Emily Brewer and Brandon Schneider will attend the LCLD (Leadership Council on Legal Diversity) 2026 Pathfinder Fall Meeting, taking place October 27-29 in Chicago, Illinois. This annual event features professional and personal development opportunities, leadership training and relationship-building resources for members of the current class of high-potential, early-career attorneys in the LCLD Pathfinder program.
On October 13, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) issued an advance notice of contemplated rulemaking outlining two related initiatives concerning retail crypto asset transactions under Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”). The first, referred to as Regulation CTX, sets out the CFTC’s preliminary interpretations of when crypto asset transactions are offered on a leveraged, margined or financed basis and when those transactions result in
Sullivan has welcomed its 2026 First-Year Associates to the firm. The four associates join Sullivan after having completed the firm’s summer associate program, in addition to various clerkships and internships. Owen Feig, Shaina Sikka and Runlin Yao will be based in Sullivan’s Boston office, while Jamie Stevens will be based in the firm’s New York office. Owen Feig Owen earned his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where he was a
Geoffrey Wynne, partner at Sullivan & Worcester and head of its Trade & Export Finance Group, joined Alex Gray, Director of Trade and Transaction Banking at the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF), for a discussion with Eleonore Treu, Director of Trade Finance Week at ICC Austria, at the ITFA Annual Conference in Split, Croatia. The conversation explored how artificial intelligence is changing the skills required in trade finance, the
Geoffrey Wynne has contributed to an article for Trade Treasury Payments (TTP), by Eleanor Hill, titled “Who Lends to Commodity Borrowers Without a Track Record?”, following the second 2026 Sullivan and TTP co-hosted Trade and Commodity Finance Breakfast Club, held on Tuesday, 15 September at The Lansdowne Club in London. The discussion, which was moderated by Geoff, featured Tanya Epshteyn at Czarnikow Group, James Lowrey at Lloyds Bank and John MacNamara
Michael Palmisciano will attend the LCLD (Leadership Council on Legal Diversity) 2026 Fellows Fall Meeting, taking place October 25-27 in Chicago, Illinois. This annual event features professional and personal development opportunities, leadership training and relationship-building resources for members of the current class of high-potential, mid-career attorneys in the LCLD Fellows program.
Sullivan represented a joint venture managed by The RMR Group in a $272.1 million interest-only mortgage financing secured by two 11-story medical office buildings totaling approximately 330,000 square feet and two parking garages on the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center campus in Los Angeles. Cedars-Sinai and its affiliates occupy approximately 60% of the portfolio’s rentable space. RMR client Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) holds a 20% equity interest in the joint venture, which
Sullivan attorneys Gerry Silver, Noa Havdala Azoulay and Tehila Levi Lati will lead an interactive discussion, "Same Dispute, Three Worlds: New York, Israel & Asia in International Arbitration," on October 25, 2026, at the firm's Tel Aviv office. Through an evolving international commercial dispute case study, the panelists will examine how legal and procedural differences across jurisdictions influence dispute resolution strategies. As new facts emerge, they will explore the different approaches
When an employment relationship sours, the company’s performance management process can be a dangerous smoking gun—or its best defense. The thin line between unfairness and discrimination Employees do not have a statutory right to “fairness” in their performance reviews, workplace expectations, or discipline. If two employees violate the same policy, it is not automatically illegal to fire one and give the other a second chance. Yet unfairness is risky. Even when a company
Emily Brewer and Brandon Schneider will attend the LCLD (Leadership Council on Legal Diversity) 2026 Pathfinder Fall Meeting, taking place October 27-29 in Chicago, Illinois. This annual event features professional and personal development opportunities, leadership training and relationship-building resources for members of the current class of high-potential, early-career attorneys in the LCLD Pathfinder program.
On October 13, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) issued an advance notice of contemplated rulemaking outlining two related initiatives concerning retail crypto asset transactions under Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”). The first, referred to as Regulation CTX, sets out the CFTC’s preliminary interpretations of when crypto asset transactions are offered on a leveraged, margined or financed basis and when those transactions result in
Sullivan has welcomed its 2026 First-Year Associates to the firm. The four associates join Sullivan after having completed the firm’s summer associate program, in addition to various clerkships and internships. Owen Feig, Shaina Sikka and Runlin Yao will be based in Sullivan’s Boston office, while Jamie Stevens will be based in the firm’s New York office. Owen Feig Owen earned his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where he was a
Geoffrey Wynne, partner at Sullivan & Worcester and head of its Trade & Export Finance Group, joined Alex Gray, Director of Trade and Transaction Banking at the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF), for a discussion with Eleonore Treu, Director of Trade Finance Week at ICC Austria, at the ITFA Annual Conference in Split, Croatia. The conversation explored how artificial intelligence is changing the skills required in trade finance, the
Geoffrey Wynne has contributed to an article for Trade Treasury Payments (TTP), by Eleanor Hill, titled “Who Lends to Commodity Borrowers Without a Track Record?”, following the second 2026 Sullivan and TTP co-hosted Trade and Commodity Finance Breakfast Club, held on Tuesday, 15 September at The Lansdowne Club in London. The discussion, which was moderated by Geoff, featured Tanya Epshteyn at Czarnikow Group, James Lowrey at Lloyds Bank and John MacNamara
Michael Palmisciano will attend the LCLD (Leadership Council on Legal Diversity) 2026 Fellows Fall Meeting, taking place October 25-27 in Chicago, Illinois. This annual event features professional and personal development opportunities, leadership training and relationship-building resources for members of the current class of high-potential, mid-career attorneys in the LCLD Fellows program.
