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Vinayak Kohli
over 8 years ago
Practical Guidance Journal
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Personal Trusts Under New York Law
By: Ian Weinstock , Kostelanetz & Fink LLP LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: New York Business & Commercial > New York Estate Planning > Trusts > Practice Notes What Is a Trust? A trust is a legal arrangement pursuant to which...
Daniel M. Kowalski
2 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Experts: NY Must Address Urgent Need For Immigration Legal Aid
Marielena Hincapié, Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, Feb. 23, 2024 "The number of newly arriving immigrants who have come to New York to establish new homes in our communities and flee life-threatening danger in their countries of birth has captured...
Daniel M. Kowalski
3 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Be Wary of Immigration Guarantees
Claire Fahy, New York Times, Jan. 22, 2024 "A Bronx lawyer and his son were arrested on Monday and charged with orchestrating a seven-year immigration scheme that defrauded hundreds of immigrants and caused some of them to be deported, federal...
Daniel M. Kowalski
5 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
New Cornell Report: Immigration Detention in New York State
Prof. Alexandra Dufresne, Dec. 13, 2023 writes : "Our clinic is pleased to release a new report: The Dignity Not Detention Act: Transforming Immigration Detention Practices in New York State (December 2023) gives a detailed inventory of immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
6 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert Not Surprised by Gov. Hochul's Work Permit Decision
Tim Balk, NY Daily News, Nov. 13, 2023 "Gov. Hochul, who had pursued the idea of issuing state-approved work papers to migrants, took the plan off the table Monday, saying she would not have been able to protect New York employers from criminal...
Joshua Lloyd
6 months ago
Law Books
Law Books
New Jersey Provisions Allow for the Conversion of Any Business Entity to a Domestic Corporation
By Eric Geringswald | CSC New Jersey Laws Governing Business Entities New Jersey lawmakers added legislation to the state’s business entity laws allowing conversions and domestications of all entity types, including foreign and domestic corporations...
Joshua Lloyd
6 months ago
Law Books
Law Books
CSC's New York Deskbook is an Essential Resource for Business Law Practitioners
By Eric Geringswald | CSC New York Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated 2023 Legal professionals around the country need a comprehensive and up-to-date resource to handle complex M&A transactions and related corporate litigation for New...
Daniel M. Kowalski
7 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Experts: State-Federal Cooperation Needed to Manage Migrant Flow
Prof. Jacob Hamburger, Prof. Stephen Yale-Loehr, Oct. 8, 2023 "As major cities across the country struggle to welcome thousands of migrants who are in desperate need of housing and social services, mayors and governors are calling on the Biden...
Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: Courts "Very Likely" to Strike Down State Work Permits for Migrants
Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, Sept. 12, 2023 "Frustrated by the federal response to the migrant crisis, Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Tuesday that New York State was considering ways to issue work permits to asylum seekers in a...
Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
NYC Should Welcome Migrants Rather Than Have a Mayor Who Disparages Them
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, Sept. 11, 2023 "In recent weeks, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made a series of increasingly uninformed and disparaging comments about migrants arriving in New York. In a town hall meeting on September 6, Adams...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New York: Defendant Fails to Show Injured Bus Matron was its “Special Employee”
Plaintiff, a school bus matron employed by a nonparty, stated a claim for injuries allegedly sustained in an accident that occurred while she was working on a school bus registered to defendant, Boro Transit (“BT”), and driven by an employee...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New York: Registered Nurse Could Not Recover for Mental Injury Where Genesis of Claim Arose from Bona Fide Personnel Action
Stressing that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board was to be afforded significant deference to its decisions related to witness credibility, a New York appellate court affirmed a Board finding that a nurse’s work-related stress did...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New York: Party Stuck With Settlement Stipulation Offered in Open Court
A New York appellate court recently held a plaintiff was bound by his attorney’s open-court stipulation with defendants that the case had been settled for $325,000. Plaintiff could not later declare the settlement “null and void” because...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 2 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New York: Videotape Shows Significant Discrepancy Between Claimant’s Claimed Condition of Disability and Reality
The claimant violated N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law § 114-a by knowingly making a material misrepresentation, which disqualified him from receiving future indemnity benefits, where surveillance videos showed him stooped over and walking very slowly...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New York: Minimal Activity at Nonprofit Concession Stand Does Not Violate § 114-a
New York’s Workers’ Compensation Board could reasonably conclude that a claimant had not violated N.Y. Work. Comp. Law § 114-a—the false statement/misrepresentation of material fact provision—where a surveillance video showed...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New York: Decision Reversed Where Board Misread Record Regarding Expert Testimony
Noting that the Board was free to reject the medical opinion offered by the claimant’s expert and credit one rendered by an independent medical examiner, a New York appellate court held that the Board was not, however, free to misread the record...
Daniel M. Kowalski
8 months ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Expert: States, Feds Need Better Coordination on Migrant Matters
Joshua Solomon, Times Union, Aug. 27, 2023 "[M]igrants are falling behind in the process of seeking asylum to gain working papers, despite elected leaders repeatedly highlighting the need for that authorization to fill well-documented labor shortages...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (5/4/2015)
DOJ Audit Alleges GEO Group Incorrectly Calculated Workers Comp Insurance . US DOL Proposes Rule to Revise Black Lung Benefits Act . OSHA Issues Final Confined Spaces Rule to Protect Construction Workers . Doctors Banned From Billing Medicare Still...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (4/20/2015)
US Senate Approves Sweeping Changes to How Medicare Pays Doctors . EEOC Proposes Rule on Application of ADA to Workplace Wellness Programs . WCRI Releases Nat’l Inventory of Cost Containment Initiatives Adopted in 51 Jurisdictions . NIOSH...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (4/27/2015)
Who’s Opting Out of Workers’ Comp: Employers or the States Themselves ? BLS Releases 2013 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Counts . Lockton: Red Herrings, Medical Overdiagnosis Impact Large Loss Workers Comp Claims . WCRI Webinar...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (5/11/2015)
NIOSH, Ohio BWC to Study Impact of Integrating Wellness With OSH Programs . ACOEM/UL Propose New Framework for Integrating Health/Safety Programs in Workplace . U.S. Rep. Refiles Bill to Prevent ICD-10 Implementation . NIOSH Examines Higher Nurse...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (5/18/2015)
NCCI Gives “Calm” Now, “Turbulent” Later, Outlook for Workers Comp Industry . NCCI Presentation: Complete State of the Line for Workers Comp Industry . NCCI Presentation: Work Comp Implications of On-Demand Economy, Temp Workers...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (6/15/2015)
US DOL Plans to Issue Independent Contractor Guidance . Economic Policy Institute Releases White Paper on Misclassification of Workers . Liberty Mutual Pulling Back From Workers’ Comp Insurance Market . Liberty Mutual White Paper Supports...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (6/29/2015)
WCRI Study Examines Variation of Surgery Rates Across States . Coventry Workers Comp Services Releases 2014 Drug Trends Analysis . National Survey Finds Big Decline in Poor Uninsured After Affordable Care Act . US Sup. Ct.: Same-Sex Couples May...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (7/13/2015)
John F. Burton, Jr. Examines Impact of Race to the Bottom for Workers Comp Costs (p. 6) . Prof. Spieler Attacks AMA Guides for Absence of Evidence-Based Medicine . A.M. Best: U.S .State Workers Comp Funds’ Net Premiums Increased 11.5% in 2014...
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