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

Conflicts of Laws and the Internal Affairs DoctrineIs Loss Sharing an "Indispensable Essential" of Partnership?Never the Twain Shall Meet: Damages Claims Do Not Offset the Purchase Price in Buy-Sell Agreements

Civil Litigation

SDNY Decision Denies Motion to Redact FCA Complaint: By Filing, Relator Took Calculated Risk of the Negative Consequences of DisclosureSupreme Court To Decide Standard For Government Dismissal Of False Claims Act CasesHerbal COVID Remedy Is Not The Government's Cup of Tea

Commercial Litigation

Rule Change Alert: Readability Is Key For Responsive Pleadings Under New Rule 6 (d)Civility at Depositions: Court Orders Veteran Attorneys to Play Nice in the SandboxHave Commercial Dispute, Will Travel (to New York)

Corporate

Recent Decisions Enforce LLC Member's Right of First Refusal, Restrict Partnership Accounting, and Allow Damages Claim for Breach of Oral Shareholders AgreementRecent Decisions Enforce LLC Member's Right of First Refusal, Restrict Partnership Accounting, Invalidate Shareholder's Post-Mortem BuyoutCommercial Division Says “No Chance” on “Second Chance” Deposition of a Corporate Representative

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

Bumpy Ride Ahead for Startups After Silicon Valley Bank CrashMiddle Market M&A Brokers Get ReliefRIP Non-Competes?

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

SCPA 2103 Proceedings – A Fiduciary’s Right to Commence a Licensed Fishing ExpeditionThird Department Examines In Terrorem ClauseAppellate Division Addresses the Removal of a Fiduciary

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

SDNY Decision Denies Motion to Redact FCA Complaint: By Filing, Relator Took Calculated Risk of the Negative Consequences of DisclosureSupreme Court To Decide Standard For Government Dismissal Of False Claims Act CasesHerbal COVID Remedy Is Not The Government's Cup of Tea

Healthcare

Supreme Court To Hear Argument Addressing Doctors’ Good Faith Defense To Pill Mill ProsecutionsCANNABIS IN NEW YORK STATE: JUST THE FACTSNorthwell Loses Bid For COVID-19 Insurance Coverage

Land Use & Municipal

Green for Green: New York’s Climate Justice Working Group Identifies Qualified Disadvantaged Communities for Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency InvestmentsOyster Bay to provide for administrative adjudication of zoning and other code violationsNYSDEC Mining Law Appears Further Undermined by the Court of Appeals

Real Estate

Green for Green: New York’s Climate Justice Working Group Identifies Qualified Disadvantaged Communities for Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency InvestmentsOyster Bay to provide for administrative adjudication of zoning and other code violationsNYSDEC Mining Law Appears Further Undermined by the Court of Appeals

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