Like light, which is both a wave and a particle at once, a mobile home affixed to the ground can be either real or personal property, depending on legal context. For lien perfection purposes, a mobile home is personal property.[1] For statute of frauds purposes, the better view is that a mobile home is real … Continued
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have become commonplace in today’s business landscape, so much so that some may think of it as merely a buzzword. While the term may sound like nothing but jargon, it essentially refers to the business metrics that evaluate a company’s performance. Your efforts as a lawyer should reflect in your firm’s … Continued
Animal abuse is so tightly linked to domestic violence that it is unlikely to find abuse of a partner or child in a house with pets where abuse of the pet is not also present.[i], [ii] Often, this connection is simply called “the link.”[iii] When someone hurts an animal, the question is, who will be … Continued
Children and indigent adults are being deprived of their constitutional rights to meaningful and effective representation in the criminal and family courts because pay for assigned counsel in the state has not been increased in 18 years, the New York State Bar Association contended in a lawsuit filed today. The sole exception is New York … Continued
In London today, New York State Bar Association President Sherry Levin Wallach signed a memorandum of understanding with the Law Societies of England, Wales and Scotland and the Bar Council of England and Wales. The signing ceremony took place at the Law Society in London. The association is holding its annual Global Conference this week … Continued
Members of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee to Review Judicial Nominations are prepared to begin interviewing the seven nominees for chief judge that the Commission on Judicial Nominations submitted to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Nov. 23. The committee has scheduled interviews for Dec. 5 and will rate each candidate as either “well qualified, … Continued
We have an election 2022 wrap up on this episode of Miranda Warnings Roundtable. Despite a closer than usual race for governor in New York and the four House seats that flipped to Republican control, the Democrats swept statewide offices in November. On the federal level, the predicted red wave never happened. Democrats actually gained … Continued
Acting Chief Judge Anthony Cannataro said that while judges “are not at liberty to engage” with critics who question the impartiality of the judiciary, “the best thing we can do is model the values that are accorded to us.” “We have spent years honing our craft, deciding cases based on time-honored principles. I am absolutely … Continued
The winning team of Ramona Miller and Michael Quintman from the annual National Legal Innovation Tournament are applying for patent protection of their winning app design. “Help Decide” is the 2022 winning design in the competition co-hosted by the New York State Bar Association and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra. It … Continued
The White House on Tuesday announced it plans to extend until as late as June a pandemic-era pause in student loan repayments. Payments now set to resume Jan. 1 won’t be required again until June 30 or until 60 days after legal challenges to President Biden’s plan for loan forgiveness are settled by the courts. … Continued