31 Dec, 2019 At-Home DNA Kits Pose Security Risk By Leah Ranke Tens of millions of people have used at-home DNA kits like 23 and Me, or Ancestry.com. The results are interesting and fun. But are they...
31 Dec, 2019 Employer and Retirement Changes in Huge End-of-Year Spending Package: SECURE Act By Leah Ranke Employers and Retirement Plans reportedly earn big changes starting in 2020, including headlines noting highlights like these: Small...
27 Dec, 2019 Summary of new laws coming in 2020 By Colligan Law Minimum Wage: Minimum wage will increase Dec. 31. Wages will be $15 an hour in New York City, $13 on Long Island and in Westchester, and...
27 Dec, 2019 FINRA Finds That "Free" Has a Price at Robinhood By Colligan Law Last week, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") announced that it had fined Robinhood Financial, LLC for "best execution...
26 Dec, 2019 Key Health Care Law Provisions in Court Ruling, CMS Rules, and the $1.4 Trillion Spending Law By Leah Ranke Signed into law on December 20th, 2019, the $1.4 trillion federal spending package includes repeal of significant health taxes in the...
23 Dec, 2019 What Happened to Lakeshore Health Care Center By Leah Ranke On January 1, 2020, Lakeshore Health Care Center in Irving, NY will permanently close. Like 700 other vulnerable hospitals nationally,...
22 Dec, 2019 For entrepreneurs, experience matters. By Matthew Pelkey Any investor will tell you that they prefer to invest in a company with experience--someone who has launched a venture before and shown...
20 Dec, 2019 SEC Looks to Expand ‘Accredited Investor’ Classification By Colligan Law The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Dec. 18 that it is looking for public commentary on amendments to its category of...
20 Dec, 2019 "Uh... 👋🏽 Hi Canada. How about selling US some drugs?" By Leah Ranke The Medical Society of New York, AARP and AMA agree, U.S. markets should be allowed to import drugs from Canada to reduce drug costs for...
19 Dec, 2019 76West Clean Energy Competition Begins By Alexander Vilardo Yet another business competition has kicked off in New York State. The 76West Clean Energy Competition will be accepting applications...
19 Dec, 2019 99.5 More Years By Margot Knab The World Economic Forum released a new report on the global gender gap this week, which estimates that gender parity is not expected to...
19 Dec, 2019 What goes up, must come down. Private markets ready for impact. By Matthew Pelkey Private equity and venture capital funds are preparing for a downturn in the economy. This is impacting investments with higher...
18 Dec, 2019 NY High Court: Physician Is Criminally Liable for Patient Overdose By Leah Ranke The New York Court of Appeals holds a physician is civilly and criminally liable for the opioid overdose deaths of his patients. It is...
18 Dec, 2019 Drinks on a Plane - When and where is it okay to drink in an airport or on a plane? By Colligan Law Can you bring and consume your own alcohol on a plane? Anyone who’s flown in the last several years should know that all liquids must be...
18 Dec, 2019 Secured Lenders, LLCs and Preventing Bankruptcy By Fred Gawronski Generally Bankruptcy courts have maintained that waiving or contracting away the right to file for relief under the Bankruptcy Code is...
18 Dec, 2019 Complete Human Genome Found in Ancient Chewing Gum By Leah Ranke Nearly 10,000 years ago, an ancient human chewed on birch pitch, an early form of chewing gum, then discarded it. Thirty years ago, it...