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Driving the Wrong Way Is a Felony under New NY Senate Bill

31 January 2012, 8:17 am

Author: Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP “Personal Injury is All We Do”

Suffolk County Car Accident Lawyer

The New York Senate passed a bill (S. 3452) on January 24, 2012 that addresses driving the wrong way and reckless driving, making these violations a felony. It awaits final approval from the Assembly.

The legislation proposes a new driving offense called aggravated reckless driving. As worded in the bill, violations that comprise aggravated reckless driving include:

 Drivers who drive the wrong way, against the ..read more

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Life Estates & Medicaid: What you need to know

27 January 2012, 4:30 pm

Author: Stefans Law Group, P.C.

New York, Long Island  Elder Law and Financial Planning Attorney

Recently, the rules for Life Estates and asset protection of your home under the New York Medicaid laws have been changed under the new Medicaid Estate Recovery rules. The purpose of this article is explain what a Life Estate is and how it works if you already have one, and give further understanding of how it applies to the new Medicaid law.

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New Will Registry Website Solves Longstanding Problem

10 January 2012, 12:53 pm

Trouble locating a will, trust or other legal document when a loved one dies

Author: Bonnie Lawston, Will Registry,Inc.

Through dementia or lack of foresight, family members may fail to tell loved ones where they put wills, trusts and estate planning documents. When such individuals die or become incapacitated, families are saddled with a dilemma. The inability to locate valuable documents happens more frequently than you might imagine, about 50% of the time. Even when family members know a will exists, they ..read more

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Hans Associates Legal Blog-Proposed NLRB Election Rules Change, Vote Today

30 November 2011, 7:42 am

Battle Continues to Rage Over Proposed NLRB Election Rules Changes Author: Hans & Associates, P.C. New York Employment Defense Attorneys

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will vote today, November 30, 2011, on whether to adopt certain proposed changes to its election procedures.. These changes, initially proposed over the summer, include a controversial proposal to shorten the amount of time between the filing of a union petition and the conduct of the election. Many advocates for business have spoken out against this rule, ..read more

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Medicaid: Pooled Trusts as an Income Protection Plan

23 November 2011, 2:52 pm

Author: Stefans Law Group, PC Elder Law :: Estate Planning :: Income Tax Services

Do you or a loved one need long term home care services? Are you considering applying for Medicaid? Do the income qualifications for the Medicaid home care program deter you from utilizing Medicaid home care services? If this is the case then a Pooled Income Trust is an option you may wish to consider to protect your excess income, while still allowing you to qualify for Medicaid coverage.

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Health Care Proxies: The New-New York Family Health Care Decisions Act

9 November 2011, 5:30 pm

Author: Stefans Law Group, PC

Who will speak for you when you really need it the most?

In the State of New York one of the most important legal documents you should have during your lifetime is a Health Care Proxy, along with a Living Will. However, many people are not armed with these powerful documents for their vital critical care decisions. This is mostly because they either don’t get around to creating them, or worse, don’t know they even exist.

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Estate Planning – Court Battles Deplete Estate Assets

7 November 2011, 6:32 pm

Why, James Brown, why? Author: Law Offices of Bonnie-Peters Lawston

Not planning an estate, planning poorly or failure to keep an estate plan up to date can lead to conflicts and deplete your estate assets. When documents are prepared correctly and updated regularly, it is a great start and money well spent. I tell all my clients, spend the few dollars now rather than have your family spend thousands of dollars later.

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New York City School Workers Will Lose Jobs

16 September 2011, 9:36 am

Author: Leeds Morelli & Brown, PC

The New York City Education Department will let go nearly 780 employees who will lose their jobs by October, in the largest layoff at a single agency since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took office in 2002. The layoffs are a result of school budget cuts that have occurred in each of the last four years. Principals will be forced to make tough decisions about what and whom to do without. Read Article.

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Intellectual Property Protection, Suffolk County, NY, Inventors and Entrepreneurs

17 June 2011, 1:08 pm

Intellectual Property Attorney Betty Tufariello to Speak at Suffolk County Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club June Meeting

Often inventors and entrepreneurs are so intent on moving forward with new ideas, they make the mistake of skipping the all-important basics. No matter what your invention or new business concept, the first objective is a solid business plan.

On Tuesday, June 21, 2011, Betty Tufariello, Mt. Sinai intellectual property attorney, will speak at the Suffolk County Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting. Her presentation will focus ..read more

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New York Lawyer Discusses Email Confidentiality Notices

20 April 2011, 6:48 pm

Are Email Confidentiality Notices Just Plain Stupid? Author: Mona Conway, Conway Business Law Group

Confidentiality notices, often automatically pasted at the end of email correspondence are annoying, aren’t they? More annoying still are those trails of emails sent back and forth when the parties hit “reply” a few times and a brief email chat becomes a 10-page string loaded with repetitive boilerplate notices. Here’s the one that I use, which looks similar to or exactly like the ones sent by ..read more

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