Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Governor Cuomo Signs the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021 Establishing Eviction and Foreclosure Protections For Small Businesses

Business Divorce

Betting the Farm On An Oral Partnership AgreementA Bumper Crop: Cannabis Meets Business DivorceJudicial Dissolution of LLCs Under RULLCA: Iowa Supreme Court Takes the Stage

Civil Litigation

EDNY Certifies Interlocutory Appeal of False Claims Case To Second CircuitNovartis Agrees To $678 Million False Claims Act Settlement With SDNY For Sham Speaker ProgramsCompound Pharmacies Enter False Claims Act And Anti-Kickback Statute Settlement

Commercial Litigation

Commercial Lease Disputes Becoming a Little More Frequent than "From Time to Time"Commercial Division Denies Application to Enforce Stipulation of Settlement for Lack of StandingCommercial Division Again Rejects Commercial Tenant's Impossibility / Frustration of Purpose Defenses in the Wake of COVID-19

Corporate

Business Divorce Alert: Forum Selection Clauses Do Not Confer Subject Matter Jurisdiction in Foreign Entity Dissolution CasesFree Rein Venue Choices? Not So Fast Says the Commercial DivisionStop the Vote: Injunction Halts Shareholders Meeting Pursuant to Courts’ Broad Power to Review Corporate Elections

COVID-19 Resources

Commercial Lease Disputes Becoming a Little More Frequent than "From Time to Time"Commercial Division Again Rejects Commercial Tenant's Impossibility / Frustration of Purpose Defenses in the Wake of COVID-19New York Doubles Down on Telehealth

e-Discovery

Big Law’s Internal Audit of Associate Billing Reveals Padded Bills Associated with Document ReviewBoilerplate Objections and Discovery Games Require Little Effort but Result in Big SanctionsJust When You Thought You Understood ESI…

Emerging Companies

“Do Your Homework!”: SEC Order Sends Strong Message to SPAC Participants on Due DiligenceFirst Ever SEC Registered Digital Token IPO May Bring Clarity to Blockchain Asset IndustrySecurities Safety Check for New TV Series "Unicorn Hunters"

Energy

Lightning Round – New York’s Office of Renewable Energy Siting Promulgates Streamlined Siting Regulations for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

Environmental

Lightning Round – New York’s Office of Renewable Energy Siting Promulgates Streamlined Siting Regulations for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

Estate Litigation

Father Disqualified as Child’s Intestate Distributee for Failure to SupportThe Remedy of Eviction in the Surrogate’s CourtThe Resolution of Interstate Adult Guardianship Disputes in New York

Featured

Right-Of-Way Width – Not Set In Stone“Do Your Homework!”: SEC Order Sends Strong Message to SPAC Participants on Due DiligenceNew York Establishes an Opioid Settlement Fund

Government

EDNY Certifies Interlocutory Appeal of False Claims Case To Second CircuitNovartis Agrees To $678 Million False Claims Act Settlement With SDNY For Sham Speaker ProgramsCompound Pharmacies Enter False Claims Act And Anti-Kickback Statute Settlement

Healthcare

New York Establishes an Opioid Settlement FundNew York State Approves Establishment of Clinical Staffing Committees in General HospitalsNew York State Clamps Down on Nursing Home Revenue

Land Use & Municipal

Hampton Bays Downtown Overlay District Form Based Code Annulled for Failing to Comply with SEQRARight-Of-Way Width – Not Set In StoneFourth Department Frenzy: Reversionary Zoning, Sewer Agreements, Site Plan Review, and Constitutional Rights

Real Estate

Hampton Bays Downtown Overlay District Form Based Code Annulled for Failing to Comply with SEQRARight-Of-Way Width – Not Set In StoneFourth Department Frenzy: Reversionary Zoning, Sewer Agreements, Site Plan Review, and Constitutional Rights

Tax

How Dealings between Related Parties Doomed a Captive InsurerCorporate Tax Hike on the Horizon: Using Reasonable Compensation to Withdraw ValueLou Vlahos Quoted in Forbes’ Recent Article on Proposed Wealth Tax Act