Recent content by Michael Wechsler

  1. How to file, win, and defend a Small Claims Court lawsuit in New York City

    Small Claims Court How to file, win, and defend a Small Claims Court lawsuit in New York City

    The following is a summary of legal best practices to follow for people who are not lawyers that seek to file a lawsuit in the small claims court in New York City. The New York State Unified Court System (NYSUCS) is the judicial branch of New York State, which provides and supervises state...
  2. Creating successful house rules for condo and co-op buildings

    Buildings, Condo & Co-op Creating successful house rules for condo and co-op buildings

    Creating effective co-op and condo house rules is an essential part of maintaining harmonious community living. Rules are similar to regulations that are typically created and modified by the organization's board of directors. The best house rules strike a fair balance between protecting the...
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    What is the difference between free speech and harassment - case study

    My comment after seeing this thread and it touching a sensitive legal nerve in addressing numerous constitutional free speech and harrassment issues on college campuses here in New York City and nationally.
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    Consumer Law, Warranties Musicians rights

    The scope of my reference is apparently unclear - I'm talking about Manhattan. Much has changed here over the past two decades.
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    What is the difference between free speech and harassment - case study

    This post reminds me of the the erroneous understanding of many students as to what constitutionally protected free speech constitutes in the context of their protesting at universities in the modern day. They seem to believe that there are no boundaries - virtually anything can be said without...
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    Consumer Law, Warranties Musicians rights

    It is interesting to revisit this thread many years later, at a time when the number of bars featuring live music has dwindled. My band used to be able to play at a popular club about a decade ago and just required communication with the manager, the promise of drawing a certain modest number of...
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    Eithics of reusing source code

    Interesting that this issue came up recently. A colleague of mine (database programmer) worked for a company in the finance industry for many years doing basic coding for a comercial trading platform. When his company began slowing down, he jumped to another and the issue came up about what was...
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    Moving out issues

    I hope things worked out in the end. These days I have dealt with many co-op, condo and rental building issues and their management companies. Typically, if building ownership hasn't changed, then current management could help facilitate a release. A management company is just a group that helps...
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    Can I cancel an insurance claim?

    Not such a good idea when the shareholder would be fully willing to sign a waiver and release and understands the pyrrhic victory of an insurance claim for what is a minor injury. Outside consultant seems to have ignored this and opted for personal CYA without putting themselves in the shoes of...
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    Lawsuit against filming other passengers in an airplane

    Couldn't be. The victim said she's not suing for herself. The settlement that she hopes to extract will represent a stern warning to the airline industry for the benefit of privacy for other passengers and their crying children. I was wondering the same myself as to frivolous lawsuits and court...
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    Lawsuit against filming other passengers in an airplane

    It was reported that a woman who refused to give up her window seat to a crying child on an airplane was filmed in the act by another passenger and later posted on Instagram. The video's popularity soared and the woman stated she was publicly shamed and humiliated (perhaps initially.) But she...
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    Should I File a Legal Complaint Over a $700 Device That Lost Basic Functionality After Canceling an Optional Subscription?

    Let's assume you have a case. The next question to ask is whether this might be subject to a class action lawsuit and, also, how much your time is worth to you. As @Red Kayak questions about the device, it might be worthwhile for the firm to sue on behalf of a class. I wouldn't keep my hopes up...
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    Can I cancel an insurance claim?

    This is quite an old post but I just saw it and is relevant to a situation that just happened a few weeks ago. A company with which I am affiliated had an insurance incident similar to this one, with one of the shareholders suffering damages not exceeding $1,000. I don't believe anyone wanted to...
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    Medical Malpractice malpractice/negligence at hospital

    Just saw this very old post and it reminded me of a situation I am going through right now. I won't provide the specific details but, remarkably, my medical records have been mixed up with another patient with some similar characteristics to me. As a result, I ended up having to do an extra test...
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    Student Loans student loan

    This is a very old post but I thought it was quite interesting to see how much has changed over a decade, now that we've had so much national student debt cancellation. Hopefully, in this instance, things worked out for our poster and perhaps maybe was able to obtain some later debt relief.
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