Peter Sluka wrote a month ago about Matter of Lin v Sun ___ AD3d ___ (2026 NY Slip Op 02065 [1st Dept Apr. 7, 2026]). In Lin, the First ...

The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) observed that the doctrine of promissory estoppel cannot be invoked to claim benefit ...

A lawsuit filed by the purported owner of multiple Bronx properties—who had contended that he should be awarded the properties’ titles because he and the current owner verbally agreed to their ...

Based upon recent case pronouncements by both New York's highest court and federal courts, the doctrine of promissory estoppel should be invoked with selectivity, particularly when used to undermine ...

>California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2002 (https://juraxbar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/July-2002-CBX.pdf) >Podcast Episode ...

As a small business owner, you have the right to fire any employee at will. That means that you can let an employee go for no reason. By the same token, an employee can leave your small business at ...

They’re sorta like contracts, but not quite. So what, exactly are they? Before we get there, a little legal music instead. First, what is a contract? And second, how can something be like a contract ...

I have a question regarding the money claims of my brother against the company where he worked for almost 20 years. He resigned involuntarily because the president and CEO told him that the company ...

Many years ago, when I was a young court attorney to a criminal court judge, there was, within the omnibus applications available to a criminal defendant, an application known as a “Clayton motion,” ...

Under Article 291 of the Labor Code, all money claims arising from employer-employee relationship like recovery of unpaid wages, separation pay and 13th month pay must be filed within three years from ...