By itself, a recipe is not protected by copyright law because it is only a list of ingredients. See U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 33, Works Not Protected By Copyright.

However, a recipe embedded in detailed instructions on how to combine the ingredients, especially when written in your... View More

Article 12-A of the New York Real Property Law, Section 441-b, provides:

"In case a person licensed individually as a real estate broker thereafter becomes an officer of a corporation or a member or manager of a limited liability company or a member of a co-partnership an application... View More

I would just like to add that before you start a new registration application, you must conduct a common law clearance search for your mark, covering every single U.S. geographic market. The Lanham Act does grant a presumption of exclusive use throughout the territorial US to the first successful... View More

New York Real Property Law Section 227-f provides as follows:

"No landlord of a residential premises shall refuse to rent or offer a lease to a potential tenant on the basis that the potential tenant was involved in a past or pending landlord tenant action or summary... View More

It is recommended that you have a consumer credit defense attorney demand the documents in the credit account to assess any potential defenses such as the doctrine of laches, failure to include new, additional disclosure requirements in the court papers pursuant to CPLR § 3016(j), as well as... View More

New York Real Property Tax Law (RPTL) Sections 1110 and 1111 allow you a “right of redemption”, which requires you to pay all back taxes and penalties on the property, usually within 2 years of the lien, to stop a lien foreclosure sale.

If the county has already filed a petition to... View More

A qualified Amazon attorney would have to take a look at your account and do an official inquiry with the Amazon Seller Central Legal department. Some common reasons for withheld funds include the following, as well as any other breaches of Section 3 of the Amazon Business Solutions Agreement: (1)... View More

Some of the licenses and permissions you need include the following: (1) Certificate of Authority by New York State Department of Finance to collect sales tax: (2) Resale Certificate [if applicable] from Dept of Finance; (3) You must file quarterly Sales Tax Returns Form ST-100; (4) There are other... View More

What you need to do is demand the bank send you the proper notification and exemption claim forms pursuant to the Exempt Income Protection Act. You need a legal demand letter citing to the proper laws and regulations and demanding the documentation including the notice of restraint and execution... View More

You did not ask a question. If you are unhappy with the progress of your case, that is understandable given the situation you described. But other than the fact of several adjournments and a summary judgment ruling against you, you have not presented any facts which an attorney can analyze. Just... View More

By trying to have your child pay rent while receiving support payments, she may be misrepresenting her needs to the court. Family Court Act Section 413 (The Child Support Standards Act) provides that the non-custodial parent must pay the "basic child support obligation" in a percentage of... View More

Every action that a corporate officer undertakes can potentially lead to liability under State and Federal Securities laws, banking laws, contract laws, fiduciary rules, and more. Your question is extremely brief. My guess is that it's only an iceberg question: meaning there is a lot more... View More

Sometimes there are delays in negotiating insurance liens on your settlement recovery. Sometimes, someone went on vacation, or the papers are just sitting there on someone's desk. Putting your inquiry in writing in the form of a certified letter probably wouldn't hurt.

Did you receive a "desk appearance ticket?" This is the normal procedure where you were not arrested, but charged for a crime after an encounter with the police. It is the most common method of processing a shoplifting case. A Desk Appearance Ticket will indicate that you are to report to... View More

You need a stock purchase agreement by which the S Corp will purchase the LLCs. There are certain legal consequences of this, such as the new entity assuming the liabilities of the constituent entities. You can also structure this as a stock exchange or traditional merger pursuant to the Business... View More

You have to review the terms of your account holder agreement. It may be time to file a lawsuit in civil court. Consider retaining an attorney to help you.

You need to retain counsel ASAP. You may be eligible for a youthful offender status determination if you have no prior record. Do not enter any plea before consulting with experienced criminal defense counsel.

In New York, a trade secret has three parts: (1) information (2) economic value from not being generally known by others, and (3) reasonable efforts have been taken to protect the trade secret. In New York, courts look at six factors to determine if information should be considered a trade secret:... View More

The first thing you need to understand before considering a lawsuit against the credit bureaus is the administrative law concept of “exhaustion of remedies.” This essentially means that your case would be dismissed for lack of standing for failure to complete all internal appeals that the... View More

If you were an independent contractor as opposed to an employee, the work for hire doctrine wouldn’t apply absent a signed writing to that effect executed by both parties to the contract. However, whether you would be considered an “employee” for the purposes of copyright law is not as simple... View More