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Business Divorce Cases of 2019
Last year's most noteworthy business divorce cases are marked by a diversity of subject matter, spanning a gamut of disputes among co-owners of limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and business and professional corporations.Nixon Peabody Names Ilana Kameros as Managing Partner
And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.2019: A Formidable End to a Formidable Year
In her Trusts & Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper discusses decisions from the final months of 2019, which addressed digital assets, revocation of wills, the statute of limitations and fiduciary discretion.Grand Jury Report Leads to Proposed Environmental Crimes Law
In her State Environmental Regulation column, Charlotte A. Biblow discusses "Operation Pay Dirt," a multi-agency investigation into the disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition materials at various residential and commercial sites on Long Island. The investigation also prompted the introduction of a bill in the New York State Senate that would create multiple new environmental crimes to address illegal dumping.Landowner Liability for Sidewalk Injuries
Municipalities typically impose a duty on abutting landowners to maintain sidewalks. In his Zoning and Land Use Planning column, Anthony Guardino discusses how some municipalities also shift liability to those landowners for failure to fulfill that duty.Article 31 in Surrogate's Court: The Road to Discovery
The past several months have seen significant decisions concerning Article 31 discovery in the Surrogate's Court where topics such as electronic discovery, the costs of document production, the costs of document production, and digital assets were addressed. In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper discusses recent opinions ruling on these issues.Zoning Boards Have Broad Discretion to Decide Area Variances
Courts typically defer to a local zoning board's decision on an application for an area variance—as long as the board has considered and weighed all of the required factors.New York Fights Interstate Smog, and the EPA
In March 2018, New York state, through the NYSDEC, filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require power plants and large industrial sources in nine upwind states to reduce their contribution of pollution impacting New York. On Oct. 18, 2019, the EPA denied the petition. In her State Environmental Regulation column, Charlotte A. Biblow reviews the main provisions of the state's petition, and then examines the EPA's denial.List of Candidates Who Passed the July 2019 Bar Exam
The names of the 6,536 candidates who passed the bar examination given on July 30 and 31.Trending Stories
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