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Kuzmich et al. v. 50 Murray Street Acquisition LLC: A Deal Gone Bad for Developers Who Helped Revitalize Lower Manhattan Image

Kuzmich et al. v. 50 Murray Street Acquisition LLC: A Deal Gone Bad for Developers Who Helped Revitalize Lower Manhattan

Alexander Lycoyannis

In Kuzmich et al. v 50 Murray Street Acquisition LLC, the Court of Appeals held that apartments in buildings receiving tax benefits under Real Property Tax Law (RPTL §421-g) are not eligible for luxury deregulation under the Rent Stabilization Law (RSL), unlike most other rent-stabilized apartments.

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New Study Shows Which States Lead in Privacy Protection Laws

Sue Reisinger

General counsel who navigate the mishmash of state privacy laws may relate to a new study showing that individual U.S. states' privacy statutes are spread across a broad spectrum.

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SEC's Reboot on Waiver Requests in Enforcement Settlements

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton recently announced a change in how the SEC will consider requests for waivers of certain serious collateral consequences that would otherwise result from settlement of an SEC enforcement action. These collateral consequences, often referred to as "bad actor" or "bad boy" provisions, can vary greatly and may disqualify an entity from conducting certain business or utilizing certain means to offer securities.

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The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask Image

The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Alan L. Friel

Part One of a Two-Part Article The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a comprehensive new consumer protection law set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020. In the wake of the CCPA's passage, approximately 15 other states introduced their own CCPA-like privacy legislation, and similar proposals are being considered at the federal level. Part One of this article covers how the CCPA applies to businesses — both in and outside California, the revenue threshold, proposed amendments and other open issues.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Juliet Gunev

Canadian Clean Fuel Technology Company and Former CEO Pay $4.1 Million to Settle China Related FCPA Case

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The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask — 100 Days Out Image

The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask — 100 Days Out

Alan L. Friel

Part One of a Two-Part Article Responses to questions businesses frequently ask about the impacts of the CCPA. Implementation challenges inevitably will arise as a company works to apply these new requirements to its business practices. The time is now to start preparing for the CCPA, as well as for other new U.S. privacy laws that are likely to follow.

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Cybersecurity False Claims Act Cases: The Next Frontier

Andrew Mohr & C. Kelly Kroll

A new wave of False Claims Act cases is crashing ashore. Based on the federal government's inclusion of toughened cybersecurity requirements for government contractors, numerous FCA cases will undoubtedly be filed and litigated in coming years against prime contractors and their major subcontractors for allegedly failing to comply with their contractual cybersecurity obligations.

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Crowdfunding, Reg D and Reg A

Jacqueline C. Wolff & Brian S. Korn

The New Routes for Access to Capital and the Potential Legal and Regulatory Risks Although the business community lauded the arrival of new crowdfunding laws, the enforcement community has had a different take on them. As stated in 2017 by then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein: "The potential downside of crowdfunding is that it occurs outside the watchful eye of a regulated banking and financial industry. Unregulated websites therefore provide a platform for criminals to defraud potential investors."

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A Tenant's Perspective on SNDAs: Non-Disturbance Is Not Enough Image

A Tenant's Perspective on SNDAs: Non-Disturbance Is Not Enough

James O'Brien

Part Two of a Two-Part Article Part One of this article outlined the basic elements of a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement (SNDA), which regulates two competing interests in the same property — tenant's right to possess its premises pursuant to its lease and mortgage lender's security interest in that same premises. Part Two explains the differences between the concepts of "non-disturbance" and "recognition," while contending that lease recognition is more important to the tenant than not having its possession disturbed.

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In the Courts

Juliet Gunev

New Developments In Och-Ziff FCPA Settlement As Brooklyn Judge Grants Victim Status to Former Investors In Restitution Claim over Lost African Mining Venture

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