Patricia Kane

Patricia Kane

Patricia Kane is the Courts Editor for the New York Law Journal.

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August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Legal Fee Award; Constructive Trust, Unjust Enrichment, and Conversion: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "COD, LLC v. Ljuljdjuraj," and "Rojas v. Roche."

By Scott Mollen

16 minute read

August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal

From Beyond the Grave: Which Trust To Trust?

Complex estates—whether they're complicated because of assets or family situation—take special handling, and the estate holder may want to control who gets what and how—even after they're gone. Two types of trusts can help achieve this goal, but which should they choose, and why? Trusts & estates and tax law attorney David I. Faust, partner at Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, explains.

By David I. Faust

7 minute read

August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal

IRS Targets Related-Party Basis Shifting

On June 17, 2024, the IRS released Notice 2024-54, which states that the IRS and the Treasury Department intend to issue proposed regulations relating to partnership basis adjustments resulting from transactions between related parties. The proposed regulations would introduce massive additional complexity to an area of the tax law that is already complicated.

By Ezra Dyckman and Charles S. Nelson

6 minute read

August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Mayor's Advisory Committee To Hold Hearing on Fitness of Judicial Candidates

The public hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, is for receiving information regarding Mayor Eric Adams 's nominees for Criminal and Family Court judges.

By Patricia Kane

2 minute read

August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

AG Guidance Highlights the Dangers of Website Tracking

Paul Greene, partner at Harter Secrest & Emery, discusses the risks inherent in website tracking, including use of tracking pixels, cookies, and other tracking tools, viewed against the backdrop of recent regulatory developments, including the new NYAG guidance.

By F. Paul Greene

8 minute read

August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Elusive 4th Amendment Particularity Rules for ESI

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter Crusco reviews some recent case law that spotlights the ever developing area of the law surrounding search warrants targeting electronically stored information, or "ESI."

By Peter A. Crusco

10 minute read

August 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Art, Shame and Criminal Law

David Lenefsky asks whether "we have in our civil community, by and large, lost the ability to feel and/or recognize shame—and, if so, what consequences do we suffer as a society?"

By David Lenefsky

7 minute read

August 23, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Story of 'United States v. Margaret Sanger'

Paul Shechman discusses the story of birth control activist Margaret Sanger and the effects her life's work has on the law today.

By Paul Shechtman

9 minute read

August 22, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Admissibility of Artificial Intelligence

AI differs from traditional software, perhaps requiring novel admissibility considerations.

By Jonathan Bick

9 minute read

August 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A Divorce Court's Primer on Requesting Sole Custody

Alan Feigenbaum, partner at Blank Rome, discusses the need to expand our views of domestic violence beyond physical violence, including the use of language in communications, be it by email, text message, or, as in the recent case L.W. v. J.U., communications via an app.

By Alan Feigenbaum

6 minute read