By Louis G. Adolfsen, Esq. Many years ago, as a young lawyer, I worked at a law firm which still exists today, Roberts & Holland LLP. The firm specialized in taxation and one of the senior partners, Sidney Roberts, was known all around the world for his treatise,...
By: Louis G. Adolfsen For businesses that were shut down by COVID-19 a common question is whether there is coverage for business interruption. In New York, the answer is no. This should be the answer nationwide. Coverage for business interruption requires property...
By: Rania Shoukier, Esq. and Louis G. Adolfsen, Esq.The other night the President tweeted: "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens," "I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily...
"Whatever the outer limits of that sovereignty may be, one thing is clear: The Federal Government may not compel the States to enact or administer a federal regulatory program." New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144, 188, 112 S. Ct. 2408, 2435, 120 L. Ed. 2d 120...
By: Louis G. Adolfsen, Esq., Robert D. Ely, Esq. and Michael Panayotou, Esq.In a case against a nursing home alleging bodily injury or personal injury, it is common to allege three causes of action. The first is medical malpractice. The second is negligence. And the...
By: Louis G. Adolfsen and Michael F. PanayotouIn Xiang Fu He v. Troon Management, Inc., et al. decided on October 24, 2019, the New York Court of Appeals held that section 7-210 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York "unambiguously imposes a nondelegable...
Many commentators have noted that proving that a President committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" is not the same as proving that the President committed a crime. The history of the drafting of the Constitution shows that the phrase "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"...
Anyone who hires someone to do construction should ask the contractor to name them as an additional insured on the contractor's policy. The contractor may agree to provide the coverage but then may fail to follow the rules in the policy for providing additional...
What You Need to Know about forming a company in the United StatesMany foreign businesses want to sell their services or their products in the United States. This article is intended to provide an overview of the issues you need to address when you form a U.S....
As Forrest Gump, said in the 1994 film: "My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." ...Life is a box of chocolates." The same thing can be said about picking Supreme Court Justices.Take President Dwight Eisenhower's...
