Schlam Stone & Dolan In The Media

On January 12, 2010, Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Richard H. Dolan, representing the Governor, the Legislature and the State of New York, argued before the New York Court of Appeals on behalf of the defendants in three judicial pay cases.  The three cases, which are being followed around the country, each involve plaintiffs who filed suit seeking to force New York State to give pay raises to the state judiciary, and were consolidated by the Court of Appeals for a joint argument, which lasted two hours.

A Schlam Stone & Dolan victory has been lauded as one of the top ten New York business divorce cases of 2009 by www.nybusinessdivorce.com, a respected commentator on New York law regarding disputes between business owners.  The victory occurred in Ficus Investments, Inc. v. Private Capital Management, Inc., a case in which Schlam Stone represents the former CEO of a limited liability company that serviced hundreds of millions of dollars of distressed residential mortgages.  In a decision dated February 23, 2009, New York Supreme Court Justice Bernard J.  Fried agreed with Schlam Stone that Section 702 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law does not permit a New York limited liability company to be dissolved by the filing of a motion in an ongoing action but instead requires a plenary action to be filed seeking dissolution of the LLC.  This is the first ruling by a New York state court to decide this issue.

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP partner Jeffrey M. Eilender and associate Samuel L. Butt recently obtained another victory in the SDNY litigation between celebrity online blogger Perez Hilton and a rival blogger, a ruling that the rival's copyright infringement and other claims (filed in retaliation for Hilton's own suit) should be dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim.

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP partner Jeffrey M. Eilender and associate Samuel L. Butt obtained a victory for celebrity blogger Perez Hilton by defeating a motion for a preliminary injunction based on the "Hot News" doctrine by a rival blogger, whom Hilton had initially sued.

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP partners Jeffrey M. Eilender and Thomas A. Kissane represent James Otis, whose interests as a collector of artworks and memorabilia and as a peace activist overlapped as he gathered and subsequently offered for sale a group of items that had belonged to Mohandas Gandhi, father of today's India, in connection with the international controversy that followed the auction of those items.  The events surrounding the auction have received extensive media coverage worldwide and we await permission to include some of that coverage in this web site. 

New York Daily News, December 24, 2008:  Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP partners Jeffrey M. Eilender and John M. Lundin represent Mario Lavandeira, better known as celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, in a trademark infringement action against the operators of a rival web site.

New York Law Journal, November 14, 2008:  Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Richard Dolan persuaded a New York State appellate court to dismiss a lawsuit seeking higher pay for state-court judges.  The Appellate Division, Third Department (which would have been covered by any pay raises) issued its decision on November 13, voting 4-1 to dismiss the suit.  Mr. Dolan also represents New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver in two other cases seeking similar relief.

New York Law Journal, September 25, 2008:  Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Richard H. Dolan submitted a brief appealing the summary judgment granted to plaintiffs in the Larabee v. Governor New York judicial pay lawsuit on behalf of New York's Governor, David Patterson, and the State of New York.

New York Law Journal, September 4, 2008:  Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Richard H. Dolan represented New York Governor David Patterson and the New York State Comptroller's Office in oral argument before the Appellate Division, Third Department in Maron v. Silver, a suit brought by two state judges and a former judge seeking to force New York to raise judicial salaries

New York Law Journal, May 27, 2008:  Manhattan Supreme Court denied an effort to kick off a trial on June 2 in the case stemming from a pay dispute between New York State's judges and its legislature; Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Richard H. Dolan is counsel for New York's Governor and Assembly Speaker

New York Law Journal, April 28, 2008:  Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Richard H. Dolan has been retained as counsel for New York's Governor and Assembly Speaker in a lawsuit regarding the pay of New York State judges brought by New York's Chief Judge

Associated Press, July 18, 2007:  Audrey Roofeh, an associate at Schlam Stone & Dolan represented a former Penn Schoen & Berland employee in litigation involving political pollsters for Sen.  Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, which successfully settled out of court

Corporate Secretary, June 2007:  Jeffrey M. Eilender, a partner at Schlam Stone & Dolan, was quoted in Corporate Secretary on new conditions affecting whistle-blowers whose conduct may be driven by conscience but whose legal protections stem from provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Corporate Secretary, May 2007:  James C. Sherwood, a partner at Schlam Stone & Dolan, was quoted in Corporate Secretary on recent changes by the Department of Justice to corporate criminal investigations

44th Street Notes, June 2005:  Here is the story of one City Bar member revealing why he left stability and employment behind for study groups, outlines and blue books

New York Daily News, September 25, 2002:  Schlam Stone & Dolan delivers a knockout in Federal jury trial

The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2000:  Schlam Stone & Dolan wins an appellate victory in a dramatic criminal case