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E-BIKE REGULATIONS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

By William P. Walzer, Partner REAL ESTATE LAW PRACTICE COMMERCIAL BANKING & FINANCE LAW PRACTICE The NYC Fire Department has attributed the cause of many recent fires, some fatal, to overheating lithium-ion batteries (“LIBs”) used in e-bikes and similar electrically powered personal conveyances (generally, “e-bikes”)1. The popularity of e-bikes has

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THE SEPARATE CAR ACT: A 19TH CENTURY CIVIL RIGHTS CASE WORTH REEXPLORING

By Alex McBride COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LAW PRACTICE What did the ins and outs of the 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, the rationale for Jim Crow racial segregation laws, teach us? Homer Plessy was seven-eighths White and one-eighth Black — pejoratively referred to as an “octoroon” in the

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WHAT ARE THE 7 THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE IN A CONSTRUCTION PERIOD LICENSE?

By William P. Walzer, Partner REAL ESTATE LAW PRACTICE COMMERCIAL BANKING & FINANCE LAW PRACTICE   Section 3309 of the NYC Building Code requires property owners planning construction to safeguard neighboring properties from damage and protect persons from injury.  Neighboring property should be protected from typical construction risks: falling objects,

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