Ingargiola v. Waheguru Management, Inc., decided recently by the Second Department, revisited a question that has long engendered confusion in the New York courts: What liability does a landlord bear for personal injuries suffered in leased premises? Ingargiola also presented a related question: What steps can a landlord take to reduce exposure for any liability the landlord would otherwise bear? This article explores those issues.
May 24, 2004Stewart E. SterkThe latest rulings of importance to you and your practice.
May 11, 2004Law.com StaffREITs were invented in the US by legislation enacted in 1960 to enable small investors to make equity investments in large-scale commercial real estate in the same way they invested in large corporations in other industries. This chapter examines the requirements than an entity must satisfy to qualify as a REIT, the development of REITS, and the advantages of REITs.
May 11, 2004J. Philip Rosen And John C. ButenasThe face of federal sentencing law, policy and practice has changed dramatically over the past year ' not just for individual criminal defendants, but for corporations as well. Sentencing laws that were stiff before have now become even more onerous, and the opportunities for leniency under the new regime are scarce. This article discusses the legislative and policy changes that specifically impact sentencing for corporations.
May 07, 2004Justin A. Thornton And Mark H. AllenbaughWhen a US company settles a criminal antitrust case by pleading guilty, the Justice Department (DOJ) now usually requires that at least one executive receive a prison sentence. But what about foreign companies? In the past, DOJ often prosecuted foreign companies, but not foreign executives. Prosecution of foreign executives raised questions of diplomacy, since the United States until recently was the only nation that made antitrust violations a crime. Then there was the practical problem of how to arrest a foreign citizen overseas. Besides, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy was to deport non-violent, non-US citizens instead of housing them at US taxpayers' expense, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) barred foreign felons from the country.
May 07, 2004David J. Laing
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