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...
In 2025, Chambers and Partners again recognized Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP as a Band 1 firm in the category Litigation: Specialist Firms in White Collar Crime & Government Investigations in New York. We are proud to have received top marks from the colleagues and clients surveyed by Chambers this year. Chambers reviewers opined that...
May 19, 2025
On May 19, 2025, LSW partner Jillian Berman joined Caroline Ciraolo, Benet Kearney, and Evelyn Sheehan for the Women’s White Collar Defense Association panel, “Show Me the Money: A Primer on Restitution and Forfeiture Issues (Part I). In part I of this series of watercooler events available to WWCDA members nationwide, the panelists explored the...
March 31, 2025 — Law 360
In their latest Law 360 article, Jillian Berman, John Siffert and Ben Schwartz analyze proffer agreements — frequently used when a witness agrees to a voluntary interview with a federal prosecutor. Once referred to as a “Queen for a Day” agreement, the practice of proffer agreements is evolving with the times. This article considers from...
March 10, 2025
Katherine A. Lemire is the newest partner at Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP. At LSW, Katie will leverage her unique expertise in government enforcement and financial services regulation to provide superb legal services to our clients. Katie enhances LSW’s capabilities in navigating complex financial regulatory landscapes. Over the forty years since it was founded, LSW...
November 20, 2024
2024 marks the first year Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP is listed in the GIR 100, a survey of law firms from around the world that profiles “the best firms for companies and executives to call on during high-stakes cross-border corporate investigations.” The listing by Global Investigations Review is a recognition of LSW’s command of...
October 31, 2024 — Law 360
Until now, American courts have focused how to protect themselves from the use of AI by lawyers who cite non-existent cases that were “hallucinated” by generative artificial intelligence tools. In their timely Law 360 article, John S. Siffert and Allison Morse discuss the potential risk that generative AI poses to secondary sources that lawyers and judges...