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The state's real estate law says sales associates can be either employees or independent contractors and requires brokers to exercise supervisory authority over them, regardless of their status.
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Although the law would allow people to grow up to four plants at home, Bourque, who represents 125,000 real estate brokers, said there's no limit on plant size, meaning growers could raise giant plants that produce 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of grass a year, increasing the risk to homes and health.
Before you start splitting time between two or more states, consider which you want to be your primary place of residence, or domicile, said attorney John J. Scroggin, an accredited estate planner and partner with Roswell, Georgia - based law firm Scroggin & Co..
«If a landlord realizes a tenant is hopelessly committed, he's unlikely to negotiate lease changes,» says Abe Schear, a real estate partner with the Atlanta law firm Arnall Golden Gregory.
If you want to ensure that new spouse disclaims his or her share — which could be as much as half the estate, depending on state law — you'll need a signed waiver to that effect in a pre - or post-nup, said Davis, who is also a principal of Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler in Winston - Salem, North Carolina.
In many states, if heirs can't find your will, the law presumes you revoked it and destroyed it, said Lehmann, who is also past - president of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.
«Many corporate law firms do not employ trust - and - estate specialists — and the consequences can be costly for entrepreneurs if they simply rely on the advice of a partner who remembers drafting a will back in law school,» Rubenstein says.
«This year's Advanced PFP Conference will cover the impact that changes to tax law are having on retirement planning, investment decisions, insurance / risk management solutions and estate plans,» said Andrea Millar, CPA / PFS, AICPA director of personal financial planning.
«Most of the big projects that have gone up still have [loan] extension options available to them,» said attorney Timothy Little, head of the real estate practice at the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman.
In a joint statement from the litigator and law firm, they said this morning the class action would allege that Treasury Wine Estates misled the market and breached its continuous disclosure obligations in relation to the financial impact of over-stocked US distributors.
«It used to be that you had a baby and you «d come home and your mother, mother - in - law and sister - in - law would come rushing over to do the cooking, take care of the older siblings or just be there to offer comfort or friendly advice, «said Joy Hackl, perinatal coordinator for Humana Hospital in Hoffman Estates.
Astorino, who is seeking a third term, has blasted Latimer for the $ 48,000 in taxes owed on a home owned by his wife, which Latimer has said has fallen into estate issues after the death of his mother - in - law.
«If they violate the law they're not going to be a real estate broker in New York,» Cuomo said.
Anything else only treats the symptoms, not the disease,» said Bruce Dear, head of London real estate at Eversheds law firm.
And on Wednesday, extensive criticism was leveled at Latimer by Astorino himself over the issue, which Latimer has said stems from unsettled issues surrounding the estate of his late mother - in - law, who owned the home.
Mayor Bill de Blasio claimed again tonight that he did not break any laws when he had a private consultant who represents various real estate interests participate in discussions about his rezoning proposals — but said he will disclose his interactions with outside advisers in the future anyway.
Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says he'd first like to hear an explanation from Speaker Sheldon Silver about the details of alleged payments from a law firm specializing in real estate taxes.
Deutsch says the heirs to someone with a $ 10 million estate could see a 50 percent reduction in the estate taxes they would pay, if New York raises the threshold for taxation to the $ 5.25 million now in federal law.
They include looking at how luxury real estate developers got a tax break secretly buried in a law passed last January, and they refer to e-mails from a trade association that sponsored a fundraiser for Assembly Democrats that specifically said contributions of $ 10,000 per attendee were necessary to get favorable laws enacted and stop «terrible» ones from happening.
Bharara said the secret agreement was a corruption of Silver's public duties because he continued to be lobbied by lobbyists from the developers and some of the developer's recommendations on real estate issues were adopted into law by the legislature.
Prosecutors say Silver also received $ 700,000 in kickbacks by steering real estate developers with business before the state legislature to another law firm.
Silver, who is a lawyer, has no background in real estate law and did no work for the money, said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
«Raising closing costs is not helpful to the real estate industry and not helpful to our efforts to create affordable housing on Long Island,» Kevin Law, LIA president and CEO, said.
The upcoming battle is reflected on this list by the presence of Albany - centric lawmakers, who the mayor will need to get his affordable housing plan off the ground; real estate industry players, who will no doubt have their deep - pocketed say in the legislative skirmish to come; and the city officials who will lobby hard for tenant - friendly rent laws in the state capital, or cut a few deals that alienate their progressive base.
«Raising closing costs is not helpful to the real estate industry and not helpful to our efforts to create affordable housing on Long Island,» LIA president and CEO Kevin Law, seen here in 2014, said.
Meanwhile, a real estate tax law firm paid Silver for using his political clout to net powerful developers as clients, prosecutors said.
While some tenant advocates have been critical of the final rent control agreement, the criminal complaint against Silver mentions a document prepared by real estate interests that says Cuomo was more favorable to stronger rent laws than the speaker.
Prosecutors say Silver also supported legislation that benefited a big real estate developer and pocketed kickbacks when the developer sent legal work to another law firm run by a Silver pal, according to prosecutors.
«I think developers are looking for certainty and welcomed the decision by the administration and the council to implement MIH,» said Ross Moskowitz, a partner in the real estate group at the law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.
Silver's lawyers also claimed there wasn't enough evidence to even consider charges related to a second alleged scheme, in which Silver steered a real estate company to a friend's law firm, also in exchange for fees, Defense attorneys say the parties involved had no idea Silver was even collecting the money.
Madel could make hay out of Greenfield's state - registered cash stash, which campaign finance experts say is a legal but hardly ethical way to collect contributions from real estate and other special interests barred from donating to his Council campaign coffers, thereby skirting the city's strong campaign finance laws.
«I want to make sure that we have a signed law that does what I've tried to accomplish for the last six years which is to reform the Port Authority, to return them completely and wholly to their mission, which is transportation and not real - estate holdings, that we make sure there's a board that we hold accountable and have the right accounting principles,» Lanza said in an interview.
«Details of the specific charges against Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes,» the Times reported.
Kellner, an attorney whose practice focuses on real estate and international and commercial litigation, said he believes New York's transparency laws for corporate formation are no better than Delaware's.
«There is still part of me that thinks surely the people charged with enforcing the laws must have known this type of activity was going on,» said Benjamin referring to the SIlver and Skelos cases, especially in terms of the involvement of the real estate industry.
«We knew we had to start preparing then for the 2015 rent law renewal and I said, «I want an issue that kind of encapsulates all the talking points, captures the outrage of big real estate's buying power in Albany, something that would rile people up,»» Benjamin told Gotham Gazette.
Similarly, Mr. Thomas Aderinola, a real estate investor in Lagos State, said the downward review of the amended LUC law by as much as 50 % was a reassuring indication that the LASG is a listening government.
Federal prosecutors said Silver received bribes through work he claimed to do for personal injury law firm Weitz & Luxenberg and a real estate law firm.
At a firm specializing in real estate tax law, Silver received big fees for using his political clout to steer powerful developers to the firm as clients, authorities said.
Silver is also accused of getting more than $ 700,000 in a real estate scheme — he pocketed referral fees from law firms that did tax work for wealthy developers, which Silver sent their way, prosecutors said.
Silver now faces charges for fraud, after federal prosecutors say he received bribes through work he claimed to do for a personal injury law firm and a real estate law firm.
Griffin was arrested for a second time on Thursday and charged with stealing more than $ 1 million from his Westchester real - estate law firm clients» escrow accounts, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.
Federal prosecutors say Silver ran schemes using two law firms, one specializing in real estate, the other in personal injury law, to collect money for work he did not perform.
But he also criticized Latimer for the tax issues facing a home in Rye once owned by Latimer's mother - in - law and now owned by his wife, which Latimer has said stems from unsettled estate issues.
Trump dismissed a published copy of an IRS filing that showed he used the U.S. tax code to take a nearly $ 1 billion operating loss in 1995, saying the news media is «obsessed» with a decades» old return and that he, in fact, «brilliantly used the law» to salvage his real estate empire.
The real estate industry is desperate to renew a tax break known as 421 - a, which spurs new apartment building development, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says developers won't get that renewed unless they agree to change the rent laws.
«As I have said all along and repeated in a letter to New York City landlords, I will not allow the Legislature to leave town until the rent laws are resolved and at the end of the day the rent laws will be in place so landlords and real estate speculators should not seek to exploit any apparent lack of clarity in New York City's rent laws.
Mr. Zeldin and his allies criticized Mr. Demos over how he was paying for his campaign, saying it was being funded by Mr. Demos's father - in - law, a wealthy California real estate developer who has donated to Democrats.
The leader of the state Senate, John Flanagan, said he'd allow senators to go home for a few days, after they finish their business Thursday evening, even though there are no agreements with the Assembly or Cuomo on the New York City rent laws, a related tax break for real estate developers, and an education tax credit.
Among those investigations are how luxury real estate developers got a tax break secretly buried in a law passed last January, and they refer to e-mails from a trade association that sponsored a fundraiser for Assembly Democrats that specifically said contributions of $ 10,000 per attendee were necessary to get favorable laws enacted and stop terrible ones from happening.