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Section 351 of the Bankruptcy Code permits a health care business in bankruptcy to dispose of patient records if it lacks sufficient funds to pay to store the records in accord with applicable state or federal law.  Although section 351 was enacted in 2005, the provision appears to be little used.  That’s because the procedures required before patient records may be destroyed are time consuming, onerous and, in all likelihood, more expensive than storing them.…
There is a general policy in New York against allowing multiple or successive motions for summary judgment. And it stands to reason. After all, the word “summary,” from the Latin summa (as in Thomas Aquinas), refers to the essence, epitome, or totality of a thing; to a comprehensive statement that captures the whole, often in a conclusory manner. Summary judgment is “dispositive” by its nature. That is, it tends to be the final word on this or that…
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act[i] has been called a lot of things by a lot of different people.[ii] Certain provisions of the Act, however, coupled with recently proposed regulations thereunder,[iii] may result in its being known as the legislation that caused many individuals to willingly metamorphose – at least for some tax purposes – into one of the most dispassionate of human creations: the corporation. Shapeshifting The Code has long provided…
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E-cigarettes and vaping have received a very mixed reception in New York.  While the multiplying number of vape shops and booming e-cigarette sales would suggest a surefire rise for the industry in our State, growing opposition from the public and multiple levels of government could nip the industry in the bud. In 2017, Governor Cuomo signed into law an amendment to the Clean Indoor Air Act prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes and vaping products in…
Ever wondered how to effectuate a transfer of venue following your successful motion to change venue in an e-filed case?  Well wonder no more, as the Hon. Robert D. Kalish provides the bench and bar with a useful roadmap of what to do in American Transit A/S/O Sherman Ave. Eight Inc. v. Flour City Bagels, LLC.  Although not a Commercial Division case, a worthy read to all practicing in New York County. The case…
Years ago, we wrote about the perils of “impromptu” settlements in business divorce cases – settlements eked out at the courthouse, on the fly, under pressure, during conferences, hearings, or trials. The resulting agreements tend to be memorialized in on-the-record, transcribed settlements made verbally between lawyers, clients, and the judge. In-court settlements are both common and vital to litigation, the ultimate goal of which, of course, is to resolve disputes. But sometimes the parties’ eagerness to…
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is a framework that outlines standards for the recovery and discovery of digital data.  An EDRM diagram created by Duke Law (https://www.edrm.net/frameworks-and-standards/edrm-model/) represents a conceptual view of the e-discovery process, which is not a linear process, necessarily.  In fact, you may engage in some, but not all of the steps identified in the diagram. Or, you may engage the process in an order different than outlined in the diagram. …
Choice of Entity The owners of a closely held business will confront many difficult decisions during the life of the business. Among the earliest of these decisions – and one with which the business may have to contend for many years to come[i] – is the so-called “choice of entity”: in what legal form should the business be organized, its assets held, and its activities conducted? In the case of only one owner, the…
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is proposing significant revisions to its State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) Handbook to conform with recently-adopted amendments to the SEQR regulations. These amended regulations became effective in January 2019. The proposed changes to the SEQR Handbook are available at http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/dseqrhandbook.pdf. One of the primary targets of the amended SEQR regulations concerns Type II actions. Type II actions are those that have been determined not to have a…
When it comes to business valuation principles in contested appraisal proceedings, I’d say the 50 states have far more in common than separates them. Certainly this is true in cases applying the fair market value standard deriving not from state law but from generally accepted appraisal doctrine as embodied in a number of IRS revenue rulings. But even in cases applying the statutory fair value standard, which is derived purely from state law governing buyouts in dissolution and…