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Anticipation for 2018 is high for the investment markets and our economy for numerous reasons: tax reform, interest rates, geopolitical risk and can-the-bull-market-continue-another-year, to name a few. Uncertainty about the future can create investment anxiety, which can lead to poor ...

Tagged with: Dana Consler Money Management

The timing and sufficiency of an assignment document can become critical for protecting the rights of the assignee. These rights include the assignee’s right to sue for infringement, ownership right and right to claim priority. Right to sue for infringement ...

Tagged with: IP Frontiers Stephen P. Scuderi

Over the years the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regularly settled litigation brought by environmental interest groups and stakeholders through consent decrees and settlement agreements that force EPA action or regulatory changes by court order rather than through normal ...

Tagged with: Environmental Law George S. Van Nest

It’s 2017, and just like the rest of us, judges are increasingly using the internet as part of their day-to-day workflow. After all, the online world is readily available to anyone with an internet-enabled device and there’s a wealth of ...

Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black

A nonprofit’s infrastructure is often complex and vulnerable to conflict, or even crisis, if not diligently self-monitored by the board and executive leadership. Below are two examples of organizations that found themselves at challenging crossroads. Example A: An extremely competent ...

Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Michelle M. Cain

‘Tis the season to spread holiday cheer and do something kind for those in need. To that end, while attending the Monroe County Bench and Bar Holiday party last week, I had the opportunity to meet several new young attorneys ...

Tagged with: GRAWA President's Message Jodie Ryan

The phrase “enemy combatant” conjures up an image of a person, usually a foreign national, infiltrating the country during a time of war, to spy or wreak havoc, or, more recently, fighting for a stateless group like al-Qaida or the ...

Tagged with: Scott Forsyth

With a Nov. 15 phonathon launch and the early timing of the Law Firm Challenge, the 2017 Campaign for Justice reached the halfway mark to its $270,000 goal just a couple days ago. “Receiving another $130,000 in pledges by December ...

Tagged with: Nora A. Jones Pro Bono Spotlight

Following a recent terrorist attack in Manhattan that killed eight and injured 12 President Donald Trump attacked the criminal justice system. He suggested that the criminal justice system was partially at fault for terrorist acts. “We need quick justice, and ...

According to the most recent U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18.1% of all New York State private employment comes from nonprofits. The demand for volunteer nonprofit board members to lead, manage and govern this industry has never ...

A few months ago, the New York State Court of Appeals answered the certified question, from the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, of whether “sections of the New York City Administrative Code preclude a plaintiff from bringing ...

Tagged with: James S. Wolford Trials and Tribulations

It is that time of year when many of us find ourselves, amid the crush of holiday preparations and year-end driven work deadlines, taking stock of where we are and thinking about those things for which we are grateful. How ...

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