As we previously shared with our clients and professional partners, New York State has instituted a new rule requiring all Medicaid recipients utilizing the CDPAP (Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program) program to...

By: Michele K. Jaspan, Esq. Introduction In a significant legal victory for lenders, the Supreme Court of New York recently ruled in favor of our lender client in a residential foreclosure action against the estate of its...

New Rules Effective March 24, 2025, Require Your Immediate Attention! We write to inform you of important changes in the federal guidelines governing nursing home admission agreements that will take effect this Monday, March...

The New York State Department of Health has released updated information regarding resource and income allowances for Medicaid and other benefits programs. The following figures are effective as of January 1, 2025:...

By: Jeffrey M. Verdon, Esq. As cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin surge to unprecedented values—crossing the $100,000 mark at the time of this writing—both seasoned investors and newcomers are pouring billions into this...

By: Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq. On the evening of January 27, 2025, the Trump Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a “Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies” titled, “Temporary...

By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. The Dawn of a New Crypto Era in America With the recent election and change in US administration, the United States is experiencing a transformative shift in its approach to...

By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. and Melissa A. Guseynov, Esq. The Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”), as well as certain state statutes, require employers to provide employees with advance notice of...

By: Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq. and Terran Cooper Earlier this week, New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ordered an immediate halt to warrantless searches of licensed hemp retailers. These searches had been...

By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M. Earlier this morning, President Biden announced that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office to issue...