The New York Good Cause Eviction law, enacted on April 20, 2024, significantly affects the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants by limiting evictions, requiring lease renewals, and capping rent increases for most market rate apartments in New York City, and potentially, other villages, towns, or cities throughout NY state. Good Cause Eviction is […]
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The New York State Surrogate’s Courts have jurisdiction over all actions and proceedings relating to the affairs of decedents. This includes the probate of wills (testate) and the administration of estates (intestate), small estates, ancillary proceedings, disputed claims, discovery proceedings, accountings, compromise and settlement of wrongful death actions, guardianships of the person and property of […]
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Plaintiff Meghan Brown suffered a traumatic brain injury when the door of a commercial building shattered as she exited through it. She was awarded more than $35 million by a Manhattan, New York jury on March 28, 2024. The jury found Defendant 271 Madison Co. negligent and 100% liable for her injuries. They awarded her […]
Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is hiring. Due to rapid growth in commercial litigation, landlord-tenant, personal injury, DWI/criminal defense, estate litigation, and family/matrimonial law cases, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC has announced the immediate job opening for a Senior Litigation Attorney Associate. Location: Williamsville, NY and Akron, NY Founded in 1955, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is a […]
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IMPORTANT BHG CLASS ACTION UPDATE In June 2024, the Dombrow Law Firm voluntarily dismissed with prejudice the Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) class action lawsuit. However, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is still accepting clients who are being sued by BHG in Onondaga County, NY, Supreme Court FRIEDMAN & RANZENHOFER, PC HAS NOT AND IS NOT HANDLING THE […]
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Amazon requires its drivers to deliver as many as 250 packages in an eight-hour shift, which is a pace of less than two minutes per package, according to a personal injury accident lawsuit. Amazon has been sued in a Newark, New Jersey federal court for $3 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive […]
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (“USDC”) held on March 1, 2024 that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which requires most reporting companies (corporations and LLCs) to file a beneficial ownership information report (“BOIR”) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)—is unconstitutional. The USDC rejected the government’s argument that Congress had […]
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts independent audits, evaluations, investigations, and other reviews of HUDs programs to protect against fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, and misconduct. HUD OIG’s oversight responsibilities include making timely recommendations to improve the economy and efficiency of HUD programs and operations. In March […]
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Aurora Beauchamp was crossing E. Houston Street at Avenue D in Manhattan, NY when a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) bus struck her, dragged her for approximately 20 feet and then came to a stop on top of her legs. Her pelvis was crushed and the nerves to her leg were severed from the spinal cord […]
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New York Attorney General Letitia James secured more than $650,000 from debt collection law firm, Tromberg, Morris, & Poulin, LLC (TMP), and its subsidiary, Stephen Einstein & Associates, P.C. (SEA), for filing frivolous lawsuits. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that TMP and its subsidiary often sued tenants on behalf […]