This is an update to our recent announcement of the new US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rule requiring direct email addresses of trademark applicants and registrants. After receiving numerous written objections from US trademark practitioners regarding the USPTO’s new rule that originally required each application to include the applicant’s direct e-mail address, the USPTO […]
Tenants pin hopes on new law, old ruling on J-51 By Georgia Kromrei With untold millions of dollars at stake for landlords and tenants, the Court of Appeals in Albany grilled attorneys for three hours Tuesday to determine how the 2019 rent law should apply to pending and future rent-overcharge cases. Both sides made impassioned […]
Thomas Lancia of THOMAS M. LANCIA PLLC welcomed Neil Montgomery of Montgomery & Associados to his offices in New York. It is great to see our members meeting up when they are on their travels. If you have any photos you wish to share please send them to your Client Manager.
Seward & Kissel attorneys Scott Sambur, David Stutzman, Lori Sullivan and Samuel Thomas contributed a chapter to the Legal 500 Private Client Comparative Guide.
By Luise Barrack (February 11, 2020, 5:41 PM EST) Last week, after all of the other recent blows to New York owners and developers, the New York Department of State issued its interpretation of a portion of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act legislation which was passed in June 2019. The interpretation of the […]
Partner Scott Sambur and Counsel David Stutzman contributed the USA chapters to the International Client Legal Guide to: Private Client Laws and Regulations.
01 Forms of Business Organizations U.S. Corporation A corporation, has limited personal liability, is the form of organization most common in the US. Many of the procedures and requirements are similar to those relating to the formation of companies in the UK, except that a US Corporation is subject to the specific corporate law requirements […]
FLSA or “Wage and hour” (minimum wage, overtime, etc.) practitioners in the Federal Courts in Vermont, Connecticut and New York (Second Circuit Court of Appeals) have had to submit wage and hour settlements to a Judge for approval under the Cheeks doctrine was established in 2017. This mechanism was created to try to ensure that […]
When it comes to property management, the District of Columbia has a unique set of laws. Join me each week as I give you advice on dealing with a common property management problem in D.C. and how to quickly solve it. To watch the full video, please click here.
TOTM: The following is the first in a series of posts by TOTM guests and authors on the politicization of antitrust. The entire series of posts is available here.] This post is authored by Steven J. Cernak, Partner at Bona Law and Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School and Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law […]
Crafting with a passion describes Brad Blackwell, founder and distiller of Lost Ark Distilling in Columbia, MD. Brad has a serious passion for all things distilling. He comes across as quiet and shy but carries a hard-charging and passionate drive for success. He prides himself on being creative and relentless in any pursuit. With a start as […]
A Federal Judge in Maryland recently ruled that an embroidery company’s property insurance provides coverage for the replacement of the company’s computer hardware and software following a ransomware attack. The embroidery company was hit with a ransomware attack that prevented it from accessing files and nearly all computer programs on its system. The company paid […]