Month: August 2020

Reopening Schools: Legal Issues and Concerns

The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to rethink almost every aspect of modern life – particularly when it comes to education. Schools at all levels – from pre-K and elementary through college – are struggling to determine how to operate safely in the new normal. This unprecedented situation has also presented a host of legal … Continued

Attorney Professionalism Forum-September 2020

To the Forum: I represent a client who is the executor and beneficiary of a decedent’s estate, as well as the trustee of a supplemental needs trust created for the benefit of his disabled sister. The client requested that I close the estate, but in order to do so I need to obtain a release … Continued

Summary of Executive Order 202.57

On August 20, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.57 invoking new powers from a law passed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic to temporarily suspend or modify laws necessary to assist or aid in coping with a declared State disaster emergency