The New Jersey Supreme Court disbarred lawyer Gary Mason after finding he knowingly misappropriated $690,000 that investors paid to support the work of a fledgling filmmaker.
February 01, 2021Charles Toutant
Fort Lauderdale copyright attorneys Matthew Nelles and Adriana Kostencki of Nelles Kostencki were in a Los Angeles airport in February 2019, when movie director, producer and actor Spike Lee called the day after winning an Oscar for his historical crime drama BlacKkKlansman. But the call wasn't about the win.
February 01, 2021Raychel LeanPromotional Use of Supermodel's Appearance in Reality TV Show Didn't Violate Lanham Act Taylor Swift Shakes Off Fifth Copyright Infringement Lawsuit by Jesse Graham
February 01, 2021Stan SoocherThe New York Court of Appeals' recent decision in Peyton v. BSA held, in the context of a zoning lot containing several residential buildings, that the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York does not require an area to be accessible to all residents of the zoning lot for the area to qualify as "open space."
February 01, 2021Philip E. Karmel, James P. Colgate and Judith M. GallentIn The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York v. D'Agostino Supermarkets, the NY Court of Appeals split on the issue of whether the relevant damages clause in a commercial lease was unenforceable as a matter of law because it was so grossly disproportionate to the ascertainable amount due upon full performance.
February 01, 2021Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr.This article provides a brief overview of the SBRA and these first several months of its use — especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic — concluding that in 2021, Congress should permanently adopt the CARES Act's expanded definition of a "small business debtor" as including businesses with up to $7.5 million in aggregate non-contingent liquidated debts.
February 01, 2021Jack O'ConnorDuring periods of distress in the real estate industry, if a lender is not going to enter into a consensual workout or loan restructuring with their defaulted borrower, the lender will be presented with the choice of either enforcing rights under its loan documents or marketing and selling the distressed loan.
February 01, 2021Jeffrey Steiner and David BroderickAs their commercial leases approach expiration and renewal, law firms are renegotiating the future of in-office legal work. For many, the "new normal" will feature an efficient floor plan that deemphasizes personal offices while paradoxically accommodating a growing attorney headcount.
February 01, 2021Justin HenryThe question of when does company counsel also represent a company executive often comes up in white-collar issue investigations.
February 01, 2021Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. SackIn order to ensure that remote internal investigations are probative and effective, companies and their outside counsel should employ a few simple and practical practices.
February 01, 2021Peter W. Baldwin, Daniel E. Pulliam, Elizabeth B. Boggia and Sophie H. Gotlieb
