Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo announced the recipients of its Community Service Scholarships. On Thursday night the 2017 Scholarship recipients were announced at the East Hampton High School’s award ceremony. The year’s winners are Raquel Burns...
INSIGHTS
Updates and achievements regarding the firm and our partners, as well as observations and analysis on the laws and legislation affecting our community.
New Partner Adds New Practice Area
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP announced that Jeffrey W. Pagano, one of the nation’s leading labor & employment litigation attorneys, formerly of Crowell & Moring, LLC and a Co-Chair of that firm’s Labor & Employment Practice...
Village of Southampton Dimensional Regulation Changes
On April 13, 2017, the Southampton Village Trustees amended Village Code Section 116-17.1(E). The intent of the Village Code change is to reduce the maximum permitted total gross floor area for dwellings on lots located within Residence Zoning Districts R-40, R-20,...
Village of East Hampton Zoning Code Changes
Effective March 2, 2017, the East Hampton Village Trustees enacted two important zoning code changes (Local Laws 5 and 6 of 2017), which changed a number of definitions, including “Flag Lot", “Lot Depth", “Lot Width”, “Lot Width, Rear”, “Playing Court", and...
Lorraine Paceleo Joins The Firm
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo is pleased to announce the addition of Lorraine Paceleo as an associate. Ms. Paceleo has been practicing law in New York since 1999, after graduating from St. John’s University School of Law. Lorraine is also a...
Kramer vs. Kramer, Part 2 (the fight over the family pet)
In the movie Kramer vs. Kramer, Ted and Joanna Kramer call it quits after many years of marriage prompting a heated custody battle over Billy, the couple’s five year-old son. However, what if instead of being their son, Billy was, in fact, the Kramers’ pet dog or cat?...
Protecting Your Website From Liability
A. Privacy Policy. Website owners often times ignore the Privacy Policy for their site because there is not a lot of information on needs and requirements. The Privacy Policy for a website is a very important element if there are any breaches of security. This...
You’ve Served Your Country Honorably and You Are Now Entitled To Benefits. Use Them – You’ve Earned It!
Thousands of people, both young and old, have been galvanized to take to the streets with signs, to march in solidarity in the name of various important social issues, but sadly, nobody is marching to protect our veterans, or to guaranty them the safe and comfortable...
Certificates of Insurance: What do they really tell us?
Construction contracts almost always impose a myriad of insurance requirements upon general contractors, subcontractors, managers, design professionals and owners involved in the project. Typically, the insurance procurement requirements are divided among the parties,...
Polar Bear Plunge for Charity
Several members of our firm participated in the firm's twelfth consecutive Polar Bear Plunge on December 10 to benefit the Human Resources of the Hamptons. The temp. was 31 degrees and the water temp. was a tepid 47 degrees. The funds raised in connection with this...
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo and Suffolk County National Bank Present Contributions to Food Pantries
The law firm of Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, with Suffolk County National Bank, held a fundraising event in February to raise money to support five eastern Long Island food pantries. With contributions from numerous local businesses, the event...
New York SAFE Act – A Practical Roadmap to Navigating New York’s Newest Firearms Law
The ownership of firearms by private citizens is heavily regulated in the United States with literally tens of thousands of different laws existing on the books at the Federal, State and Municipal levels. These regulations vary drastically from state to state, so it...