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“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” ― ...

Tagged with: GRAWA President's Message Katie Courtney

While most lawyers agree there are both benefits and potential pitfalls to certain types of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) such as arbitration, most would argue there is really no downside to engaging in mediation at the outset of a lawsuit. ...

Tagged with: Laura Myers Trials and Tribulations

To dive into fixed income asset allocation, first let’s break this into two pieces: Fixed income How well do you really know fixed income? Many of our clients would tell you that it’s a ladder of bonds, yet the full ...

As Benjamin Franklin once famously wrote, “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Arguably, nowhere has this saying rang truer than in the context of taxes imposed in connection with an individual’s death. State and federal ...

Tagged with: Diane Donnelly Legal Bytes

It is beyond dispute that technology has changed the legal landscape. Brick-and-mortar offices are no longer a requirement, as more lawyers than ever transition their firms’ data from paper to digital. As a result, the days of paper files and ...

Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black

A number of the tax reform provisions favorably impact accounting methods for federal income tax purposes, including full expensing and the small taxpayer simplification. First, the new law extends and modifies bonus depreciation through 2026 (or through 2027, for longer ...

Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Thomas L. Wolf

The Paralegal Association of Rochester, Inc. had another busy fall. It started with PAR’s third annual “Par for PAR Nine & Dine” charity golf tournament on Sept. 21 at Shadow Lake Golf and Racquet Club. Teams braved the forecasted heat ...

Tagged with: Paralegal Perspectives

One item that seems to have been forgotten, or at least received very little press coverage, is that despite having a very strong economy, the federal deficit is going up at a time it would be expected to be dropping. ...

Tagged with: Kevin B. Murray Money Management

Over the past few years — at least in this part of the state — divorce settlements have more and more often included provisions for the parents to pay for the children’s activities such as music and sports lessons and ...

Tagged with: Matrimonial Matters Sara Stout Ashcraft

Last August the current bull market became the longest in history and exceeded the decade-long bull market of the 1990s. Since the Great Recession in 2008, monetary policy — through the use of multiple rounds of quantitative easing programs and ...

Tagged with: James Quackenbush Money Management

Last week, I wrote about a recent case where Fitbit data was used in a California case to convict the defendant, the victim’s stepfather, of her murder. In that case, the victim was wearing a Fitbit and her heart rate ...

Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black

Could this still be happening? Sexual harassment rarely exists by itself; rather, it is an intersectional claim of discrimination, meaning that pay equity claims and other types of unlawful discrimination usually are part of a larger scope of actionable events. ...

Tagged with: Lindy Korn Workplace Issues