Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to welcome Will Sudderth, who will serve in the newly created position of Marketing Coordinator for the firm. In this role, Will is responsible for digital marketing and content creation, as well as written communications, community relations, web analytics and social media strategies. Prior to joining Bousquet Holstein, Will served as the Read More »
What Is It? The New York Health and Essential Rights Act ("NY HERO Act"), enacted in May 2021, requires employers to establish new health and safety measures regarding airborne infectious diseases. The Act also gives the New York State Department of Labor ("NYSDOL") authority to develop minimum standards for employers to follow to help prevent Read More »
(L-R) Mazaher (Mazzy) Kaila; Diana Rogatch; Andrea Rojas Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to welcome Mazaher Kaila, Diana G. Rogatch and M. Andrea Rojas to the firm’s Summer Associate program. Mazaher (Mazzy) Kaila is entering her final year at Syracuse University College of Law. At Syracuse, Mazzy was elected the 2021-2022 Student Bar Association Executive President. She is a member of Read More »
Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that Aaron C. Records and Samantha Z. Kasmarek have joined Bousquet Holstein PLLC. Aaron C. Records has joined Bousquet Holstein as an Associate Attorney in the firm’s Brownfield’s Practice Group. Aaron will guide clients in preparing and filing claims for the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) tax credits, as well as defending their claims through Read More »
The Department of Labor ("DOL") delayed until November 2022 the effective date of the Trump Administration's rule titled "Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in the United States" (the "Prevailing Wage Rule" or "Rule") which significantly raised the minimum wage employers must pay to highly skilled H-1B, Read More »
Under the recently enacted New York State 2021-2022 Budget Bill, A.3009-C/S.2509-C, New York has "decoupled" from the Federal Qualified Opportunity Zone program. This means that any capital gain in 2021 and later may no longer be deferred from New York State tax. The capital gain may still be invested in a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund Read More »
Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that Jeffrey C. Fasoldt, Jr. has been admitted to practice law in New York State and is now an Associate Attorney in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, Jeff participated in the firm’s Summer Associate Program, following his second year of law school, where he assisted Read More »
On March 31, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (the "Act") into law. The law makes New York the 15th state to legalize recreational marijuana. The Act itself puts forth a sweeping regulatory scheme and establishes the Office of Cannabis Management ("OCM") to implement and enforce the Act's provisions. The Act Read More »
Ryan S. Suser, a Member and Litigation Attorney, recently won an appeal before the New York State Appellate Division for the Third Department. The win affirms a decision favoring Ryan's client. It allows the sale of an interest in vacation property over another party's objection. The question before the Court was whether the property's owner Read More »
ITHACA, N.Y. – Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Randall B. Marcus, Jonathan A. Orkin, and Virginia A. Tesi, and paralegals Shelley B. Love, Ellen M. Walsh, and Nancy Coole, formerly of the highly-regarded Ithaca law firm of Marcus Orkin Tesi LLP, have joined the firm. Currently, they will continue to work Read More »