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As litigators in New York State Court practice, we tend to think that nearly every order is appealable. In Braun v. Cesareo, Medtronic, Inc., and Medtronic USA, Inc., 2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 01962 (4th Dep’t 2019), the Appellate Division, Fourth ...

Tagged with: Mary E. Shepard Trials and Tribulations

On Dec. 19, 2018 the Federal Open Market Committee voted 10-0 to raise the Fed Funds Rate from 2%-2.25% to 2.25%-2.5%.[1] Even though this move was widely expected, the turmoil in the markets leading up to the meeting and immediately ...

Tagged with: Byron S. Sass Money Management

With New York on the verge of legalizing recreational marijuana, landlords across the state will face various questions once the smoke clears. Specifically, landlords will need to decide whether to accept the risks of renting to marijuana businesses, and if ...

Tagged with: Commercial Real Estate John A. Anderson real estate law

At first glance, the holding of a recent New York Court of Appeals case may have sent commercial landlords and lenders into a panic. Ferrara v. Peaches Café, LLC, 32 N.Y.3d 348 (2018), involved the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien ...

Tagged with: Legal Bytes Taylor A. Henry

There was recently a story in my local paper about an individual allegedly stealing substantially all the funds from an organization that had been serving young athletes in the area for more than a decade. The organization was well-meaning and ...

Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Michael DeBadts

As a paralegal, I know firsthand how dedicated paralegals in upstate New York are — not only to our employers and clients, but also to our profession. We often get so caught up in our busy day-to-day work that we ...

Tagged with: Bobbi Ahearn Paralegal Perspectives

We previously wrote about the New York attorney general’s (NYAG) broad investigatory powers under Section 63(12) of the Executive Law. Section 63(12) allows the NYAG, on short notice and without commencing a court proceeding, to issue subpoenas for documents and ...

Tagged with: Alan J. Bozer John Murray White Collar Corner

As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2019, the stock market continues to exhibit increased volatility — which was noticeably absent in 2017, then resurfaced in force in 2018 with a particularly volatile end to the year. This ...

Tagged with: Money Management Steve Reynolds

New York’s Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) authorizes courts to hear summary proceedings for the recovery of real property. Summary proceedings are often commenced by landlords seeking to evict defaulting tenants. By commencing a RPAPL summary proceeding, a ...

Tagged with: Advocate's View Robert P. Yawman III

When I started writing about the intersection of law and technology in 2006, emojis were a sidebar in the world of communication. Until the release of the first smartphone, the iPhone, emojis were typically used only in certain online chat ...

Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black

Some male executives are reacting to the spotlight placed on sexual misconduct in the workplace by trying to avoid interacting with female co-workers, both peers and subordinates. Last year a survey conducted by Working Mother Research Institute and the ABA ...

Tagged with: Lindy Korn Workplace Issues

Nonprofit organizations are structured to accomplish a mission. While nonprofit organizations may have a social purpose, they are, by definition, businesses that need to focus on profitability to further their mission. Like their for-profit brethren, they must have sound governance ...

Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Michelle M. Cain