It is undisputed that technology has transformed the practice of law. Many attorneys remember when cases were looked up in books, not online legal databases. When briefs and pleadings were…

The Fourth Department of New York’s Appellate Division recently issued a decision that included a ruling on the enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment agreements, as one of several issues…

With the prevalence of blended families, a common concern among spouses is providing for a surviving spouse while still protecting the children from a prior marriage. One solution to this…

Contracts, by their nature, often involve shifting risk from one party to another. Most of the time, provisions that shift risk are legal and bargained for as part of an…

The New York Labor Law (“NYLL”) grants employees the power to pursue unpaid wage claims against their employers. Despite the NYLL’s protection of earned wages, case law developed in which…

Originally published on The Daily Record on February 24, 2025 Currently, New York prison guards are on strike. Corrections officers at 25 of New York’s 42 prisons have not shown…

Expiration clauses in a guaranty are used to limit liability the guarantor can incur. They place a temporal limitation on what would otherwise be a guarantee of unlimited duration. As…

For lawyers, a frequent question from their clients is: “Can I get my attorney’s fees?” Under the American rule, the typical answer is “No.” But certain contracts may contain “prevailing…

During the Covid outbreak in 2020, New York and several other states issued restrictions on in-person business operations in an attempt to reduce the spread of the virus. These measures…