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New York Times
01-08-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City's Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies
Michael A. Cardozo, a litigator for corporations and professional sports organizations who served longer than anyone else as New York City's chief legal officer, a role in which he oversaw cases defending stop-and-frisk policing and the city's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, died on July 23 at his home in White Plains, N.Y. He was 84. His daughter Sheryl Cardozo confirmed the death without specifying the cause, saying only that it followed a brief illness. Given his surname, Mr. Cardozo once said, he was destined to become a lawyer. His paternal great-grandfather's cousin was Benjamin Cardozo (1870-1938), an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who was appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1932. 'Some people thought I was going to be a lawyer from the day I was born,' he told From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Cardozo served as president of the New York City Bar Association, which was established in 1870 to ferret out corruption in the court system. One of its first investigations led to the resignation of Albert Cardozo, a State Supreme Court justice who was Benjamin Cardozo's father. Michael Cardozo was a partner at Proskauer Rose (formerly Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn) when he was appointed as the city's corporation counsel by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2002. He stepped down in 2014, returning to Proskauer after setting a record for longevity in that municipal role, which was established in 1839. As corporation counsel, Mr. Cardozo presided over almost 700 lawyers, who juggled a caseload of some 80,000 lawsuits and other legal matters at the city's Law Department. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
CBS News
28-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Firm in Baltimore Archdiocese bankruptcy case says stolen data was deleted after cyber breach
A financial advisory firm working on multiple church bankruptcy cases, including the Baltimore Archdiocese, said it has not found evidence that data stolen in a cybersecurity breach has appeared online. In a letter dated Friday, Timothy Karcher, a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, stated on behalf of Berkeley Research Group LLC that the company made a payment to the "threat actor" and obtained a "destruction log" along with an assurance that the data had been deleted. The firm said the FBI is also investigating the breach, and has not found evidence that the perpetrators sought out data related to the 12 bankruptcy cases that relate to sexual abuse. BRG reports cyberattack When BRG announced the breach, the company said it impacted at least ten bankruptcy proceedings involving dioceses and archdioceses nationwide, including Baltimore, Albany, Rochester, and Utica, New York, and several in California. BRG said the number of potential people exposed was unclear. The DOJ requested additional details from BRG regarding the breach and the company's response to it. They asked for the case name, number, and district for each confirmed individual involved, as well as any other suspected cases. The DOJ also inquired whether potential victims had been informed and sought an explanation for the nearly two-month delay between BRG discovering the breach on March 2 and notifying the U.S. Trustee Program on April 28. In Friday's letter, BRG said it remains committed to providing updates about the scope of the crime. "While it has been mistakenly suggested that BRG believed that filing the Incident Notice would be its only post-Incident communication with stakeholders, nothing could be further from the truth. BRG has appeared, through counsel, at a number of status conferences in the Subject Cases and will do so at several more status conferences scheduled in the coming weeks," the letter reads. The company said that after the attack, it retained a cyber counsel team at Octillo Law, and an incident response team at Booz Allen Hamilton to investigate the attack, and help mitigate harm. BRG added that it will continue to provide information to the Office of the United States Trustee and the parties impacted as the investigation goes on and more information becomes available. The FBI's investigation may restrict BRG from sharing information that could compromise the investigation, Karcher wrote. Baltimore Archdiocese sex abuse case In 2023, the Maryland Attorney General reported evidence that over 600 children were abused by at least 165 priests, teachers, and other employees under the supervision of the Baltimore Archdiocese. After the Child Victims Act, which eliminated the statute of limitations for survivors of child sexual abuse, was signed into law, victims filed a lawsuit alleging that the Baltimore Archdiocese is responsible for more than 1,000 claims of sexual assault — but has attempted to avoid compensating victims. Although the Child Victims Act initially allowed survivors to seek up to $890,000 per abuse claim, the Child Victims Act, passed in April by the Maryland General Assembly, lowered that limit. Starting June 1, 2025, compensation for sexual abuse claims will be capped at $400,000 for public institutions and $700,000 for private ones.
