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Scott E. Mollen

Landlord's Oral Request for Use and Occupancy in Commercial Non-Payment Proceeding Denied Landlord Sought to Pierce the Corporate Veil to Recover Unpaid Rent

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The Small Business Reorganization Act: A New Bankruptcy Law for Small Businesses

Zach Shelomith

The advantages of Chapter 11 bankruptcy are oftentimes unavailable to small businesses and its owners. The substantial disclosure and reporting requirements alone scare off many potential debtors. In response to this problem, Congress recently created the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019.

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Legal Tech: Babst Calland & Solvaire: An AI Contract Review Use Case

Christian A. Farmakis

In today's business climate, clients demand greater efficiency when it comes to contract review for many complex deals and transactions. We have found that the combination of deep legal expertise, coupled with embracing carefully researched and vetted technology, is the most effective means of delivering high quality and timely review in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

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New Partners Are Worried About Mental Health and a Looming Recession, Annual Survey Finds

Dylan Jackson

Newly minted partners offered up some usual complaints on this year's New Partners Survey, lamenting unexpectedly low compensation, opaque performance metrics and copious administrative work. But new anxieties have arisen among Big Law's latest partner class, including the threat of a recession and growing concerns about mental health.

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Juliet Gunev

Maryland Jury Convicts Former Executive on FCPA Charges for Bribing Russian Official to Win Nuclear Fuel Transportation Contracts

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What is the Difference Between Flexible Space Models and Traditional Office Leasing?

Elizabeth Kluger Cooper & Zach Boroson

Market forces — such as workplace design, demographics and urbanization, capital flow and technology — are driving the growth of flexible space.

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Assignments and Collateral Assignments of Commercial Leases

Terrence M. Dunn

What Tenants and Landlords Should Know There are differences between assignments of leases and collateral assignments of leases, and each has aspects that parties to these agreements should expect and look out for. Let's discuss some of these issues.

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Why Community Groups Can Never Win Against Developers

John R. Low-Beer

The 'Dreikausesn' Paradox, Other Hurdles, and Suggestions for Change Under current New York law, even the most meritorious legal challenge to property development faces insurmountable barriers once construction starts, because absent the most egregious wrongdoing, the courts will not order demolition of completed buildings, and current law makes it virtually impossible to obtain a preliminary injunction to halt construction.

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Janice Inman

It's Not the Money Spent, It's the Level of Conformance

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Less Isn't Always More: 1001(a)(1) Concealment Charges in Voluntary Disclosure Submissions

Paige Ammons & Preston Burton

In any investigation where a client is deposed or interviewed by a government agent, experienced lawyers should be wary of potential false statement liability and likely will have advised their clients of the paramount need to be truthful. Voluntary communications, initiated by a company or individual, with government officials are of a different ilk, however

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