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What Happens After You Pass the Bar? A Guide to Successful Legal Careers
What Happens After You Pass the Bar? A Guide to Successful Legal Careers You've made it! You worked hard, studied, and built your test-taking skills. Now you can call yourself a lawyer. But what comes next? Arriving at the final stretch of your law school journey...
5 Things You Need to Know Before Applying to Jobs at Law Firms
With the rise of the digital age and the Covid-19 pandemic, getting a job anywhere has changed dramatically over the last decade. Getting jobs at law firms is no exception to this rule.
Judge Katzmann Goes Senior, Giving Biden 2d Circuit Vacancy
For all the laypeople out there, going on senior status as a Federal Court Judge means that you work fewer hours/days every week. Judge Katzmann is a Court of Appeals Judge, and he just took senior status...
Don’t Hire a Trial Lawyer to Handle your Appeal
It’s not easy to accept a judgment when you lose a case. Sometimes there are valid reasons to want to appeal the decision. When you are thinking about appealing a ruling, consider whom you will have representing you. Should you stick with your trial lawyer, or is it...
Classic Antitrust Cases: Will Congress Override Brooke Group, Matsushita, and Weyerhaeuser—and Resurrect Utah Pie?
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee Majority Report of its Investigation into Digital Markets included a number of recommendations that went beyond digital markets, including overriding several classic antitrust cases. One of the Report’s recommendations is to make it...
New Year, New Rules: New York Employees May Begin Taking Paid Sick Leave January 1, 2021
The New York State Paid Sick Leave law (“NYSPSL”) and the amendments to the New York City Paid Safe and Sick Leave law (“ESSTA”) expanding employees’ paid sick leave entitlements will go into full effect on January 1, 2021. NYSPSL went into effect on September 30,...
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How to Handle Pet Custody Battles in Divorce
Unless your prenup specifies where pets will live following a divorce, it’s likely that you may have to figure out how to handle pet custody on your own. Recent celebrity divorce cases have included fierce battles over who keeps the dog. For example, ITV star Ant...
Recover Your Financial Health with Chapter 7 Bankruptcy for Medical Debt
Medical debt is one of the most overwhelming types of debt there is, and one of the most common reasons why individuals file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. On top of the physical, mental, and emotional toll of battling disease or dealing with an accident, you’re left with...
Are your wages being garnished?
Are your wages being garnished for child support, student loans, or back taxes and you’re now unable to pay any of your other creditors? We can help you figure out a solution for how to move forward when your wages are being garnished. Wage Garnishment Garnishment is...
Understanding the New “Fast-Pass” Small Business Bankruptcy Process
On February 19, 2020, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) took effect. The SBRA added a new subsection to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, so creditors may hear it called Subchapter V. It creates a faster and less expensive Chapter 11...
U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Order Granting or Denying Request for Relief from Automatic Stay is Final Order that is Immediately Appealable
A party who believes that a bankruptcy court erred in either granting or denying relief from the automatic stay needs to act fast to appeal such a decision. In the recently decided case of Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court held that:...
Bankruptcy options for the self employed
Facing the prospect of filing bankruptcy can be daunting. At a time when you’re under serious financial stress, you have to figure out if seeking legal protection from your creditors is the right move and what are the long-term effects of doing so. Your decision may...
PG&E’s $58B Bankruptcy Plan Moves Closer to Approval
PG&E has proposed an approximately $58 billion-dollar reorganization plan that includes settlements exceeding $25 billion to resolve claims by wildfire victims and regulatory agencies. The plan anticipates relying in part on “critical protections” and support from...
Bankruptcy Venue Reform
Although the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is headquartered in Texas, it filed for chapter 11 in Delaware in February. That was permissible under existing bankruptcy venue rules because the BSA had created an affiliate in Delaware seventh months earlier. Unsettled by...
PODCAST: Chapter 11 – Barfly Ventures Files
This episode, hosted by Farva Jafri of Jafri Law Firm, will talk about Barfly Ventures’ petition for chapter 11 protection and what Jafri Law Firm is doing throughout the COVID-19 crisis to serve current and potential clients.
Bankruptcy During the Time of COVID-19
As businesses of all sizes brace for the impact of COVID-19 over the next several months, and possibly years, the rise of bankruptcy filings is inevitable. The impact on small businesses in particular is likely to be devastating. While you may be familiar with...
Fiduciary Duties And Financial Distress In The Time Of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic disruption, creating sudden financial distress across industries. Companies are now facing impacts ranging from a dramatic decline in revenue of uncertain duration, to potential setbacks to M&A transactions,...
PODCAST: Introducing The Bankruptcy Podcast
Hey all, just wanted to give you a sneak preview of the Bankruptcy Podcast. While we all have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have especially not fared well during these difficult times. The economy is entering into a deep recession, and here on the...