There’s no place like home. This week’s case brings us to Jerome Avenue in the Norwood section of the Bronx where there is a Family Dollar supermarket. Enter: Thalia, a shopper and her 9-year-old son, Preston; Ed Mintah, a Family Dollar employee; and, Felix, the store manager. This is a case about power. It was […]

LOCATION: Nassau County, Long Island, New York ENTER: Estee, a widowed mother of four young children; Jason, the deceased father; Janet, Jason’s mother, the grandmother. Jason and Estee were married and had four children. Jason died when he was 35. The children were 9, 7, 5, and 3, at the time of their father’s death. […]

In the novel, A Time to Kill, (1989) and movie (1996) with the same name we were given an example of when it was, well, a time TO kill. The father of a young girl shoots the men who brutally assaulted his daughter and left her for dead. This week’s case brings us to the Bronx. That’s […]

Check out our latest feature on PropertyShark… Due to 2019 changes in the law, realtors and brokers need to become more aware of what it means to sell or lease properties in regard to new green standards. These laws should also be considered in conjunction with recent budget changes that have been enacted by The […]

This week’s case brings us to Colgate University in Hamilton, located in central Upstate New York.  Other schools within 50 miles are Syracuse University, the SUNY Morrisville, Cazenovia College, Hamilton College, the SUNY Cortland, and Hartwick College. What happened at Colgate could happen anywhere. This week’s case is about trust borne of romantic intimacy and the cruel betrayal of that trust. Enter:  Colgate University […]

This week’s case takes us up to Sullivan County, which starts about 70 miles northwest of New York City. Some just refer to it as the Catskill Mountains. From August 15–18, 1969, about 500,000 people gathered in Sullivan County's Town of Bethel at Max Yasgur's farm to attend the Woodstock Festival. The entertainers included The Who; the Grateful Dead; Jefferson Airplane; Janis […]

Check out our latest feature on PropertyShark… Have you been watching too many episodes of “Million Dollar Listing?” The show depicts the life of a real estate broker to be effortless, but not every day is filled with the glitz and glam you see on television. Real estate brokers (similar to attorneys and CPAs) have […]

This week’s case takes us to a golf course about an hour north from the Bronx in Monroe, a pretty town in Orange County. The golf course sponsored the Andrew Glover Youth Program, which is a program for at-risk youths. Enter: Hilda, an adult employee of the youth program; and, Andrew, 17 years old, a […]

This week we meet Melanie, a stay-at-home mother of 4 children; and, her son, Edgar, 2 years old. One warm summer day, Melanie took her car to go to a shopping center in Newburgh in Orange County. She took Edgar along for the ride. It was 88 degrees Fahrenheit outside and 112 degrees Fahrenheit inside the car. […]

Just last week, Governor Cuomo announced highlights to a series of changes in the state’s fiscal year 2020 budget. Among the changes, employers should be most aware of the new amendment concerning voting leave for employees. In an effort to promote democracy and build upon voting reform, Governor Cuomo has made an amendment to previous […]