Special Event - Our Fashion Practice held its annual Fashion Law Interest Group Meeting in Boston on May 21, 2019. Pictured (facing): Alan Behr, Chairman.  Also in attendance: Monica McCabe, Chair, Intellectual Property Law Practice and Candace Arrington, Intellectual Property Specialist.

The Fashion Law Interest Group meeting coincides with the International Trademark Association (INTA) annual conference.  It is not, however, associated with or sponsored by INTA. The Group's attendees include outside counsel representing fashion designers, luxury apparel and accessories companies and retailers, in-house counsel and retail executives.

[Photo Credit: Copyright 2019. Candace R. Arrington]

Diversity Event and Sponsorship | Phillips Nizer is proud to sponsor "Smooth Moves: Career Strategies for Attorneys of Color" -- the most important diversity and inclusion event of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) on May 23, 2019. | Details

This year's "Smooth Moves: Career Strategies for Attorneys of Color" CLE panel discussion will address: 'The Color of Neutrality:  Increasing Diversity in Alternative Dispute Resolution'.  Lauren Wachtler, Co-Chair of our Litigation Department, and Board Member of the NYSBA Foundation and a Former Chair of the NYSBA Commercial & Federal Litigation Section, will present a scholarship to a 1-L student to intern for the summer with a Commercial Division judge. 

The Section will confer The Honorable George Bundy Smith Pioneer Award jointly on The Hon. Preet Bharara and The Hon. Joon Kim. | Details and Registration

Upcoming Special Event - Phillips Nizer hosts American retailer Paul Stuart on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 for a lunch presentation and trunk show.  RSVPs required for the lunch and/or to schedule a personal fitting. | Details and Registration

Phillips Nizer is pleased to host Paul Stuart, Inc., the American fashion brand, on Tuesday, April 16th at the firm's New York City office for a lunch presentation and trunk show.  

Lunch Presentation:  12:30 PM
Trunk Show:  9:00 AM - 7:00 PM*

RSVPs required for the lunch and/or to schedule a *personal fitting by April 15th to: events@phillipsnizer.com  

Paul Stuart offers fashions for men and women, and they will be showcasing customLAB, the latest innovation in made to measure suiting for men, and their Spring 2019 women's collection. 

CLE Program - Evan Spelfogel, senior counsel in the Employment & Labor Law Practice, co-chairs the NYS Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section 3-Day Commercial Litigation Mediation Training (March 19 - 21, 2019) at Fordham University School of Law. Participants can earn 24 CLE credits.

Event - "PFAS and PFOS Contamination" - Phillips Nizer welcomes Catherine R. McCabe, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for a meeting of the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) Region 2 hosted by Eileen Millett, partner, Environmental Practice and ACOEL Fellow.

Program Date:  Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | Program Time:  4:00 - 5:30 pm.
Venue:  Phillips Nizer LLP - 485 Lexington Ave., 10th Fl., New York, NY 10017

Commissioner McCabe will provide insight into how New Jersey and other states are addressing “emerging contaminants” such as PFOA, PFOS and other PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). | bio

RSVPs required to: ssalmon@phillipsnizer.com 

CLE Program* - Regina Faul, Chair of the Employment & Labor Law Practice presents "Employers' Roles in Implementing Change after #MeToo" on Wed., November 28, 2018 | 8 - 10 a.m. at Phillips Nizer | *NYS CLE credit approval pending 

On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, Regina E. Faul, Chair of the Employment and Labor Law Practice at Phillips Nizer, presents a free, 90-minute program, which intends to provide insight to lawyers about the changing NYS and NYC law addressing sexual harassment and other workplace issues, and also provide information that lawyers can use to recognize issues for their clients. | Registration, breakfast and networking: 8:00 - 8:30 a.m.; Program: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. | RSVPs required by November 20th. (space is limited): events@phillipsnizer.com

Program - Righting Wrongs - Employers' Roles in Implementing Change after #MeToo on November 14, 2018 (8:30 - 10:00 a.m.) at Phillips Nizer in NYC

A program for business owners, company executives, human resources managers and employee relations representatives. | Registration required no later than November 12 at: events@phillipsnizer.com

This is a non-CLE event.  

For our NYS CLE program of the same name (for practicing attorneys) to be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (8:00 - 10:00 a.m.), please click here. 

Speaking Engagement - New York State Bar Association | 2018 International Section Seasonal Meeting (October 24 - 26, 2018) featuring Michael W. Galligan