Joseph Napoli (Attorney)

Halloween is here, and if you are a parent, there’s no doubt that your little ghoul or goblin is quite excited about trick-or-treating. Before you grab the pillowcases for candy collection, though, consider these tips for staying safe during this haunted holiday Take Action to Prevent Against Pedestrian Accidents The American Academy of Pediatrics reports http://bit.ly/2z1i0RN

Hollywood LifeSelena Gomez Reveals New Kidney Nearly Failed After Surgery & Details Brutal RecoveryHollywood LifeIn her revealing Today Show interview, Selena Gomez detailed the second emergency surgery she had to have after her live-saving kidney transplant, and joined her donor, Francia Raisa, in explaining the tough recovery process. Selena Gomez, 25, and http://bit.ly/2hnpDtY

New York TimesLuke Skywalker SpeaksNew York TimesAfter more than three decades since he was last onscreen, years of anticipation and some two hours into “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” there was Luke Skywalker, the once youthful hero of this science-fiction saga, revealed as a weathered elder ... Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Adam Driver Slips Major Spoiler About Rey s ParentsComicbook.comStar Wars 8: Did Adam Driver Just Spoil Rey s Parentage?Screen RantThe Internet Is Convinced That Adam Driver Spoiled A Big Secret About Rey In Star WarsRefinery29MovieWeb http://bit.ly/2zQLuRr

Washington PostThe Latest: Power outages, school closures in New HampshireWashington PostThe Latest on a severe storm packing heavy rain and high wind sweeping through the Northeast (all times local):. 7:30 a.m.. A severe storm has caused over 260,000 power outages and forced the closure of hundreds of school districts in New Hampshire.Severe Weather Sweeps Through Northeast, 300K Without PowerU.S. News & World ReportStorm on Sandy Anniversary Leaves 600K in Dark Across NortheastNBCNews.comStorm blasts state, leaving nearly 300000 without powerThe Boston GlobeWCVB Boston http://bit.ly/2hmMFS4

BGRApple engineer fired after sharing his iPhone X with the worldBGRRemember the last week s iPhone X hands-on video that was recorded on Apple s campus? Well, it turns out that Apple really didn t like that stunt, as that iPhone belonged to an iPhone X engineer. The video was quickly pulled from YouTube, and the ...Apple reportedly fires engineer whose daughter shot iPhone X video from the Apple campus9to5MacYouTuber Daughter s iPhone X Video Gets Apple Engineer FiredValueWalkApple engineer fired over early iPhone X leakBBC NewsNew York Daily News http://bit.ly/2zR6M1w

The Drug Enforcement Administration is encouraging New Yorkers to clear out their medicine cabinets and turn in unused pain pills and other prescription medications, with no questions asked. The last such event, in April 2017, netted over 450 tons of prescription drugs at over 5,000 nationwide sites. SInce the program began in September 2010, officials http://bit.ly/2yY4sZd

Today, Cuyahoga County filed suit against manufacturers, distributors, and four individuals who were instrumental in promoting opioids for sale and distribution nationally and in Cuyahoga. Some of the manufacturer defendants include: Purdue Pharma LP, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Cephalon, Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The distributor defendants include: McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen Corp. Cuyahoga County has seen a http://bit.ly/2yTZGdd

Georgia s largest county, Fulton County, is joining the fight against the opioid epidemic. They are filing a lawsuit against companies that make and distribute the addictive painkillers. Fulton County wants to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for the government costs associated with publicly funded treatments for problems associated with opioids. The County s opioid abuse death rate http://bit.ly/2yMRonn

CTE Claims Against Youth Football Organizations Football is a very violent sport that carries a very high risk of injury, but scientists are just beginning to understand the kind of violence that is most dangerous and the nature of the hidden risk... http://bit.ly/2h7U0Vm

The recent attack by a lone gunman in Las Vegas has, rightly so, reignited the debate about gun control in the United States. In addition to gun control laws, many are asking questions about liability when shootings and serious or fatal injuries occur. The Argument for Gun Insurance One area of conversation that has been http://bit.ly/2itqdKo

Allergies are one of the most common health complications in the United States, with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America reporting that about 50 million people in the United States suffer from nasal allergies alone, which does not include skin allergies, food allergies, or eye allergies. Consider these common causes of allergies, symptoms, and http://bit.ly/2in0GCl

Natural disasters seem to be striking at an alarmingly high rate, with events like tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and fires causing devastation to people in the United States and around the world. Since natural disasters can be hard to predict and often hit suddenly and forcefully preparing for a natural disaster is smart. Unfortunately we have seen the http://bit.ly/2yo9gY9

As an attorney who has been published on sexual harassment under Title VII,* tried and settled many sexual harassment cases and helped develop the legal standard at the appellate level in New York State, I have been closely following the dramatic and infuriating unraveling of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. To date, close to 40 women have http://bit.ly/2yphhfj

As weather cools, now is the time of year that people begin to turn to manufactured sources of heat to stay warm, ranging from in-home fireplaces to electric blankets to space heaters to home heating systems. While these are all great ways to keep cozy when fall temperatures dip and certainly when fall transitions to winter sources http://bit.ly/2yiGDvd

This article was written by Paul Napoli and Tate J. Kunkle and appeared in the New York Law Journal (October 7, 2017) Are PFAS the next MTBE? Or, perhaps the next asbestos? Or, in the words of William Shakespeare, is it much ado about nothing? That is the question from both sides of the bar, http://bit.ly/2g5Iucb

In this segment of Crime Stories with Nancy Grace (Sirius XM Channel 132) Napoli Shkolnik Partner Hunter Shkolnik joins the discussion about the latest controversy involving the Steven Avery case. A judge recently rejected a request for a new trial despite hundreds of thousands of people calling for the pardon of the star of the http://bit.ly/2fZJzlQ

Napoli Shkolnik has filed a class action lawsuit against five manufacturers of aqueous firefighting foams (“AFFF”) containing perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) and perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) for the contamination of the groundwater relied upon by the residents of Yaphank, New York. The class action complaint was filed in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, http://bit.ly/2g05GIQ

Partner Marie Napoli was recently invited on Crime Stories with Nancy Grace (Sirius XM Channel 132). The topic of the segment centered around new rape allegations against famed Hollywood director Roman Polanski. Mr. Polanski is an award winning movie director whose films have included Oscar nominated films include Rosemary s Baby, Chinatown and Tess. In 2003 http://bit.ly/2wLDCzN

Genesee County Attorney Kevin Earl announced that the county would retain Napoli Shkolnik PLLC to obtain compensation for the money that the county has spent combatting the opioid addiction crisis. Genesee County’s social services department has borne the brunt of these costs. These professionals must “spend a great deal of time and effort on trying http://bit.ly/2fMfOVy

Workplace discrimination is prohibited against under federal law, as well as state laws throughout the country. While most people assume that illegal discrimination is discrimination that is based on sex, religion, or race, age discrimination is also prohibited. If you are affected by age discrimination, you can take legal action as The Age Discrimination Employment http://bit.ly/2wxOWzp

When President Donald Trump was on the campaign trail, his feelings about the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and his plan for it were made clear. As he has moved through the first year of his presidency, his feelings about the EPA haven’t changed, and while he probably won’t eliminate the EPA, he has rolled back http://bit.ly/2fFX0qW

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced earlier this week that the U.S. Department of Defense would begin taking water samples for PFOS around Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh. He and other officials say it’s a step forward but far-off from what they want to see happen. So New York state will take the lead. http://bit.ly/2fFPI6o

BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – The secretary of the U.S. Navy visited Long Island on Friday to see first-hand the legacy of groundwater pollution that has been traced to Navy work during World War II. The visit came as testing of wells showed radioactive radium is spreading, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported. Monique Aksoy is one of many http://bit.ly/2fDG4RP