ZPP Managing Partner Michael Popok and Senior Partner Mitch Mandell lead our team of lawyers in the national class action against banks for failing to pay agent fees under the Federal Paycheck Protection Program for bringing main street borrowers to banks. Click here for Forbes Magazine’s coverage and click here for Law.com’s Daily Business Review
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New Chicago Federal Class Action: AD Sims LLC v. Bank of America, Wintrust Bank, et al.
ZPP is proud to represent business consultant AD Sims LLC, along with our colleagues Ben Meiselas and Michael Adler, in a class action case filed last week in Chicago federal court against Bank of America and other banks for failure to pay the required borrower’s agent fees under the Federal PPP and CARES Act. …
New Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed Against DePaul University
Along with co-counsel Ben Meiselas of Geragos & Geragos, APC, we filed a lawsuit earlier this week against DePaul University, exposing the corrupt culture of its Athletics Department. The story has been covered by various major news sources, including TMZ: DePaul Sued, Accused Of Covering Up ‘Abusive Cult’…In School’s Softball Team.
#FireJLP #DePaul #DePaulAthletics…
COVID-19 And The Internet of Things (IoT): Traps for the Unwary
COVID-19 has put us even more at the mercy of the Internet and the “Internet of Things” (IoT) those Internet-connected home and business devices, from Siri and Alexa to refrigerators, stoves, hot water heaters, HVAC printers and copiers, etc.—that are logged on without one being conscious of the fact. Stories abound about how…
National Antibody Identification Cards and Self-Reporting Smartphone Apps May Be in Your Future in the Next 30-90 Days
As a regular contributor to the new media outlet founded by Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) MeidasTouch.com and its coverage of business, law, sports, media and politics (and the intersection of all 5, our Managing Partner, Michael Popok has published a timely thought-piece about the potential effects of the war on Covid-19 on our privacy rights —…
Legal Roundup Week of April 6th
Michael Popok‘s weekly legal round up with our “west coast” colleague, celebrity and sports law titan Ben Meiselas of GERAGOS & GERAGOS, APC:
OPINION: Quarantine and National Lockdown Orders May Not Be Constitutional
As a regular contributor to the new media outlet MeidasTouch.com and its coverage of business, law, sports and politics (and the intersection of all 4), along with its publisher, Ben Meiselas, our Managing Partner, Michael Popok just published a thought-piece about the constitutionality of a national lockdown– OPINION: Quarantine and National Lockdown Orders May Not…
Covid-19 Law Alert: Is Your New York Business “Essential” To Remain Open?
As New York’s businesses were already coping with the harsh consequences of COVID-19, Governor Cuomo directed in the “New York On Pause” Executive Order that took effect Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 8 p.m., all businesses and not-for-profit entities in New York State shall reduce the in-person workforce at each business/work location by…
Social-Distancing, Shmocial Distancing
Our very own intrepid reporter, Michael Popok, iphone in hand, took a stroll through New York’s iconic Washington Square Park to see how his fellow New Yorker’s were adhering to the Governor’s PAUSE orders about social distancing and not “lingering” in public spaces. The video he shot that was featured on the MeidasTouch.com website,…
Artificial Intelligence Will Likely Solve the Pandemic, But at What Ethical Price?
Mitch Mandell, our Senior Partner and one of the leading experts on AI, Ethics and the Law, contributed this thought-piece that quickly went to “#1 trending” on the new media website, MeidasTouch.com
https://meidastouch.com/ai-leads-the-attack-on-covid-19-but-at-what-ethical-price/