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Included in the newly enacted New York State Budget Bill are provisions that reform New York State tax law. This is in response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The provisions specifically address the TCJA’s $10,000 state and ...

Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Kristina Stamatis

Binding arbitration remains on the rise. Indeed, there is a high likelihood that only a small percentage of the readers of this article will have not already, in some area of their life, consented and otherwise agreed to private, binding, ...

Tagged with: Civil Litigation David M. Tang

The Court of Appeals 2009 decision in Mahoney-Buntzman v. Buntzman (12 NY3d 415) has greatly affected how separate/martial property and debt claims are viewed in divorce. While this decision has alleviated matrimonial practitioners of some tedious tracing labors, exactly how ...

Tagged with: Matrimonial Matters Sara Stout Ashcraft

Over the last 49 years, I have met with thousands of individual investors and have been a student of the markets and investor behavior. Why are some investors successful, and why do others fail? Dalbar, an independent research firm, studied ...

Tagged with: George Karpus Money Management

About five months have gone by since my last update on the state of patentable subject matter after the 2014 Alice Supreme Court decision and its progeny. A number of important developments have taken place during this time, mostly positive ...

Tagged with: IP Frontiers Wayne F. Reinke

The gold standard for lawyers is the portrayal of Atticus Finch by Gregory Peck in the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Ethical, skilled, empathetic, courageous, balanced and yet very human, he’s able to balance the demands of the profession with ...

Tagged with: Lawyers in Film Mark J. Moretti

I have recently observed a trend in employment litigation: employers attempting to enforce covenants not to compete or solicit clients (“restrictive covenants”) that are contained in employee manuals, as opposed to discrete contracts. Employers should reconsider this practice if they ...

Tagged with: Advocate's View Jeremy M. Sher

The opportunity to positively impact our community is an important factor driving attorneys to accept pro bono matters. New businesses create jobs, occupy buildings, may add to the tax base, and help neighborhoods thrive. Before businesses can do so, there ...

Tagged with: Louise Spinelli Pro Bono Spotlight

Many of us have read and heard more about the attorney-client privilege in recent weeks than we did in law school — and it has certainly been more interesting. With so many recent reports in the press and on television ...

Tagged with: Donald Smith Examining Ethics

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: technology is advancing at unprecedented rates. The impact of technology on our day-to-day lives is inescapable and the practice of law is not immune. Technology’s reach can be felt across the ...

Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black

As my term as GRAWA’s president nears its end, I am saddened to say that this will be my last column in The Daily Record. While the finish line is fast approaching, the ending is bittersweet as I have thoroughly ...

Our Law Day luncheon on May 1 focused on this year’s theme: “Separation of Powers; Framework for Freedom.” We had the opportunity to hear eloquent remarks from our honorees, Jill Paperno for the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar’s Humanitarian ...

Tagged with: Jill M. Cicero MCBA President's Message