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New York’s Secure Choice Savings Program: A Mandatory Retirement Savings Requirement Now in Effect
The New York Secure Choice Savings Program, now taking effect, requires employers who do not offer a qualified retirement plan to enroll their employees in the state’s sponsored retirement savings program.[1] Employers with 10 or more employees must register through…
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President Kathleen Sweet Speaks on the Importance of Legal Services Funding
Civil legal aid is essential infrastructure for equal justice under the law. Funding for the Legal Services Corporation helps legal aid providers across New York keep families housed, protect survivors of domestic violence, and ensure vulnerable communities can access the…
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Attorney Professionalism Forum: What To Do if You Suspect Witness Coaching
To the Forum: I am a recently admitted New York lawyer. I was involved in a case in which parties were disputing ownership of a historical artifact from a foreign country that had mysteriously disappeared from a museum. I was…
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Celebrating Our History: Thomas Newman
In honor of our 150th anniversary, we asked longtime, involved members for their recollections of the New York State Bar Association. Thomas Newman, chair of the Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction from 1981 to 1985, reflected on the longtime…
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How To Create an Elder Care Plan Before a Crisis
It’s 3 a.m., the phone rings and your aging parent is headed to the hospital after taking a fall. You rush to the Emergency Department. Over the next days and weeks, you are overwhelmed by new decisions to make ranging…
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New Elder Law and Special Needs Section Chair Tammy Lawlor: “Looking To Make It a Really Successful Year”
As the incoming chair of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section, Tammy Lawlor is ready to welcome new and returning attorneys. “I’m looking to make it a really successful year,” said Lawlor. “With the new model under the Bar…
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New York State Bar Association Signs Partnership with Thai Lawyers Group
The New York State Bar Association signed a partnership with the Lawyers Council of Thailand to foster academic and professional cooperation between lawyers in Thailand and the United States. Thanapol Kongjiang, President of the Lawyers Council of Thailand, signed a…
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A Trademark Goliath: Registration, Enforcement and the Super Bowl
Numbers form the foundation of the National Football League. Who is the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season? O. J. Simpson. Who holds the career record for passing touchdowns with 649? Tom Brady. Who set a…
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Hunter College High School Crowned NYSBA Mock Trial State Champions
Calling the prosecution’s case as slippery as oil, the Hunter College High School mock trial team earned a not guilty verdict for its client and won the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial State Title. The final trial between…
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The Threat to ABA Accreditation of Legal Education and Its Impact on Licensing of Lawyers
A long-standing system of accreditation for law schools has come under scrutiny under the Trump administration. What’s at stake is nothing less than a sea change in the process that decides who gets to be a lawyer. Having a national…
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