayor’s lawsuit claimed, again, that his campaign was entitled to $3.5 million in matching funds from the CFB, based on alleged constitutional and state...
September 29, 2025
For over two decades Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP has organized and chaired this annual event with the New York City Bar Association. The format of Ethical Considerations for Corporate Investigations: Views from All Sides brings together white-collar defense lawyers, former prosecutors and ethics experts to discuss cutting-edge strategic and ethical issues arising in investigations...
September 15, 2025
On September 15, 2025, LSW partner Jillian Berman spoke along with Caroline Ciraolo, Benet Kearney, and Evelyn Sheehan at the Women’s White Collar Defense Association panel entitled “Show Me the Money: A Primer on Restitution and Forfeiture Issues (Part II). In Part II of this watercooler series available to WWCDA members nationwide, the panelists explore...
August 26, 2025
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP is proud to have six lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers in America® and two lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® 2026 Editions. Congratulations to each on this hard-earned recognition of your work on behalf of our clients in the criminal defense and complex business litigation arenas....
August 11, 2025 — Law 360
We are pleased to announce the publication in Law 360 of “A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attorneys Avoid AI Hallucinations” by LSW attorneys John Siffert and Rosie Rubin, with co-author Terrence M. Connors. AI use in legal drafting has surged, and so have sanctions for fabricated citations. Courts and bar groups are warning lawyers to...
August 5, 2025 — New York Law Journal
Mediation is transforming legal practice by offering a faster, more cost-effective, and client-centered alternative to litigation. In their recent New York Law Journal article, mediators John S. Siffert and Nelson Edward Timken emphasize that effective mediation starts well before the session itself. Lawyers are encouraged to be proactive in scheduling, transparent about key deadlines, and to ensure...
July 24, 2025 — New York Law Journal
In a recent New York Law Journal article, John Siffert and co-author Nelson Timken propose that litigators start to view mediation as another weapon in their arsenal to resolve litigated cases. Often mediations fail because litigators do not seize the opportunity to create an environment that makes it possible to achieve the client’s goal short...
LSW team Doug Maynard, Ramya Kasturi and Charlotte Blatt achieved a federal court victory on behalf of the New York City Campaign Finance Board on July 14, 2025. On LSW’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit brought by NYC Mayor...
On June 24, 2025, LSW partner Jillian Berman joined distinguished lawyers Victor L. Hou, Sean Hecker, and Nancy Prahofer at the Practising Law Institute’s annual Internal Investigations Program to address considerations when conducting an internal investigation. Program participants discussed how to: deal with whistleblower allegations; identify potential labor and employment issues during an investigation; craft an appropriate document preservation notice; manage the costs of an investigation....
June 13, 2025
LSW partner Gabi Friedman joined an international panel of eminent attorneys at the European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers June 2025 Conference in Paris, convened around the topic “Calculating he Unexpected: best practices and pitfalls in international corporate bribery and ESG investigations.” Gabi participated in a lively analysis with panelists from France and Italy of white-collar...