Construction project trust funds, pursuant to Article 3-A of New York's Lien Law, are all monies received by a general contractor or subcontractor on a project.

The United States Department of Labor ("DOL") recently issued its final rule regarding the changes to the white collar exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Many leases of personal property and contracts for service, maintenance or repairs (collectively, "contracts") contain automatic renewal provisions that provide, in effect, that the contract will automatically renew for a specified term unless the lessee or party receiving the service, maintenance or repairs (the customer) sends notice prior to the expiration of the contract of their intention not to renew.

We all know what the downturn in the economy has done to people's shopping trends. Less money to spend, means less time spent in the nation's retail stores.

Tax advisers have been struggling all year with how to best guide high-net-worth and business clients seeking to capture the benefit of the federal tax reform, especially its lower rates and greatly enlarged unified estate and gift exemption amount.

While the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was rightfully heralded as an attempt to address many common abuses by debtors, the financial services industry still finds itself at a disadvantage to serial filers holding up the recovery process.

Important changes are coming to wage-hour laws that will impact New York employers. We summarize several of them here.

In an eagerly awaited decision, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that claims directed to a model of data for a computer database were patent eligible.

The challenges that come along with securing sensitive information are unprecedented. It has become extremely difficult to protect data which is stored electronically, and breaches have unfortunately become a frequent occurrence.

Forum selection clauses are favored by most courts in most jurisdictions as a contractual mechanism to provide certainty with respect to where a litigation may be commenced in the event ...

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth: Ben Franklin on Money and Success (1758).

On March 18, 2019, pursuant to amendments to the NYCHRL, New York City employers with four or more employees will be required to:

Over the last year or so, the National Labor Relations Board has issued rulings in a number of areas that impact employers without unions.

As most New York employers already know, they are required to give written notice of certain information to every new employee at the time of hiring.

The New York City Council has recently overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto and passed a new statute named "Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's unemployment".

On June 19, 2014, the Supreme Court ruled on the patentability of software. Well, sort of.

In the United States trademark rights are derived from the use of the trademark in commerce.

Businesses that seek to protect their valuable trade secrets, and do so efficiently, should be aware of the Defend Trade Secrets Act and how The Act differs from their governing state's law.

On August 30, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed Senate Bill No. 6395, amending Civil Practice Law and Rules ("CPLR")

Lessors who repossess property immediately prior to a lessee bankruptcy filing may be required to return such property or face sanctions by the bankruptcy court.