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

Top 10 Business Divorce Cases of 2021#MeToo and Business Divorce: The Flip SideStatutory Buyouts and Discounts Under the Fair Market Value Standard: An Awkward Pair?

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

Defendants Get Lit Up by the Court on the Fifth Day of HanukkahOops! They Did it Again: New York Courts Continue to Dismiss Lawsuits Based on Contractual DisclaimersPrejudgment Attachment Orders: High Stakes, Higher Burden

Corporate

The Skinny on Arbitrability of Judicial Dissolution ClaimsCommercial Division Says Plaintiffs Can’t Have Their Cake and Eat it Too When it Comes to Breach and Anticipatory BreachJustice Platkin's Primer on Shareholders' Inspection Rights

COVID-19 Resources

Even as Pandemic Wanes, Remote Depositions Remain the New NormalNew Law Authorizes Virtual Option for Public MeetingsNorthwell Loses Bid For COVID-19 Insurance Coverage

e-Discovery

Court Sends Signal to Parties Who Spoliated Documents Using Ephemeral MessagesIf You See Something, Say Something: FinCEN Updates Advisory on Managing Ransomware AttacksCourt Reminds Parties That Discovery Orders Are Not a Hoax

Emerging Companies

Course Correction:  Why "Ordinary Course" Covenants in Acquisition Agreements Should be Drafted CarefullyComments from the SEC(nut) Gallery: SEC Comment Letters Focus on SPAC Conflicts of InterestCrypto Reform Goes to Congress: Proposed Three-Year Safe Harbor for Distribution of Pre-“Network Maturity” Digital Tokens

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

#MeToo and Business Divorce: The Flip SidePrejudgment Attachment Orders: High Stakes, Higher BurdenIf You See Something, Say Something: FinCEN Updates Advisory on Managing Ransomware Attacks

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

Cannabis in New York State: Just the FactsNorthwell Loses Bid For COVID-19 Insurance CoverageNew York Establishes an Opioid Settlement Fund

Land Use & Municipal

Slings and Arrows At The Court Of AppealsAppellate Division Reverses Prior Decision Requiring Developer to Remove Upper Stories of Residential SkyscraperSecond Department Annuls Local Planning Board’s Grant of Special Use Permit and Site Plan Approval

Real Estate

Slings and Arrows At The Court Of AppealsAppellate Division Reverses Prior Decision Requiring Developer to Remove Upper Stories of Residential SkyscraperSecond Department Annuls Local Planning Board’s Grant of Special Use Permit and Site Plan Approval

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