A recent article in Forbes has thrown the spotlight on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Ripple. The SEC’s involvement has opened a debate on the possibility of “regulatory overreach” by this financial watchdog. According to Forbes, the lawsuit was the subject of a panel discussion on cryptocurrency regulation. The focus of the…
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Lt. Rudolph Feres, parachuted into the darkness in the first hours of D-Day in 1944. He was killed later in a stateside barracks fire and his estate was barred from bringing suit. Photo via NY Times. I wrote about the Feres Doctrine 18 months ago — that being the Supreme Court decision holding that military…
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New Rules Aimed At Reducing Pandemic Era Case Backlogs and Delays Are the old days of packed Thursday morning summary process sessions coming back? They just may be. With the expiration of a pandemic era law called Chapter 257 and the end of the Covid-19 emergency, the Massachusetts Housing Court just released an important new…
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Hundreds of Massachusetts Homeowner’s Association (HOA) Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CCR’s) May Be Void and Unenforceable After a homeowner balked about paying a late fee, I was recently asked by a local homeowner’s association down the Cape to review their Homeowner’s Association Covenants. To my surprise, I discovered that in light of an under-the-radar 2017…
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What Are The Five Ways To Find Out If Someone Left a Will Behind? The search to determine whether someone had a will begins with the death of a loved one. Whether someone had a will plays a major role in how the property of the deceased is to be distributed. There is no…
In the context of the 19th ESIL Annual Conference in Vilnius, ESIL Interest Groups will organise their workshops on Wednesday 4 September 2024. All the workshops will take place at the conference venue, Hotel Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva. Further details on the exact location of the workshops are available on the conference website. Please…
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Emotions can run high in the wake of a car accident, so it’s easy to make decisions that aren’t to your advantage and can complicate matters in the long run. The steps you take are important for your personal safety, as well as legal and insurance reasons. Below is a list of things you should…
Virtual Reality (VR) technology is rapidly transforming various sectors, including entertainment, healthcare, education, and business. As VR becomes more integrated into daily life, it raises complex legal questions that intersect with state, federal, and international law. This article explores the current legal landscape governing VR, focusing on key issues such as privacy, intellectual property, data…
Proving discrimination at work can be a complicated and frustrating process, especially in Westchester County, where the laws can be hard to understand. Discrimination happens when an employee is treated unfairly because of their race, gender, age, religion, disability, or other protected characteristic. Recognizing that discrimination has occurred is just the first step—gathering the right…
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When deepfakes emerged on the Internet, people gasped at this new tool for deception and wondered how they could ever separate fake from real videos. After all, anyone who has seen the deepfake videos of Presidents Obama and Nixon knows that words can now be convincingly put into mouths that never uttered them. But deepfakes are not…
