The White House has announced that it will remove the travel restrictions on eight southern African countries, originally imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant.

New York State has lifted most capacity restrictions on business establishments including retail, food services, gyms, fitness centers, amusement parks, entertainment, hair salons, barbershops, and offices. With some exceptions, New York State’s Reopening Guidance essentially leaves it up to each individual business to determine whether to continue to adhere to mask-wearing and social distancing requirements or to follow the CDC’s “Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People.”  

by Meryl E. Wiener

A discussion of the Private Fund Adviser Risk Alert, published on Jan. 27, 2022 by the Division of Examinations of the SEC, which supplemented the compliance deficiencies observed in its earlier (2020) examination of registered investment advisers that manage private funds.

Eric Wrubel, a partner in and Chairman of the firm’s Matrimonial Group and Co-Chair of its Fertility Law Group, and Alan Pollack, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Group, have filed a complaint on behalf of their clients in Albany State Supreme Court against the CNY Fertility Center (CNY) and several of its physicians.

Warshaw Burstein, LLP announced that the firm has hired five new associates over the past several months to work with the Litigation, Real Estate, Matrimonial and Trusts and Estates groups.

Warshaw Burstein, LLP is a proud sponsor of the Pace Women’s Justice Center Annual Spring Cocktails for a Cause Party on May 24, 2022.

On April 7th, partner Alexis Cirel appeared as the featured guest on Jonathan Shenkman’s Spring Webinar Series entitled Death, Divorce, and Assisted Reproductive Technology: Estate Planning and Family Law Considerations.

This presentation discussed the financial considerations to be made when deciding to take your Social Security Benefits and emphasized the importance of proper timing.

Fertility Law Group practice leader Alexis Cirel joined Katherine Miller on a new episode of Divorce Dialogues to discuss the relationship between surrogates and intended parents under the CPSA.

On this week's episode of The Title IX and Civil Rights Podcast, Title IX and College Discipline practice leader Kimberly Lau spoke about Women's History Month as well as the history, evolution, and future of Title IX.