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04/30/2026

Gabrielle Wilson participated as a Panelist at the Columbia Law School Art Law Symposium

Gabrielle Wilson, counsel in our Art Law and Intellectual Property groups, was a guest speaker at Columbia Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Society's Spring 2026 Symposium on Friday, April 24.

03/31/2026

Phillips Nizer Closes Sale of Gilded Age Townhouse

Managing Partner and Real Estate department Chair Marc A. Landis and Real Estate associate Huyen Dang of Phillips Nizer represented Albert Togut as the bankruptcy trustee in the sale of a 20-room townhouse on East 61st Street in Manhattan for $34.5 million.

03/25/2026

Alan Behr, Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice, has been appointed to the Genericide Subcommittee of the Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA)

The Genericide Subcommittee plays a key role in monitoring and developing resources to assist brand owners in addressing the risk of loss of their trademarks and service marks due to the adoption of them by the public as ordinary nouns. 

03/25/2026

Alan Behr Contributes to Chambers and Partners 2026 Data Protection & Privacy Practice Guide

Alan Behr, chair of Phillips Nizer's intellectual property practice, contributed Time Exposure: The Evolution of Privacy in New York Photography Cases to the Chambers Data Protection & Privacy 2026 Global Practice Guide

03/24/2026

Elizabeth Adinolfi Quoted in Us Weekly and Perez Hilton on Conservatorship Standards

Elizabeth Adinolfi, who leads the firm’s Guardianship Practice, was recently quoted in Us Weekly and Perez Hilton in articles discussing Britney Spears and the concern that she could be placed under conservatorship again.

03/13/2026

New York Appellate Court Invalidates Section 8 Source-of-Income Requirement

UPDATE: On April 2, 2026, the New York State Attorney General announced that she had filed an appeal to the ruling discussed below.

On March 5, 2026, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, affirmed a lower court ruling finding that New York’s prohibition on housing discrimination based on a tenant’s “lawful source of income” is facially unconstitutional.