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In March of 2020, the transition to remote work was sudden for most law firms. Many were wholly unprepared for the sudden and unexpected shift, but over time most firms managed to cobble together remote working systems that were functional, ...

“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 ...

As we are enjoying the summer months here in Western New York, a recent decision from the Appellate Division, Fourth Department has provided a reminder for homeowners to take the proper winterization precautions for their unoccupied or seasonal homes. Attorneys ...

Technology competence: Nowadays it’s a must for lawyers. Five years ago, you may have been able to convince yourself that there was no need to be technologically competent, but no more. The writing has been on the wall ever since ...

Those of us who practice matrimonial law are always dealing with debt. The required Statement of Net Worth has a section devoted for every kind of debt there is, including “chattel mortgages.” However, today the biggest debt people have — ...

On Aug. 5, President Joe Biden announced that he would sign an Executive Order that sets the ambitious goal of making one-half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero emission vehicles, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric or fuel ...

Just when we thought we might be in the clear, another pandemic surge appears to be on the horizon. This means that remote work, or at the very least hybrid work, will likely continue to be part of our day-to-day ...

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement in June of “New York Forward” — a lifting of many COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions — much has changed. The Delta variant and sluggish vaccination rates, as well as the lack of vaccines available for children ...

A license is a grant of rights from a licensor (often the patentee) to a licensee to make, use or sell a patented product or method.  Often in granting the licensee the right to “sell,” the patentee may seek to ...

Our legal community lost a good old soul recently. He wasn’t a lawyer or a judge or a legal assistant. He was a restaurant owner. John Vito owned O’Bagelo’s — a place that served as a social center for our ...