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.
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.
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.
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.
New York Appellate Court Invalidates Section 8 Source-of-Income Requirement
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.
Evan Spelfogel to Speak at the Employment Law Conference 2026: The Gig Economy and Employment Mediation
Evan Spelfogel will chair and speak at the NYC Bar Association’s Employment Law Conference 2026, an annual program examining timely developments and emerging issues in labor and employment law. Evan’s session will cover "Significant 2025 U.S. Supreme Court and Second Circuit Labor & Employment Law Decisions."