Folks, this blog post is different than what I normally do on my website. For almost 10 years, I have focused on free real estate education through hundreds of blog posts and my ever-popular Tales from the Trenches podcast. But I also educate through Focus Workshops, which are paid events. Full disclosure, this blog is…
On November 29, 2023, Brasil de Fato, interviewed Professor Real Estate® Suzanne Hollander on the dream of homeownership in the United States. The article is shared below, watch the TV Interview here. Pedro Paiva Brasil de Fato | New York (USA) |November 29, 2023 at 13:44 Buying a property in the United States is expensive. Very expensive….
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Originally posted 2012-03-30 14:37:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to the hearts of trademark counterfeiting enforcers everywhere. This was one of those major counterfeiting-ring busts, and there have been lawyers and…
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The European Union has warned that it will “respond with all measures at its disposal” if the UK goes ahead with a plan to unilaterally rewrite the most contentious part of their Brexit agreement, sparking fear of a trade war. How did the two sides once again end up at loggerheads and what is the…
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Can a ‘little white lie’ about the reason for an employee’s termination of employment result in an award of aggravated damages? What if the employee is unable to demonstrate a diagnosable psychological injury? In Krmpotic v. Thunder Bay Electronics Limited, 2024 ONCA 332, the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that mental distress is a…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a final rule on July 26, 2023 that requires public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K. Since its adoption, public companies have faced practical challenges in determining whether and when a cybersecurity incident warrants disclosure under Item 1.05. On May…
Trademark, in general, is defined as “any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods of such person” from those used by others. Trademark may be registered trademarks or unregistered trademarks. For registered trademark, Section 360, Article 24 of New York General Business Law…
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If an employer alleges cause for termination and in support of such allegation it relies on the result of an investigation, then must the employer disclose the identities of the persons who complained about the employee? Does the answer change if the complainants were “whistleblowers”, who were permitted to make anonymous complaints and who were…
Why are German Wills often successfully challenged and voided? As in most jurisdictions, a German Last Will can be challenged if the testator, at the time of making the Will, (i) lacked mental capacity (in German: if he or she was “testierunfähig”); or (ii) was under undue influence, e.g. pressured or threatened (“bedroht”); or (iii)…
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In its judgment of 16 February 2021 in Hanan v Germany, [1] the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (‘the ECtHR’) confirmed that the European Convention on Human Rights (‘the ECHR’) applies extraterritorially to the conduct of armed forces deployed abroad by Contracting States. The case thus presents important findings on the question…
