2019 marks the 50th anniversary of several culturally significant events — Woodstock, Stonewall Riots, Beatles’ break-up and Neil Armstrong’s small step, just to name a few. With little ballyhoo, Oct. 30, 2019 will also be the golden jubilee for the ...

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When two troubled students with military-style firearms shot 11 classmates, a teacher and themselves at Colorado’s Columbine High School two decades ago, it completely shocked the nation. Since then, statistics from the federal government, academic and advocacy groups show these ...

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It should no longer come as a surprise that food allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic illness, with over 32 million Americans diagnosed with a food allergy in the United States. As one of the 32 million people ...

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Section 417 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law (NY LLCL) requires that the members of a limited liability company (LLC) adopt a written Operating Agreement establishing — among other things — the rights, responsibilities and limitations of the ...

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We often hear about New Yorkers fleeing to non-tax states such as Florida, which has no income or estate tax. Wealthy New Yorkers (and not so wealthy) are concerned that they will be subject to a New York estate tax ...

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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

Leatherback turtles spend their lives in the ocean and migrate thousands of miles to lay their eggs, returning to their place of birth. Like their namesake, the peripatetic Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (a/k/a “Flo and Eddie”), former front men ...

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On Dec. 20, 2018, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) was signed into law. The law removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, meaning it is now legal throughout the United States — subject to state law — ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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State and local taxes (SALT) are getting a little shake-up thanks to a new U.S. Supreme Court decision that, according to the headlines, is going to change the landscape of online sales. Take those headlines with a grain of SALT. ...

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My father and I went on a trip last summer to tour the national parks on the way from Colorado to San Francisco. In between our travels from the unparalleled beauty of Zion National Park to the striking sequoia trees ...

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