23 Dec, 2020 SEC Enforcement Action is a Reminder that for Some, Fake News is Big Business By Colligan Law Late last week the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against a Georgia man, alleging that he and others participated...
03 Dec, 2020 U.S. Vaccines Emergency Use 101 By Leah Ranke With three COVID-19 vaccines on their way, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory...
24 Nov, 2020 Litigants Should be Prepared to Move Forward With Arbitration Proceedings By Colligan Law Just as 2020 has forced people all over the world to learn how to communicate by videoconference, law firms and litigants have faced a...
18 Nov, 2020 Erie County municipalities transition from "yellow" to "orange" By Alexander Vilardo On Wednesday, November 18, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that parts of Western New York have transitioned from "yellow" to "orange" on...
18 Nov, 2020 Two Years Later, Entitlement to MLMIC Demutualization Proceeds is Still Unclear By Colligan Law It all seemed so straight forward at the time - in 2018, Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company ("MLMIC"), which provided...
18 Nov, 2020 Key Announcements in Vaccine Developments By Leah Ranke There is optimism today as two COVID-19 vaccines may be available to the general public much sooner than has been expected. Pfizer and...
28 Oct, 2020 e-Law Clinic closes the deal for a UB-grown startup By Matthew Pelkey I am thrilled to share this story from my work at UB School of Law with the Entrepreneurship Law Center. Over the last four semesters my...
23 Oct, 2020 It is never too late to get after it. By Margot Knab The numbers are in: the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a mass exodus of women from the workforce in the United States. The U.S. Bureau...
20 Oct, 2020 NPs Once Again Make Their Case for Practice Independence in New York By Leah Ranke In 2020, New York State Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have once again petitioned lawmakers to loosen the restrictions that currently exist on...
20 Oct, 2020 New Law - Signage Required in All Physician Practice Settings By Leah Ranke On October 7, 2020, Gov. Cuomo signed into law a new requirement that all physicians post a sign in their office directing patients to...
20 Oct, 2020 NY Unveils New COVID-19 Vaccination Administration Draft Plan By Leah Ranke When a COVID-19 vaccination is ready for rollout, New York aims to be among the states ready to administer it. Easier said than done. ...
11 Oct, 2020 Streamlined PPP forgiveness application available to some borrowers By Alexander Vilardo Recently, the Small Business Administration announced that small businesses that received PPP loans of $50,000 or less are eligible for a...
14 Sep, 2020 Buffalo's startup ecosystem in the age of COVID. By David Colligan One observer's impression on COVID-19's effect on the Buffalo Start-Up ecosystem.
04 Sep, 2020 Compliance Alert: NYS Sick Leave Law By Joseph Saeli COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY 9/30/20 Every employer in New York State, regardless of size, is required to begin complying with the new Sick...
30 Aug, 2020 Farming ideas: Tech is changing agriculture in Western New York By Colligan Law I was recently interviewed by Buffalo Business First and the Buffalo Law Journal as part of a feature about how start ups and tech...