Features
Robert K. Scheinbaum
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Philip W. Allogramento III
As the commercial real estate market undergoes seismic shifts, companies may find themselves in situations where their tenant or their landlord has filed for bankruptcy protection. Questions then quickly arise, such as if and how a landlord may evict a bankrupt tenant, whether a bankrupt tenant may remain as a lessee and continue to occupy the premises, and how to measure damages for a landlord in this situation, both before bankruptcy and going forward post-petition.
Features
Joseph Pack
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Jessey Krehl
In today's increasingly complex, competitive and litigious business environment where nondisclosure agreements have crept in scope to also be noncompete agreements or anti-poaching agreements in addition to confidentiality agreements, the need for legal professionals with generalized knowledge who have managed business enterprises on a whole has become a mainstay of the corporate world.
Features
Philip Favro
Basic ESI preservation steps, including litigation holds, relevant source checklists, and follow up steps with custodians may not be enough in some instances. Given the frequency of data loss from custodial and non-custodial sources, companies should also consider incorporating remediation strategies into their approach to preservation to better ensure defensibility.
Features
Stewart E. Sterk
When the NY state legislature enacted the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA), much of the statute's focus was on increased protection for rent regulated tenants. But the statute also includes a number of significant provisions that apply to market rate tenants.
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
Questions of Fact About Whether Deed Conveyed to Centerline of Abutting Road
Deed Created Easement, Not Fee
Questions of Fact About Meaning of Restrictive Covenant
Adverse Possession By 99-Year Lessee
Equitable Lien Claim Fails
Agreement Released Trespass and Nuisance Claims Against Neighbor
Easement Not Abandoned
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
No Quorum At Shareholders' Meeting
Nuisance and Fraudulent Conveyance Claims Restored
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
Landowner Lacked Standing to Challenge Zoning Amendment
Sierra Club Lacks Standing to Challenge Zoning Amendment
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
DHCR Had Rational Basis for MCI Determination
Guarantor's Letter Did Not Revoke Guaranty
Features
Robert W. Clarida
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Thomas Kjellberg
Some of the major issues the court addressed in the Unicolors oral argument, and some questions that are likely to remain open no matter the outcome.
Features
Scott Graham
The murkiness around patent eligibility is one reason innovators have been turning more toward trade secret law to protect their inventions.
