FIRM CASES律所案例
Selected matters concluded by the firm, reported as case briefs: the facts, the questions presented, the governing statutes and decisions, and the firm's analysis and application of the law. Client identities and record numbers are withheld.本所已办结的部分案件，以案例评析形式呈现：案件事实、争议问题、适用的成文法及判例，以及本所对法律的分析与适用。客户身份及案卷编号均已隐去。
Firm Update本所动态In re Two Queens Divorces: Correcting a Misspelled Name in the Judgment and Curing a Defective Affidavit of Service皇后区两宗离婚案：更正判决中的姓名拼写错误及补正送达誓章瑕疵In the first case, the Judgment of Divorce was entered in October 2021 with the defendant's surname misspelled. The firm moved to correct it; the court advised that no motion was needed and…第一宗案件的离婚判决于2021年10月登录，但被告姓氏拼写有误。本所申请更正；法院表示无需动议，指示提交修订后的判决，该判决于2022年1月登录。第二宗案件中，书记官于2022年6…July 19, 20222022年7月19日Firm Update本所动态In re Tenant Facing a Utility Shut-Off and a Warrant: Emergency Relief and an Orderly Move租户面临断电断气及驱逐令：紧急救济与有序搬迁A residential tenant in Nassau County faced the shut-off of a utility and a notice of eviction under a warrant.拿骚县一名住宅租户面临断供公用服务及依驱逐令发出的驱逐通知。June 4, 20222022年6月4日Firm Update本所动态In re Home Care Worker Charged With Wilful Misrepresentation of Earnings: A Full Evidentiary Hearing and an Appeal to the Appeal Board居家护理员被认定故意虚报收入：完整的证据听证及向上诉委员会提起上诉In November 2021 the Department of Labor issued several determinations against a home care worker who had received unemployment insurance benefits in 2020. The Department found that the…2021年11月，纽约州劳工厅对一名于2020年领取失业保险金的居家护理员作出数项决定，认定其在2020年4月某些日子并非完全失业、无正当理由离开一份工作，并故意虚报收入，因此罚没…June 2, 20222022年6月2日Firm Update本所动态In re Sales Tax Assessed Against a Former Restaurant Owner: About $51,800 Compromised for $11,606前餐馆东主被追缴销售税案：约51,800美元税款以11,606美元和解The client, a retired former restaurant owner, was assessed personally for about $51,846 in New York sales tax, penalty and interest owed by a restaurant company that he said he had sold…客户是一名已退休的前餐馆东主，因其所称多年前已出售的一家餐馆公司所欠的纽约州销售税、罚款及利息，被个人追缴约51,846美元。税务厅将其认定为负有代收公司税款责任的人士。客户收入有…May 30, 20222022年5月30日Firm Update本所动态In re Divorce With Children, Defendant’s Side: Negotiating the Stipulation Before Judgment有子女的离婚案（被告方）：在判决前谈判和解协议The client was the defendant in a divorce action brought in New York County in 2020 by the client's spouse, who was represented by counsel. The couple had children. The firm appeared for…客户是其配偶于2020年在纽约县提起的离婚诉讼中的被告，对方有律师代理。双方育有子女。本所于2021年2月代表客户出庭，谈判离婚条款，双方的和解协议于2022年2月提交法院。April 11, 20222022年4月11日Firm Update本所动态In re Estate of an Absentee: Decree Establishing Death and Appointment of the Spouse as Administrator失踪人遗产案：法院裁定推定死亡并委任配偶为遗产管理人The client's husband had disappeared. Their assets, including cooperative apartment shares in Queens held with him, could not be dealt with while his status was unresolved. The firm…客户的丈夫已经失踪。在其状况未明的情况下，夫妻资产（包括与其共同持有的皇后区合作公寓股份）无法处理。本所向皇后区遗产法院提起失踪人程序。法院指定诉讼监护人以保护失踪人利益，拟议裁决…March 11, 20222022年3月11日Firm Update本所动态In re Co-op Apartment Held in Another’s Name: Shares Transferred to the Client Through a Debt Settlement登记在他人名下的合作公寓：以债务和解方式将股份转至客户名下Decades earlier the client had paid for a cooperative apartment in Queens under an informal arrangement, while the shares and proprietary lease remained in another person's name. An attempt…数十年前，客户依非正式安排出资购买了皇后区一套合作公寓，但股份及专有租约一直登记在他人名下。2020年曾试图将股份转入信托，因合作公寓政策不允许信托持股而遭拒。January 19, 20222022年1月19日Firm Update本所动态In re Tenant’s Harassment Petition in the HP Part: Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute租户在房屋维修庭提出的骚扰申请：因未出庭被驳回An occupant brought a proceeding in the HP Part of Queens Housing Court in August 2021 alleging harassment by the client, the owner. The firm appeared for the owner and was prepared to…一名居住者于2021年8月在皇后区房屋法庭房屋维修庭（HP庭）提起诉讼，指控客户（业主）骚扰。本所代表业主出庭，准备就指控进行抗辩。申请人在开庭日未出庭。November 15, 20212021年11月15日Firm Update本所动态In re Gas Utility Collection Suit Against a Property Owner: Discontinued Eight Days After the Firm Appeared燃气公司向业主追讨欠费诉讼：本所出庭八天后原告撤诉The client, a property owner, was sued by a gas utility for an unpaid account at the client's building. The firm was retained on August 5, 2021, gathered the client's leases and meter…客户是一名业主，因其楼宇的欠费账户被燃气公司起诉。本所于2021年8月5日受聘，收集了客户的租约及电表资料，并于次日送达出庭通知。August 13, 20212021年8月13日Firm Update本所动态In re Sales Tax Assessment of About $612,000 Against a Business and Its Owner: Compromised for About $188,000 Over 52 Months企业及东主被追缴约61.2万美元销售税案：以约18.8万美元分52个月和解A small company and its owner faced a New York sales tax assessment for periods ending in February 2016 that had grown to $612,449.63: $173,313.73 in tax and $439,135.90 in penalty and…一家小公司及其东主面临截至2016年2月各期间的纽约州销售税追缴，金额已增至612,449.63美元，其中税款173,313.73美元，罚款及利息439,135.90美元。税务厅同…April 28, 20212021年4月28日Firm Update本所动态In re Queens Supermarket’s Food Processing License: Presenting Sanitation Corrections at an Article 20-C Hearing皇后区超市食品加工执照案：在第20-C条听证中提交卫生整改证据In August 2020 the Department of Agriculture and Markets served a supermarket corporation in Elmhurst, Queens with a notice of hearing on its food processing establishment license,…2020年8月，纽约州农业与市场厅向皇后区艾姆赫斯特一家超市公司送达其食品加工场所执照的听证通知，涉及检查中发现的卫生状况及规定的食品安全课程。听证定于约五周后举行，而超市在此之前…February 9, 20212021年2月9日