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Gift Plans: Death Knell or Still on Life Support?
This article focuses on whether an out-of-the-money unsecured creditor with an unliquidated claim has standing to object to a gift plan.
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Martin M. Shenkman
The 2010 Tax Act estate tax provisions were a game-changer, the effects of which will be felt by matrimonial practitioners for many years. This article discusses possible issues, traps, or opportunities that might arise as a result of the new law.
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Mary Cushing Doherty
Family lawyers should recognize the upheaval that may occur if the lawyer fails to spot a unique issue when a Catholic fianc'e is involved in the negotiation of a pre-nuptial agreement.
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Adam Leitman Bailey
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Dov Treiman
Two state laws in New York make the illegality of a tenant's use of rented premises a matter of considerable concern to landlords. While the first law can be expensive to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, there is no limit on what the other could cost the landlord ...
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Anthony Casareale
A landlord should track and resolve open lease issues everyday. This approach is simply the only way for a lease to get signed quickly and minimize costs.Anthony Casareale is Of Counsel in the Real Estate Practice of Greenberg Traurig's White Plains, NY, and Miami offices.
Bruce W. Marcus
There's an old saw, in the public relations business, about what you say to a new client for whom you haven't delivered what he or she expected in the first month of the contract. 'It's in the pipeline,' we used to say. It meant that we'd spent that first month understanding the firm and its story, developing the press material, planning the strategy and making presentations to the media. The groundwork. And in the second month, presumably, it would all come to fruition.
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Stewart E. Sterk
Article 78 proceedings between landowners and municipalities are a staple for New York's court system, often reaching the Appellate Division on disputes that seem insignificant to the outside observer.
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Casey Carhart
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Steven A. Holt
In representing a person who is, or is married to, a non-citizen, it is important to recognize and understand the application of the United States estate and gift tax (as well as income tax) laws to non-citizens and persons married to non-citizens.
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Peter A. Crusco
In cyberspace, the activities of ostensible rogue Web sites ' many attacking U.S. commercial interests or preying on our citizens in a variety of endeavors ' include copyright infringement, illegal gambling and pornography, to name a few. Web site domain seizures may be the 21st-century digital equivalent of 20th-Century gang busting police raids on the haunts of criminal organizations. In place of the remnants of destroyed contraband, a subsequent visitor to these targeted Web sites may instead confront a message left by court order, declaring that the site has been "taken down" for certain illegal activities.
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Drew Combs
The rise of reality TV may have hurt the market for writers and actors, but it has provided an additional income stream for a select group of entertainment attorneys. One reason: union rules governing wages, breaks and time worked don't apply to reality shows. As a result, media companies can hire people who are happy, at least initially, to be on TV for little pay.
