In New York, a contested divorce is one where the parties do not agree on whether or not to get divorced, on what the grounds for divorce will be, and/or on all or some of the ancillary issues to the divorce including but not limited to durational/rehabilitative spousal maintenance, child support, and equitable distribution.  All or [...]

Last Thursday I moderated a fantastic local food law CLE (i.e., “Continuing Legal Education”).  The faculty worked hard putting together substantive materials for the attendees including relevant ancillary materials (such as this, this, and this).  If you missed the live webinar, you can purchase the CLE from the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) webstore here. Though [...]

Summer is around the corner.. and ’tis the season for unpaid interns!  I recently came across this helpful factsheet from the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, on internship programs under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The factsheet clearly defines the test that is used for determining whether the “trainee” test for [...]

Don’t forget that tomorrow I will be moderating a local food law CLE for the American Bar Association (“ABA”) General Practice, Solo & Small Firm (“GP Solo”) Division’s Agriculture Law Committee titled  ”Counseling the Local Food Movement:  What a Practitioner Should Know”  discussing procurement laws for local food, direct farm marketing (farmers markets, CSA’s), Food [...]