On July 5, 2022, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, a public interest non-profit organization dedicated to fighting fraud against the government, filed an Amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case U.S. ex rel. Lovell & Mckusick, et al., v. AthenaHealth, Inc. et al. The brief, which was…
Getnick & Getnick Partner Margaret Finerty Appears on NYSBA Podcast
Getnick & Getnick Partner Margaret Finerty appeared on the New York State Bar Association’s podcast “Miranda Warnings,” to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision New York State Pistol and Rifle Association v. Bruen in which the Supreme Court struck down part of New York law governing the process to obtain a conceal carry permit for…
Getnick & Getnick’s Neil Getnick and Courtney Finerty-Stelzner Publish Op-ed in Law360 on Proposed Changes to New York’s Tax Whistleblower Law
Getnick & Getnick’s Neil Getnick and Courtney Finerty-Stelzner published a Law360 op-ed regarding proposed changes to New York’s tax whistleblower law. The Op-ed explains that “[t]he bill to amend New York’s False Claims Act . . . to apply to wealthy individuals and businesses that knowingly fail to file tax returns is a small but…
Getnick & Getnick’s Neil Getnick and Nico Gurian Publish Law360 Op-Ed on Potential International Whistleblower Program
Getnick & Getnick’s Neil Getnick and Nico Gurian published a Law360 op-ed regarding the potential development of an international whistleblower program for the J5 — a global tax enforcement collaborative launched in 2018 between the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands. The Op-ed argues that “as J5 considers establishing an international whistleblower program to…
Getnick & Getnick’s Courtney Finerty-Stelzner Serves as NYSBA Panelist
Getnick & Getnick associate Courtney Finerty-Stelzner — who serves as a co-chair of the New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section’s Civil Prosecution Committee — was a panelist at the annual New York State Bar Association Commercial and Federal Litigation Section’s Spring Meeting, discussing How Law Firms and Attorneys Can Help Foster…
Getnick & Getnick’s Nico Gurian Publishes Op-Ed in Support of Expanding Connecticut’s False Claims Act
G&G associate Nico Gurian has written an op-ed in the Connecticut Mirror arguing in favor of the current proposal to expand Connecticut’s False Claims Act (“FCA”). In his op-ed, Mr. Gurian rebuts the argument that the expansion of the state’s FCA will be difficult to apply to industries outside of health care and explains that,…
Partner Margaret J. Finerty to Moderate NYSBA CLE on Human Trafficking in the Labor Market
Partner Margaret J. Finerty serves as the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) representative on the New York State Interagency Task Force on Human Trafficking. In that role, Ms. Finerty organized and will moderate NYSBA’s upcoming Continuing Legal Education program entitled, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Human Trafficking in the Labor Market.” Labor trafficking is…
NYSBA Commercial & Federal Litigation Section Urges Passage of Amendment to Strengthen the New York False Claims Act
The New York State Bar Association Commercial & Federal Litigation Section Executive Committee has approved, and NYSBA has sent the Governor’s Counsel, a comment strongly supporting New York Senate Bill 4730 / Assembly Bill 2543. In their capacities as Co-Chairs of the Section’s Civil Prosecution Committee, Getnick & Getnick attorneys Neil Getnick, Richard Dircks, and…
Getnick & Getnick Attorney Appointed Affiliate Member of New York City Bar Association’s New York City Affairs Committee
The New York City Bar Association’s New York City Affairs Committee has appointed Getnick & Getnick associate Nico Gurian to join the committee as an affiliate member. The New York City Affairs Committee “focuses on legal issues of particular relevance to New York City and its government,” and conducts work “ranging from legislative and other…
Partner Margaret J. Finerty Podcast Interview: NYS Gun Laws and the Second Amendment
Partner Margaret J. Finerty was recently featured on the New York County Lawyers Association Amicus Curiae: The Justice Center Files podcast. During the in-depth and highly substantive interview by host Dan Wiig, Ms. Finerty discussed New York State gun laws and the Second Amendment case currently before the United States Supreme Court challenging the New…