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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), signed into law on December 22, 2017, provides substantial (but mostly temporary) changes to the tax code. This article is a summarized review and discussion of the key provisions of the...
On December 5, 2017, the Suffolk County Legislature passed legislation amending the Suffolk County Sanitary Code, which imposes new requirements on wastewater management intended to improve water quality throughout Suffolk County. Executive Steve Bellone signed the...
On January 11th, Twomey Latham sponsored the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Kickoff Breakfast. Senior Partner, John Shea, opened the event, sharing some of the history of the firm as well as the economic advances in the Town of Riverhead over the past 45...
Effective January 1, 2018, shoppers in Suffolk County are required to pay a $0.05 fee for each non-reusable carryout bag used in a retail establishment. The new law, codified in Article XI, Chapter 704, applies to all plastic and paper bags that are provided by a...
Members of the firm, along with family and friends, participated in the 14th consecutive Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, December 9th at Coopers Beach in the Village of Southampton to support Heart of the Hamptons. Twomey Latham has fielded a team for 13...
For any online seller or vendor that has a brand it wants to protect, the new Amazon Brand Registry offers tremendous value. In order to join the registry, however, you must have a “standard character” trademark registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark...
In 1995, then Chief Judge Judith Kaye established the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court as a forum to improve the efficiency with which commercial disputes were addressed by the courts and, at the same time, to enhance the quality of judicial...
Twomey Latham is pleased to announce that Jessica Klersy has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney. Ms. Klersy focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, and elder law. Ms. Klersy graduated from St. Joseph’s College...
On November 10th, Associate Bernadette Tuthill took part in an Estate Planning panel discussion for The New York State Society of CPAs, Suffolk East End Committee. Topics discussed included: when professionals should be raising the issue of estate planning with...
Associate Bernadette Tuthill participated in the Alzheimer’s Association’s Caregiver’s Conference on November 17, 2017 at the Huntington Hilton, Melville, New York. The conference provided family and professional caregivers with information and resources on topics...
David Dubin, Senior Partner at Twomey Latham and a former Professor of Environmental Law at Southampton College, conducted an intensive continuing education session for 15 real estate brokers at Cook Maran in Southampton, NY on November 8, 2017. Cook Maran Services,...
New York State has a well-deserved reputation for having some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, and with respect to the issuance of concealed carry weapon licenses (“CCW”), New York is considered a “may issue” state. That is, the jurisdiction is one that...
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