State and Local Regulatory Matters

While federal regulators frequently take the lead in numerous areas of enforcement, state and local authorities wield great power and do so regularly. In fact, given the current state of enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal regulators, there is an increasingly wide enforcement gap for state and local authorities to fill. This means that clients frequently need help dealing with state and local regulators such as the New York State Attorney General’s Office, local District Attorney’s Offices (particularly the Manhattan DA’s Office), the New York State Insurance Fund, and numerous New York City and State agencies, including the Business Integrity Commission, the Department of Sanitation, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The firm’s attorneys have years of experience dealing with these sorts of issues. In fact, the firm has partners who have worked in some of those agencies, including former prosecutors from the Manhattan DA’s Office and the New York State Attorney General’s Office, and a former Commissioner and Chair of the Business Integrity Commission, who has wide-ranging contacts in New York City agencies. Sometimes, the best solution to a problem is to negotiate and avoid litigation, which makes having contacts at agencies to discuss issues with is so important. But if the problem demands litigation, the firm’s attorneys know the law and are experts in various state and local regulations, which allows them to identify and address the problem—and the weaknesses of a case—quickly to help the client.

Contact us to learn how we can help.