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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018 FCC DECLARATORY RULING PROMOTING DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES5G IS COMING BE PREPAREDSmall wireless facilities are defined as facilities that meet each of the following conditions: The facilities—(i) Are mounted on structures 50 feet or less in height including their antennas as defined in § 1.1320(d); or (ii) Are mounted on structures no more than 10 percent taller than other adjacent structures; or (iii) Do not extend existing structures [...]
Read More ›NYSDEC Proposed Update to Visual Impact Assessment Policy
- Category: Featured Articles Environmental
In November 2018, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) determined that their proposed changes to the Division of Environmental Permits Policy DEP-00-2 - Assessing and Mitigating Visual Impacts will not have a significant adverse impact. NYSDEC determined to accept comments on proposed changes through December 28, 2018. The Program Policy revises its 19-year old policy and provides improved guidance to staff when evaluating visual and aesthetic impacts. The [...]
Read More ›Whiteman Osterman & Hanna Named a Tier 1 Firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, is very pleased to announce it has been named a Tier 1 firm in Albany by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2019 in the following practice areas: Corporate Law, Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Environmental Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, and Trusts & Estates Law. Firms included in the 2019 Edition of [...]
Read More ›Qualified Opportunity Zones: An Exciting Opportunity to Defer Current Gains and Generate Tax-Free Growth
As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”), Congress added Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 to the Internal Revenue Code, creating the Qualified Opportunity Zone tax benefits. Owing in part to confusion over the provisions, the Qualified Opportunity Zone tax benefits have not been as widely publicized and discussed as most of the other provisions of the TCJA. However, the IRS has recently issued proposed regulations and a Revenue Ruling that have brought clarity [...]
Read More ›ALBANY, N.Y. (November 6, 2018) – Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, the Capital Region’s largest law firm, announces two new Associates, Salvador (Jake) Capecelatro and James Wisniewski. Jake Capecelatro joins Whiteman Osterman & Hanna’s Real Estate Practice Group. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Capecelatro worked in a small, real-estate-centric law firm in Albany and as part of a land acquisition team in service to a 125-mile natural gas pipeline project [...]
Read More ›Increasing cyber threats and changing regulations create new challenges for business leaders in companies of all sizes. Click here to view WOH attorney Chris Meyer’s recent webinar on emerging cybersecurity law issues that will affect senior business executives and board directors in 2017. To download a PDF of the slides used in the presentation, click on the link below. Download Cybersecurity-and-the-C-Suite.pdf.
Read More ›Closely Divided Court of Appeals Clarifies that Labor Law § 240(1) Does Not Impose Strict Liability for Every Construction Site Fall
- Posted By: Robert Rosborough
- Category: Case Studies
In O'Brien v The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (No. 27), previewed here, the plaintiff was injured when he slipped and fell down a wet temporary steel staircase while working at the World Trade Center Freedom Tower. The plaintiff sued, and Supreme Court denied summary judgment to all parties on O'Brien's Labor Law 240(1) claim because the parties submitted conflicting expert affidavits raising triable issues of fact concerning whether the worn anti-slip staircase provided sufficient [...]
Read More ›The Supreme Court Holds that NY Credit Card Surcharge Law Regulates Speech
- Posted By: Robert Rosborough
- Category: Case Studies
In Expressions Hair Design v Schneiderman, the Supreme Court today held that New York General Business Law § 518, which bans the imposition of credit card surcharges on customers, though permits retailers to offer a discount to those who pay in cash, regulates retailers' speech, and remands the case to the Second Circuit to decide whether the statute violates the First Amendment. General Business Law § 518 provides that that “[n]o seller in any sales transaction may impose a [...]
Read More ›Table of Experts - Cybersecurity
WOH Attorney Chris Meyer recently participated in the Albany Business Review’s Table of Experts on Cybersecurity. The Table of Experts brings together experts for a discussion on a current topic. Joining Chris was Joe Vigorito, Director of Mobility and Security at Annese & Associates in Albany. The discussion was moderated by Albany Law professor Antony Hayes. Download the full article
Read More ›The firm’s breakfast event on March 23 at our Schenectady office location at the Electric City Innovation Center (ECIC) was a rousing success. Close to 100 people attended the event to hear from Dave Buicko from the Galesi Group, who gave a presentation on recent and future development in Schenectady and at the Mohawk Harbor site. This was our first event held at the Schenectady location, and we will look to host similar events in Schenectady in the future.
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