This week’s case brings us to the beautiful town of Webster, New York, sitting right off of Lake Ontario, and just to the west of Rochester. Wendy O. Williams, lead singer of the Plasmatics, and Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner, were both born in Webster. The town's motto is "Where Life Is Worth Living." […]
"On Nov. 27, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals handed down a decision that fashions a new rule when the criminal justice system is processing a non-citizen: No matter what level crime the non-citizen is charged with, if the possible consequence is deportation he or she is entitled to a jury trial. The distilled […]
"To be treated this way by his peers and to have a brilliant judicial career capstoned with ignominy in this manner is disgraceful and saddening." Read an exclusive excerpt below: The blowback received by former Appellate Division Justice David Saxe, in the wake of his article entitled “Chief Judge’s Inquiry Into Dissents Intrudes On Judicial […]
Here is a hypothetical: During the Superbowl halftime show this year, Adam Levine, of Maroon 5, caused quite a few fans to lose their balance when he took off his shirt. If during the course of a swoon a Levine fan fell and was injured, could they have sued the NFL? Was Adam’s Bare Body […]
In this week’s case, we meet Osyma who had her car parked on the street in Brooklyn as she went shopping. When Osyma returned from her errand a few hours later, her car was nowhere to be found. Gone, without a trace. A few miles away, Osyma’s car was bouncing on the hook of a […]
JD INSIDER | Robo Advising Mona Chen Robo Advisors and their Fiduciary Obligations By Mona Chen Robo-advisers, which are digital investment advisers that provide automated, algorithm-based services, emerged in 2008 and have since become a rapidly growing segment of the investment advisory industry. Accompanying this growth is uneasiness about robo-advisers' abilities to fulfill their roles […]
Taso Pardalis was featured in the latest PacerMonitor article about a new lawsuit alleging racketeering and tax fraud by Expedia and Partners. “The portals are hiding the true amounts of money charged by Expedia.com, Reservations.com, their agents and subsidiaries,” said Taso Pardalis, an attorney in Manhattan. - "He could also collect millions of dollars in […]
Check out our latest feature on PropertyShark... "While you might never think that one foot in length would make a difference, in the world of real estate transactions it often can. The laws concerning property lines are complex in any jurisdiction, and this is all the more true in the state and city of New […]
Over the weekend, PN Lawyers was featured in a New York Post story about a high-profile employment and labor case. The Case: Philip Bobbitt, a Columbia Law Professor, Former Advisor to Three Presidents, and Nephew of LBJ is being sued by his housekeeper Sophia Samuels for low wages and no overtime pay. Our head of Employment […]
This week’s case illustrates one of the problems of lending money to co-workers. Enter: Tracy and Jonathan. Tracy and Jonathan worked together up in Newburgh, New York. Jonathan had hit some hard financial times and wanted some extra pocket money to spend on an upcoming vacation. So he asked Tracy if he could borrow $300, […]