Excusable Criminal Possession of a Gun Imagine you are being chased down a NYC street by armed pursuers. They want to kill you. You don’t have a gun and you are not licensed to own a gun. A sympathetic but shady figure watching the chase emerges from the shadows and hands you a gun. You […]
A Look Back at 2020: Major Real Estate Law Updates in NYC As 2020 comes to an end, Pardalis & Nohavicka reflects on a year that left the real estate industry with significant challenges that were met in equal force with creative solutions from industry players, as well as fluctuating legal changes. Here’s a look […]
The Case of the Fatal Runaway Tire This week, we head over to Hopewell, a small town in Ontario County, New York. The town is home to the New York State Pageant of Steam, where you can see Brad Vosburg plowing with a 65 HP Case Steam Tractor with the engine plowing an 8 Bottom Rumley Plow. One […]
Falling Ice Capades: Extell Sued Over Icicles at Central Park Tower | Featured on The Real Deal First, a dying luxury market. Then a pandemic. And now, a dispute over falling icicles. Falling icicles? That’s according to a lawsuit filed by a bike rental company against Extell Development and its contractors, including Lendlease, over a 2019 […]
House of Horrors: A Real Estate Deal Gone Wrong Everyone knows actor Donald Sutherland. Very early in his career, Donald played the role of Dr. Bob Carroll in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, a 1965 British horror film. Dr. Carroll returns to his home in the United States with his new French bride, Nicolle. Soon there is evidence […]
"Legal Writing and the Lone Ranger" by Daniel J. Kornstein Joseph D. Nohavicka This little book (67 pages) is about legal writing. Attorney Kornstein states authoritatively in the beginning of his book, (using the active voice, as he cautions us to do), that: "You are how you write." It is effortless to read. Yes. It is […]
An Assault in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn Opening Statements The Prosecution: Members of the jury, this defendant cowardly stalked and attacked a defenseless woman and tried to rape her after she entered the lobby of her Myrtle Avenue apartment building, before running off with her cell phone and cash. The evidence will show that John Duncan is […]
Subleasing Commercial Properties in New York Midtown has notoriously been the center hub for office space in Manhattan — until now. While some companies had already begun to slowly embrace the idea of remote employment, COVID-19 has all but forced many businesses to dive into the deep end of work-from-home life. But, what happens then […]
Suing For A False Criminal Complaint Filed Against You It really doesn’t take much to get someone arrested. One way, is to go to the police station and file a complaint against someone. You sign a form that says that everything in the complaint is true; and, if the facts add up to a crime, […]
5 Things You Won't Learn In Law School According to PN Lawyers A great attorney does not only obtain great results, he is always available to his clients to address their concerns. Israel Klein, Esq. Law school gives you a strong theoretical foundation, the understanding of which is honed through being an instrument of its […]