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Dan D. Kohane Named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Insurance Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Buffalo

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

Insurance Coverage Member Dan D. Kohane has been named the 2025 Best Lawyers® Insurance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Buffalo. Those recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” are attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location, making this an esteemed honor.

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Hurwitz Fine is proud to have 30 lawyers recognized in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

Thirty of the firm’s attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Among this list, eight Hurwitz Fine attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® list.

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Jody Briandi Honored with John Appleman Award at the FDCC Annual Meeting and Elected to the Board of Directors

Monday, August 5th, 2024

President/Managing Partner Jody Briandi was selected as the outstanding Section Chair of the year and was awarded the John Appleman Award at the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting in Toronto.

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Jody Briandi Ranks #50 on Buffalo Business First’s 2024 Power 200 Women

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

On July 11, 2024, Hurwitz Fine’s President/Managing Partner Jody Briandi was ranked #50 on Buffalo Business First’s 2024 Power 200 Women, a list of some of the most influential and talented women in Buffalo who have fueled economic, social, and cultural growth throughout Western New York. This is the fifth consecutive year that Jody has been featured on the annual Power 200 Women list. 

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Litigation Associates Patrice C.S. Melville and Ashley Cuneo author “A Decade of Changes to Wrongful Death Statutes Across the United States” in the ABA TIPS Magazine, The Brief

Thursday, June 13th, 2024

Hurwitz Fine Litigation Associates Patrice C.S. Melville and Ashley M. Cuneo authored “A Decade of Changes to Wrongful Death Statues Across the United States” in the Winter 2024 issue of The Brief, the American Bar Association (ABA)’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) magazine.

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Insurance Coverage Senior Member Dan D. Kohane Co-authors “Window Opening Statutes: Child Victims Act Claims and the Quest for Lost Policies” in the ABA TIPS magazine, The Brief

Thursday, June 13th, 2024

Hurwitz Fine Insurance Coverage Senior Member Dan D. Kohane co-authored the article “Window Opening Statutes: Child Victims Act Claims and the Quest for Lost Policies” in the Winter 2024 issue of The Brief, the American Bar Association (ABA)’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) magazine.

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Agnieszka A. Wilewicz Appointed as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Insurance Coverage Litigation General Committee

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

Agnieszka A. Wilewicz, Member at Hurwitz Fine P.C., was once again appointed as a Vice-Chair to the American Bar Associations (ABA) Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Sections’ (TIPS) Insurance Coverage Litigation General Committee for the 2024-25 bar year. 

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The New York Legislature Again Attempts to Resurrect the Grieving Families Act

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024

For now the third straight year, New York’s legislature has passed a revised version of “the Grieving Families Act,” legislation that would completely overhaul wrongful death claims in New York by permitting recovery for emotional damages and expanding the class of persons who can seek recovery for a fatality. The current bill (A9232-b/S8485-b) still greatly expands the categories of available damages from New York’s current wrongful death statute which limits damages to economic or pecuniary losses of the survivors resulting from the death, the medical and funeral costs related to the final injury or illness, and the value of parental guidance, nurturing and care for surviving children.

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Three Hurwitz Fine Attorneys Featured in The Harmonie Group’s 2023 Significant Cases Publication

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

Hurwitz Fine P.C. had three courtroom victories in The Harmonie Group’s 2023 Significant Cases Publication.

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New FTC Ban on Noncompete Provisions Cause Concern and are Under Challenge

Friday, April 26th, 2024

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) passed a new rule banning all new noncompete clauses with all levels of employees.  The rule as passed will allow only existing noncompete agreements with certain senior executives to survive. The rule defines such senior executives as individuals in a policy-making position earning a minimum of $151,164 per year. All other existing noncompete agreements will be unenforceable as of the effective date. The new rule is to become effective 120 days after publication in the Federal Register.

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Hurwitz Fine Honored with the 2024 Allyship Award from UB Law Students with Disabilities and Neurodivergencies

Friday, April 19th, 2024

Hurwitz Fine was recently honored by the University at Buffalo Law Students with Disabilities and Neurodivergencies (LSDN) with the 2024 Allyship Award. This award was given for “outstanding acts of allyship not only in our diversity statement, but also in our actions.”

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Law360: Chubb-Archdiocese Suit Raises Coverage Burden Issue

Friday, April 12th, 2024

Law360 asked Hurwitz Fine P.C. Insurance Coverage Members Dan D. Kohane and Lee S. Siegel to comment on a pending insurance dispute between Chubb and the Archdiocese of New York regarding coverage for sexual abuse claims.

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