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Legalization of Adult-Use Cannabis Creates New Opportunities for Businesses with a Significant Presence in New York
by Tim Morrison, PartnerNY MJ ACT _ WOH News Alert.pdfOn March 31, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the “Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act” (the “Act”) legalizing the use of cannabis in the State by adults 21-years of age and older. The goals of the Act include generating significant new State revenue, ending the racially disparate impact of existing cannabis laws, and creating new industries and employment opportunities for New Yorkers. The [...]
Read More ›Immigration Essentials for Higher Ed and Potential Benefits under Biden Administration Webinar - April 6
- Category: Featured Immigration
Tuesday, April 6, 20219:30 - 10:30 a.m.Register HereThis webinar will cover the most common visa related issues for professionals working for colleges and universities. Attorneys Cianna Freeman-Tolbert and Seth Leech will tackle the full array of nonimmigrant visa options including the H1B, TN (trade NAFTA), O-1 and E-3 and discuss other employment authorization options such as an F-1 OPT. Further, Seth and Cianna discuss lawful permanent residency options including Labor [...]
Read More ›ALBANY, N.Y. (March 31, 2021) – Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce that Mackenzie Brennan, Samantha Choppa and Marcos Grael have joined the Firm as Associates. Mackenzie Brennan graduated, magna cum laude, from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law earning her Juris Doctorate and graduated, cum laude, from Villanova University with a B.A. in Communications and a Double Minor in Political Science and [...]
Read More ›Bruce J. Wagner Teaches Attorneys and Judges
- Category: Featured Firm News Matrimonial and Family Law
Bruce J. Wagner, Chair of our Matrimonial & Family Law Department, presented “Matrimonial Update” for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter on March 18, 2021. The well-received program was broadcast live to a statewide audience of attorneys and matrimonial and family court judges. Mr. Wagner has been practicing matrimonial and family law for over 35 years and in addition to being a Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial [...]
Read More ›Jon Crain Named to Albany Business Review's 40 Under 40
- Category: Featured Litigation and Appeals
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna partner Jon Crain has been named to the Albany Business Review's 40 Under Forty for 2021. Jon joined Whiteman Osterman & Hanna in September 2013 and is a trial lawyer and commercial litigator in the Firm’s Litigation and Appeals Practice Group. Jon has successfully litigated and arbitrated a broad range of matters, including corporate shareholder disputes, litigation regarding trade secrets and proprietary business information, commercial [...]
Read More ›Whiteman Osterman & Hanna partner quoted in the New York Law Journal
- Category: Firm News Litigation and Appeals
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna partner Robert S. Rosborough was quoted in a recent New York Law Journal article titled "Court of Appeals Asked to Eye Use of Anonymous Jury in Gang Attack Case". Please click here to view the article (subscription required).
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Read More ›Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, announces a new associate: Daksha Bhatia. Ms. Bhatia joins Whiteman Osterman & Hanna’s Business, Corporate and Commercial Practice Group. Her practice will focus on all areas of corporate law, including financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Bhatia was an associate with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in New York, N.Y. Ms. Bhatia [...]
Read More ›Over 100 people joined Whiteman Osterman & Hanna as we welcomed The Fabulous Beekman Boys – Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell to our Schenectady office on June 15. Brent and Josh gave an engaging talk on their journey from New York City to Sharon Springs, how they turned Beekman 1802 into a national brand, launched the reality show The Fabulous Beekman Boys, and won the grand prize in The Amazing Race. Keep an eye out for our next Schenectady event [...]
Read More ›Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP Announces New Summer Associates and Law Clerk
- Category: Firm News
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, proudly welcomes three new Summer Associates: Aileen Almonte, Taylor C. Cuomo, Eric Weinhold and Law Clerk: Tyler Clark Robbins. Ms. Almonte, of Latham, New York, graduated from Fordham University with a B.A. in Political Science. Ms. Almonte attends Washington and Lee University School of Law and is the Lead Articles Editor for the Washington and Lee Law Review. Ms. Almonte previously interned at the United States [...]
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