by Dennis Valet | Jan 31, 2023 | Personal Injury
What Is The Grieving Families Act? Senate Bill S74A (A6770) seeks to amend New York’s wrongful death statute, which has been in place since 1847. New York is only one of two states (Alabama the other) which prohibit the recovery of emotional injury damages in...
by Dennis Valet | Jan 27, 2023 | Litigation, Notary Public, Real Estate
Being a Notary Just Got a Lot More Difficult Effective now, the Department of State has implemented rigorous recordkeeping requirements for in-person notarial acts that mirror the requirements needed to perform electronic notarial acts. The official rule adoption...
by Dennis Valet | Jan 13, 2023 | Litigation, Real Estate, Real Estate Brokerage
Your Seller Won’t Pay Your Commission — Now What? “Whoever has the gold makes the rules” is a familiar saying with particular relevance to real estate transactions. With hundreds of thousands—or even millions—of dollars flying across the closing...
by Dennis Valet | Jan 6, 2023 | Litigation
Ambiguous “Effective Date”? The First Department, in a fully explored decision over a two justice dissent, ruffled some feathers in its application of well settled principles of contract interpretation. In the case Mak Technology Holdings Inc. v....
by Dennis Valet | Dec 30, 2022 | Real Estate Brokerage, Regulatory Compliance
Four Areas of Focus The Division of Licensing Services has created a new enforcement initiative branded the “Internet Enforcement Unit” tasked with visiting real estate brokerage websites to detect violations and commence administrative proceedings against...