Challenge to Property Tax Rejected
April 01, 2020
No one disputes that the property tax system in New York City is byzantine. In Tax Equity Now LLC v. City of New York, the First Department confronted what it viewed as a very different question: is it illegal. The court concluded that it is not, rejecting a variety of claims and leaving any reform to the legislature.
Real Property Law
April 01, 2020
Equitable Mortgage Enjoys Priority over Mortgage Recorded After Filing of Notice of Pendency
Purchaser from Church Not Entitled to Specific Performance
Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Prescriptive Easement Claims
Hearing Necessary to Determine Whether Mortgagee De-Accelerated Mortgage
Landlord & Tenant Law
April 01, 2020
Loft Board Lacks Authority to Supervise Legalization Once Tenants Withdraw Application
Tenant Entitled to Relief from Failure to Timely Exercise Renewal Option
COVID 19: Selling in Times of Uncertainty
April 01, 2020
The natural instinct during times of chaos is to move into a place of scarcity. The single best gift you can offer clients is courage and confidence about the path forward.
How to Make Working from Home, Work for You
April 01, 2020
In the legal industry it is time for a paradigm shift. Many firms have struggled with allowing people to work from home for a myriad of reasons. At this point, we have no choice. To help you get off on the right foot, the following are some best practices as we move forward into this new working environment.
Make It Stick: Eight Strategies to Make Your Business Development Training More Effective
April 01, 2020
One factor in the slack of demand for law firms that is not being talked about is the state of the business development training and coaching that firms use to build their business development capabilities in the firm.
Linking Partner Pay to Strategic Firm Objectives
April 01, 2020
In general law firms have been slower to adopt pay for performance systems. What law firms need now, and this article describes, is an approach to partner compensation that closely links a partners pay to their ability to contribute to the achievement of the firm's strategic objectives.
Attorney's Fees After Octane: More Chances for Defendants to Even the Playing Field
April 01, 2020
With fewer restraints after Octane, district courts now have broader discretion to grant motions for attorney's fees. But understanding the circumstances under which exceptionality has been found is critical. Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit post-Octane provide some important guidance on when attorney's fees may be available under Section 285.
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