by Nora Ritinski | Sep 5, 2023 | Katherine Hart Crain, Trust & Estate Planning & Administration
Please join us in congratulating Couch White’s very own Katherine Crain for being selected as an honoree for the Albany Business Review’s Women In Business Awards, Women on the Rise. Since 2019, Kate has led Couch White’s Trust and Estate practice to unprecedented...
by Nora Ritinski | Sep 5, 2023 | Charles G. Carluccio, Construction, Labor, Wage and Collective Bargaining
On June 26, 2023, Couch White, on behalf of its clients, successfully obtained a New York State Supreme Court Order enjoining the enforcement of a recently enacted Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulation, which requires that prevailing wage be paid in certain...
by Nora Ritinski | Sep 5, 2023 | Charles G. Carluccio, Commercial and Complex Litigation, Donald J. Hillmann, Real Property Litigation, Real Property Tax and Assessment
Couch White, LLP secured a favorable ruling in a Tax Certiorari matter seeking a reduction in real property and school taxes for Northeastern IP Holdings, LLC – the owner of the Northeastern Industrial Park in Guilderland, New York. The Northeastern Industrial Park...
by Nora Ritinski | Jul 5, 2023 | Environmental, General, John E. Ahearn, III, Renewable Energy
Mr. John Ahearn, III has been promoted to partner at Couch White, LLP. A graduate of The College of Saint Rose and Albany Law School of Union University, John appears before various municipal land use development boards regarding the land use entitlement process. John...
by Nora Ritinski | Jun 9, 2023 | Alita J. Giuda, Environmental, General
On June 7, 2023, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s notice of adoption of updates to its solid waste regulations, 6 NYCRR Parts 360, 361, 364, and others, was published in the State Register. This regulatory update, which will go into...
by Nora Ritinski | Jun 6, 2023 | Alita J. Giuda, Environmental, General
On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the scope of regulated “Waters of the United States” covered by the Clean Water Act (“CWA” or “Act”), the primary federal water pollution...