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U.S. Supreme Court will decide key intellectual-property cases in 2014
Intellectual property (IP) continues to be a hot area of the law at the Supreme Court, with many IP cases recently argued or scheduled for
DiNapoli doesn’t tell full story about state pension fund’s growth
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently announced that the state’s Common Retirement Fund enjoyed more than a 13 percent rate of return in the
State School-Aid Data Offers a Snapshot of the Region
I receive a lot of questions about how schools are funded and how that money is spent. There is good reason for these questions because
Our governor has got some folks scratchin’ their heads. Is he a political dummy? Or maybe super-smart? Andrew Cuomo grew up within the state’s Democrat
New Law Seeks to Assist Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses
New York is home to more than 900,000 veterans, and some estimates indicate that as many as 72 percent have seen combat. Additionally, New York
We fought the war on poverty, and poverty won — Peter Ferrara It’s now 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson proposed his war on poverty.
Amid high auto-insurance rates in NY, higher fraud penalties could help
New York state (NYS) has the unfortunate distinction of being a high cost-of-living state, and when it comes to auto insurance, New York lives up
Where the hell is our recovery? How come so few new jobs? Why is our middle class shrinking? Complex questions I know. Many economists and
New York Needs Broad-Based Tax Relief
Recently, the Tax Foundation released its state-by-state rankings of business tax climates, and New York’s placement improved by two slots to 48th place. This improvement
New Ethics Laws a Start but More Needs to Be Done
“Ethics reform” has been a buzz phrase heard in Albany and around the state a lot over the last few years and for good reason.
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