The IRS is working on a new Form 1040 for the 2019 tax season and announced in late June that they are streamlining the Form 1040 into a “shorter, simpler postcard-sized” form intended to replace and consolidate current Forms 1040, ...
Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Raechel Taddei
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No profession appreciates the power of language and understands the value of time better than the legal profession. It’s no surprise, then, that lawyers are absolutely “killing it” when it comes to embedding content as a key component in their ...
Tagged with: Marketing Your Content Pete Sullivan
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Remember the old “Seinfeld” episode when Kramer went on a smoking binge for 72 hours and even set up a smoking lounge for “pipe night” in his apartment? You know, the one where Jerry told Kramer that the smoking was ...
Tagged with: Jennifer Aronson-Jovcevski Legal Bytes
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As yields on short-term, high quality securities fell to paltry levels over the last few years, investors scrambled to find safe, yield-generating investments for their portfolios. Keeping yields attractive typically required an investor to either extend duration or move down ...
Tagged with: Christopher Raby Money Management
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The hostile work environment theory under Title VII and State Human Rights Law requires a showing of severe or pervasive acts. The harassment often extends over several years and statutes of limitation capture the most recent acts of discrimination. The ...
Tagged with: Lindy Korn Workplace Issues
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Last week I wrote about a case that I came across while conducting research for the annual update of the Thomson Reuter’s substantive criminal law book that I co-author, “Criminal Law in New York.” That case, People v. Jiles, 158 ...
Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black
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Wednesday the S&P 500 hit a major milestone: the longest bull market ever for the index, stretching 3,453 days since hitting a bottom in March 2009. Recent glances at your 401(k) balance or investment statements over the last few years ...
Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Mark J. Kovaleski
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Two months ago, Queens County Family Court Judge John M. Hunt issued a decision that merits attention from lawyers as well as court personnel. The case is Maliha A. v. Onu M. [2018 Slip Op 28188, June 19, 2018]. The ...
Tagged with: Matrimonial Matters Sara Stout Ashcraft
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As many of you know, I recently retired from the New York State Supreme Court where I served 28 years as a Supreme Court Justice, including 10 years as Presiding Judge of the Commercial Division. While I enjoyed all aspects ...
Tagged with: Advocate's View Thomas A. Stander
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We all know the importance of saving for retirement. By all accounts, consistently saving 10% to 15% of pay in your 401(k) or other retirement vehicle over a long period of time will produce a significant account balance at retirement. ...
Tagged with: Marijoyce Ryan Money Management
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On Feb. 28, 2017, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Corps of Engineers to review and rescind the 2015 “waters of the United States” rule that was issued under the ...
Tagged with: Environmental Law George S. Van Nest
Read More »Every summer, I write my portion of the annual update for “Criminal Law in New York,” a book on substantive New York criminal law that I co-author with Brighton Town Court Judge Karen Morris. During my research of the criminal ...
Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black
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