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  • Partner Had Authority to Sell Tenancy In Common Property Title Report Put Subsequent Lender on Inquiry Notice of Prior Mortgage Administrator Did Not Breach Covenant Against Grantor's Acts Co-Tenant Establishes Title By Adverse Possession

    August 01, 2022NYRE Staff
  • Individual employees often act pursuant to advice from their in-house counsel. If named as a defendant in which her action is challenged, the employee may want to assert advice of corporate counsel as a defense. But the privilege belongs to the employer, not the employee, and the employer may refuse to waive the privilege. Can the court abrogate the employer's privilege over the objection of the employer, and if so under what circumstances?

    August 01, 2022Benjamin Rosenberg
  • In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?

    August 01, 2022Stewart E. Sterk
  • The SECURE Act aims to encourage Americans to save more for retirement, in part by making that process easier. SECURE 2.0, recently passed by the House of Representatives would continue to tweak the rules for contributing to and withdrawing from retirement savings vehicles. It's on its way to the Senate.

    August 01, 2022Lawrence L. Bell
  • Denial of Area Variance Upheld Enactment of Historic Preservation Law Did Not Require Hearings

    August 01, 2022NYRE Staff
  • Given the potentially harsh consequence of failing to timely assume a vital lease, a Chapter 11 debtor must be vigilant to avoid a forfeiture. It is important to know, however, that all might not be lost even if the debtor misses this deadline.

    August 01, 2022Paul A. Rubin and Hanh V. Huynh
  • After much saber-rattling, the Biden administration's focus on white-collar corporate compliance is finally coming into focus. Law firms and white-collar compliance experts have long warned the administration's ramped-up focus was coming, but the pandemic largely nixed any initiatives. A spate of recent settlements coupled with the addition of a new white-collar leader at the U.S. Department of Justice is giving the public a look into what compliance will look like under Biden.

    August 01, 2022Nate Robson