Pollock Cohen LLP

08/28/2025

As we head into the long weekend, it’s a good moment to pause and recharge.

Labor Day is not just about hard work—it’s also about honoring the value of rest and reflection. We are grateful for the chance to step back, spend time with the team, and come back refreshed for what’s ahead.

Wishing everyone a safe and restorative Labor Day weekend!

03/25/2024

It is important to understand the free speech debate.

I was very lucky and honored to be able to interview Nadine Strossen about free speech and how many students – in particular – are surprised about the interconnection between free speech and human rights.

Nadine is the former President of the ACLU and Professor Emerita at New York Law School – where she may have faced her biggest challenge: teaching me Con Law.

Read her piece in The New York Law Journal here:

10/19/2022

Po***ck Cohen LLP is hiring a new associate attorney! Please see the link attached below for more information.

Po***ck Cohen LLP is now hiring for the position of Associate Attorney in New York. Apply today.

10/17/2022

Despite appearances, the Po***ck Cohen team did not kayak up to Yankee Stadium. But we did have two wonderful outings.
(See if you can figure out which two brave souls decided to swim in the Hudson. Hint: they are not glowing neon green.)

07/13/2022

Po***ck | Cohen LLP is delighted to announce that superstar attorney Sara Haviva Mark has joined the firm. Sara most recently served as Special Counsel in the New York State Office of the Attorney General. Sara was previously Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Governance, and a litigation associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. At P|C, Sara will lead our Health Care Equity & Public Health practice.

04/28/2022

Today the FDA announced a proposed a rule to ban menthol flavoring in ci******es and ci**rs, a longtime demand of public health advocates. Po***ck Cohen is proud to represent some of these advocates in their efforts to push the FDA toward this goal. Read their statement here:

Joint Statement from the Plaintiffs on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol A Powerful Step Towards Saving Lives WASHINGTON, DC – April 28, 2022 –Today, we celebrate with all Americans that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a powerful step towards banning menthol and saving liv...

03/22/2022

Another great victory for the Po***ck Cohen team! Today, the NY Appellate Division 1st Department issued an opinion unanimously reversing the Supreme Court in favor of our client, a former New York City employee and whistleblower. The First Department, in a case of first impression, held that NY Civil Service Law § 75-b protects public sector whistleblowers from post-employment retaliation like blacklisting and defamatory job references, reviving our client’s claim for retaliation and denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss. This is a great victory not just for our client, but for all public sector whistleblowers in New York.

Our client was represented by Max Rodriguez, who argued the case before the 1st Department on March 1st, Adam Po***ck, and Ben Battles. You can read the opinion here:

03/04/2022

In a Bloomberg Law Insight, senior counsel Ben Battles discusses how the $73 million settlement between survivors of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting and gun maker Re*****on Arms could prompt other plaintiffs to deploy the novel strategy of using state consumer laws to overcome federal liability protection.

By: Ben Battles In an article, “After Sandy Hook Settlement, Here Are Other Cases to Watch,” published on March 4, 2022 by Bloomberg Law, senior counsel Ben Battles discusses how the $73 million settlement between survivors of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting and gun maker Re*****on Arm...

03/03/2022

Retirees win major victory against City Hall, and get to keep their health insurance. Read more on the NY Daily News

The ruling marks a major win for a group of retirees who have fought the health insurance switch in court for months.

03/03/2022

"Plaintiffs' amended complaint alleges in hundreds of detailed allegations that Reddit refuses to prevent, detect and remove known illegal content or ban repeat offenders who traffic in child po*******hy — all to Reddit's profit." - Law360 covers the opening brief in the Ninth Circuit appeal of our class action lawsuit with Susman Godfrey against Reddit. Plaintiffs argue that Section 230 immunity does not shield Reddit from the suit. Po***ck Cohen attorneys and Raphael Janove helped on the brief, which is available here: https://bit.ly/3hDwej0

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A proposed class has urged the Ninth Circuit to revive its case against Reddit that alleges Section 230 liability protections do not shield the company from allegations of profiting off child po*******hy, saying a district judge erred in tossing the case.

02/18/2022

Our attorney Rafi Janove argued that district courts presiding over class actions should be able to send out notice to class members before excluding them based on arbitration defenses, giving class members potentially subject to arbitration clauses their day in court. Read his post on Law360:

With its upcoming ruling in Bruno v. Wells Fargo — a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action — the Third Circuit should break with Fifth and Seventh Circuit precedent and side with employees to give district courts discretion to send notice to class members before deciding whether claims are ...