After a successful series of back-to-back legal workshop events in Amsterdam, we visited &V, the Vroom & Varossieau street art gallery which is owned by Olivier Varossieau, the brother of our local counsel Lisette Varossieau. We spoke with the crew at &V about the legal issues and rights in the U.S. that European street artists face. The Question: For the sale of […]
This week’s case brings us to Monroe County, NY, which sits on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. The University of Rochester (in Monroe) is about a 5½ hour drive northwest from Manhattan, and about a 1½ hour drive due west from Syracuse. Dinosaur BBQ is a 60-second walk down Court Street from the Monroe […]
Latest feature on PropertyShark… The foreclosure process can be daunting and painfully intricate. Here’s what you need to know about the process. Foreclosure Methods There are two ways a lender can foreclose a mortgaged property: a judicial foreclosure through the court system or a non-judicial foreclosure without a court order. For this article, we’ll focus only on the judicial foreclosure process, which is both more common […]
This week’s case takes us to Erie County in the region of the state called Western New York. (Not West New York, that’s New Jersey). It includes the cities of Rochester, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, and Buffalo. Buffalo was given the nickname “Queen City.” With nearly 259,000 residents, it’s second only to New York City in population. […]
This week’s case brings us up to Saratoga County, NY: a 3-hour drive north from Manhattan, and a two-hour drive east from Syracuse. Saratoga Spa State Park includes a hotel, 2 pool complexes, mineral baths, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, picnic areas, hiking trails, and numerous mineral springs. Saratoga County serves as the southern gateway to the Adirondack […]
This week’s grisly case brings us up and over to Steuben County, NY, located in the state’s Southern Tier region, which sits right on top of Central Pennsylvania’s northern border. It is about a 5-hour drive northwest of NYC, and a 2-hour drive southwest from Syracuse. It is an amazing place to visit, especially in […]
Check out our latest feature on PropertyShark… When the average American homebuyer or seller decides that it’s time to enter the real estate market, timing is everything. The real estate game is fickle, and a change of a single variable could shift the entire market. The year 2018, for example, started off with a […]
In recent news Pop Star Ariana Grande is suing the fashion retailer Forever 21 for $10 million dollars over look-alike ads in social media campaigns. The model, clothes, and accessories in question resemble Grande's famous ensemble from her recent music video "7-rings." The bejeweled pink pom-poms and purple printed camouflage joggers worn by the Forever 21 […]
This week’s case brings us to Wayne County, New York, sitting right off of Lake Ontario, about a 5-hour drive northwest from Manhattan and less than 50 miles west from Syracuse. September is a great time of year to be up in Wayne County: on the 18th they have the Find the Wine! Corn Maze […]
This week’s case brings us up to Peekskill, NY -- about an hour away from Manhattan by MetroNorth, and a 3 hour 45 minute drive to Syracuse. Mel Gibson, was born and raised in Peekskill until his family moved to Australia in the late 1960s; also from Peekskill is Why Cue, the rapper and producer. […]