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“I am going to make them an offer they can’t refuse”  - Vito Corleone   BLOG from #ABKLaw Lawrence Spasojevich, Esq.:  Severance Agreements   The week March 22, 2020 saw over three million individuals file unemployment claims, the most since 1982, as a result of the economic effects of...

BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.:  COVID-19 will forever alter the criminal justice system   Courts throughout New York State have decided that the ends of justice are served by ordering the postponements on non-essential court matters, as the COVID-19 health crisis outweighs the interest...

BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.:  COVID-19 and Defendants Rights in New York State  In New York City, three additional correction officers and at least eight inmates have tested positive for the COVID-19 pandemic.  A doctor on Rikers Island has warned that "a storm...

BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.:  Can the police Photoshop a mugshot before showing it to a witness? Continuing on our discussion from last week concerning the use of facial recognition software to identify suspects, another disturbing trend has developed in the area of suspect...

BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.:  Gravity Knife ban lifted  A gravity knife, small, easy to use blades that are defined under New York law as a knife with the blade in the handle that can be opened with a one-handed flick of the...

BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.:  The Government May Be Monitoring Your Purchases DEA agents thought that criminals purchase money-counting machines. A recent report shows that the Drug Enforcement Administration secretly collected data in bulk about Americans' purchases of money-counting machines, which are obviously legal...