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Lawyers tend to limit their practice to a few areas. Nonetheless, people come to us with myriad problems — many of which fall outside our expertise. Through this column, we provide practical information to help you assist those who have ...

What could pigeons possibly have to do with the law? It turns out that the bird’s presence in our lexicon is extensive. Take, for example, the phrase “stool pigeon.” In the current context the phrase describes a person involved in ...

As the pandemic continues to challenge and change the way we work across all industries, many of us are growing increasingly impatient with the wait for “normal.” Will we ever get back to normal in the court system? What will ...

Lesley Niebel is the Chair of the MCBA Young Lawyers’ Section. A trial lawyer with Faraci Lange, her goal for the year is just like mine — to bring people together. In our member message last week, Lesley wrote that ...

New York’s eviction moratorium and rental assistance programs, created in the early days of the pandemic to combat the health and economic consequences that accompany evictions, homelessness, and unpaid rent, will be sticking around a bit longer, but not without ...

Protecting against cybercrime for law firms and other legal organizations is particularly acute because it is not just legal professionals’ data and confidential information at stake, says Cheryl Nelan, the owner and president of CMIT Solutions of Monroe. “One of ...

When issuing policies covering personal injury risk in New York, insurers must remain mindful of Insurance Law § 3420(d), which requires that insurers provide notice disclaiming liability to the claimant and/or injured person as soon as reasonably possible. Under Insurance ...

And I am, whatever you say I am. If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am? These words of one of the great American lyricists echoed the cold reality that confronted many investors who reasonably relied upon their ...

Last September, The Daily Record published my Advocate’s View article entitled “Navigating the Status of Evictions in New York State.” There have been several changes over the past year. Just last month, the Supreme Court issued a decision enjoining part ...

“You’re being racist.” Why do some white people react so negatively and get their backs against the wall when something like this is said to us? Why do we instinctively get defensive? Why don’t we instead think about how the ...

The creator of the idiom “what’s mine is yours…” likely didn’t co-own property with another person. Real property is often owned by two or more persons as tenants in common, each owning an undivided interest in the property. Such co-owners ...

On Aug. 24, the Department of Education issued new Title IX guidance that addressed a lingering issue created by the Department’s 2020 Title IX regulations. Specifically, confusion arose from that portion of the regulations prohibiting Title IX decision makers from ...