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

The Doctrine of Tax Estoppel in Ownership Status DisputesEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements: A Conversation With Paul HoodStay Away Settlement Between Closely-Held Corporation and Dissident Shareholder Goes Away Upon Shareholder’s Death

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

The Dynamic Duo of Proportionality and Reasonableness: Another New Proposal From the Commercial Division Advisory CouncilEven as Pandemic Wanes, Remote Depositions Remain the New NormalA Wave of E-Discovery Change: The Latest Proposal from the Advisory Council

Corporate

This Is Not Your Father's Brady BunchAvoiding Judicial Conflicts of Interest: New ComDiv Rule 35 Will Require Corporate Disclosure StatementsToo Little, Too Late: Court Sides with Ousted Member, but Denies Preliminary Injunction Undoing Termination

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

A Wave of E-Discovery Change: The Latest Proposal from the Advisory CouncilA Cybersecurity Wake Up Call: SEC Sanctions Eight Firms for Cybersecurity DeficienciesTwo-Steps and Voila: How To Authenticate Text Messages

Emerging Companies

Crypto Reform Goes to Congress: Proposed Three-Year Safe Harbor for Distribution of Pre-“Network Maturity” Digital TokensSeries LLCs, Serious Risks“Do Your Homework!”: SEC Order Sends Strong Message to SPAC Participants on Due Diligence

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

The Dynamic Duo of Proportionality and Reasonableness: Another New Proposal From the Commercial Division Advisory CouncilStay Away Settlement Between Closely-Held Corporation and Dissident Shareholder Goes Away Upon Shareholder’s DeathNew York Yankees Up to Bat in the Commercial Division Against Former Minor League Affiliate

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

Single and Separate and the Doctrine of MergerPublic Comment Period Open for NYSDEC Proposed Guidance Levels for PFOA, PFOS and 1,4-Dioxane in Ground and Surface WaterReversal of Zoning Board’s Denial of Variance Application Upheld on Appeal

Real Estate

Single and Separate and the Doctrine of MergerPublic Comment Period Open for NYSDEC Proposed Guidance Levels for PFOA, PFOS and 1,4-Dioxane in Ground and Surface WaterReversal of Zoning Board’s Denial of Variance Application Upheld on Appeal

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