ARTICLES & POSTS

I am an attending physician at a nursing home. What if a resident is unhappy that a safe discharge plan cannot be developed by our interd...

The Brownfield Cleanup Program was enacted in 2003 to foster private development of former brownfield parcels. The program was amended in...

The New York Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) was enacted in 2003 and has provided significant legal and financial incentives for private...

There is more and more emphasis on improving physician communication with patients to provide better outcomes at reduced cost. I am conce...

I have seen an increase of patients with chronic pain disorders and more and more of them are requesting narcotics for their pain. I am c...

In June, the United States Supreme Court issued two decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), both good news...

On August 14, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an agreement with Affinity Health Plan, Inc. (Affini...

We are considering the possibility of group medical visits to better serve the needs of our patients. What are some of the legal issues w...

LLCs, which were created by the New York Limited Liability Company Law (LLCL), are hybrid business entities that combine the tax aspects...

Does your company have a plan if one of your competitors files for bankruptcy protection? If a bankrupt competitor is liquidating assets...

The New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) was adopted in 1976 and requires that state and local agencies evaluate potent...

I am a 55 year-old board certified psychiatrist with a full practice. How does the New York State Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcem...

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) developed the initial Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) standard in 1993...

Most commercial disputes are settled without getting the lawyers involved, but some disputes prove to be so intractable that they require...

Talk to small business owners, and one of their biggest fears is becoming embroiled in litigation against their will, and over which they...

New York Labor Law § 193 and New York Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations Title 12, § 195.1 govern employer deductions from emplo...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is working on a new Self-Audit Policy to encourage environmental compliance....

Limited liability companies appeared in New York state in 1994, when the New York Limited Liability Company Law (LLCL) went into effect...

As previously reported in this column, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is still weighing public comments and...

Since the 1913 ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the “power to lay and collect taxes on ...