When the Tax Cut and Jobs Act became law in December of 2017 there was a question whether some of the highest salaried employees at non-profit organizations would be exempt from the $1M remuneration tax. In the majority of states, the highest salaried employees are athletic coaches.
- February 01, 2019Lawrence L. Bell
PG&E Corporation and its subsidiary, Pacific Gas & Electric Company announced that it expects to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on or around Jan. 29, 2019, right around the conclusion of a mandatory 15-day notice requirement under California law. Such a filing would represent the second time PG&E resorted to protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
February 01, 2019John J. Rapisardi and Daniel ShamahThe Big 4 accounting firms have identified legal services as an area for growth beyond traditional financial services and consulting services.
February 01, 2019Ishan GirdharHead of International NGO Convicted of Bribery, Money Laundering Crimes
February 01, 2019Dennis MahoneyThe bankruptcy court's ruling is a seminal decision that meaningfully circumscribes the ability of a secured noteholder under an indenture, particularly for structured debt, to force the debtor (i.e., issuer of the debt) into an involuntary bankruptcy.
February 01, 2019H. Peter Haveles, Jr. and Eric WinstonEver since 2009, it has been an article of faith that a building's receipt of J-51 benefits means that all of the apartments therein automatically become rent-stabilized. If those apartments were already rent-stabilized, they become stabilized a second time. The second layer of rent stabilization has the effect of barring luxury deregulation, at least until J–51 benefits expire. In West Village Houses Renters Union v WVH Hous. Dev. Fund, Justice Barbara Jaffe held that the tenants of 32 unsold cooperative units at the West Village Houses complex were not rent-stabilized, even though their buildings had received J-51 benefits.
January 01, 2019Jeffrey TurkelTown Cannot Hold Back Building Permits as Financial Security
Parkland Alienation Doctrine Does Not Preclude Dock on Open Space Easement
Landowner Failed to Exhaust Administrative RemediesJanuary 01, 2019ssalkinNo Duty to Maintain Bulkhead
Self-Conveyance Did Not Sever Joint Tenancy
Promissory Estoppel Not Available to Avoid Statute of Frauds
Presumption of Hostility Sustains Prescriptive Easement ClaimJanuary 01, 2019ssalkinLoft Tenant Subject to Rent Stabilization
Video Surveillance a Substitute for Part-Time Lobby AttendantsJanuary 01, 2019ssalkin






