The COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in landlords and tenants closely reviewing a clause in their lease that was long considered unimportant boilerplate. Yes, we are referring to the "force majeure" provision.
April 01, 2020John Kelly
In 2019, Mattern went to the market to conduct its first deep dive into e-discovery and litigation support cost recovery in the 2020 e-Discovery and Litigation Support Cost Recovery Survey. Some of the results surprised us.
April 01, 2020Nathan CurtisA bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a bill that aims to limit where distressed companies can file bankruptcy, making it harder for companies to file outside of the jurisdiction where they are headquartered or have most of their assets. The Bankruptcy Strategist asked Robert J. Gayda, a partner in Seward & Kissel's Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Group who represents a clients in all aspects of restructuring, about his thoughts on proposed venue reform in corporate bankruptcies.
April 01, 2020ssalkinMuch like other everyday activities, real estate transactions are coming to a halt because lenders are holding back over the coronavirus pandemic.
April 01, 2020Lidia DinkovaTwo overarching factors increase the cannabis industry's data security risks: data sensitivity brought on by federal illegality and lingering cultural divisiveness; and massive, mandated data footprints brought on by intense state and local regulatory scrutiny.
April 01, 2020Anita Sabine and Brandon ReillyConstruction project delays that could put developers in default of their contracts. Now is the time to re-examine those contracts to see what exactly they have agreed to.
April 01, 2020Erika MorphyIn a practice that prizes in-person meetings, virtual communication has become commonplace.
April 01, 2020C. Ryan BarberWith big data and the resulting explosion of electronic documents, texts, images and voicemails that are subject to discovery, the cost burden was increasing at a pace that required firms to reconsider their recovery approach. This is why in 2019, Mattern conducted its first deep dive into e-discovery and litigation support cost recovery in the 2020 e-Discovery and Litigation Support Cost Recovery Survey. Some of the results were surprising.
April 01, 2020Nathan Curtis2019 went down as another record year for law firm mergers. But what do the numbers teach us? Did the tendency to merge apply to law firms across the board? Is the merger mania likely to continue in 2020? What was the impetus for record number of mergers? This article breaks down the available data to answer these questions and attempts to give us a glimpse into the future.
April 01, 2020Marcus DyerThis article examines asset protection and pre-bankruptcy planning and its impact on a debtor's discharge through Bankruptcy Code §727(a)(2)(A).
April 01, 2020Carlos J. Cuevas
