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Players on the Move

Dan Clark

Copyright Office General Counsel Moves to MPAA

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Recent Investigation, Prosecution and Legislation Regarding Fraudulent Deeds Image

Recent Investigation, Prosecution and Legislation Regarding Fraudulent Deeds

Carol A. Sigmond

New York City is seeing an upsurge of deed theft. Attorneys, architects, title companies, real estate brokers, agents, contractors, developers and construction managers need to be alert to this potential issue when blocks of properties are assembled for development in these neighborhoods.

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Chapter 11 Plan Support Agreements: Greasing the Wheels for Confirmation Success Image

Chapter 11 Plan Support Agreements: Greasing the Wheels for Confirmation Success

John J. Rapisardi & Joseph Zujkowski 

Plan support agreements are often an essential component of a successful complex Chapter 11 reorganization and provide a framework for a debtor's financial restructuring. These agreements have increasingly been used to induce core groups of major lenders and bondholders to support a debtor's restructuring in return for enhanced recoveries.

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Challenge to SEC's Disgorgement Authority Reaches Supreme Court Image

Challenge to SEC's Disgorgement Authority Reaches Supreme Court

Jodi Misher Peikin & Jacob Mermelstein

The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission to address a question that, until fairly recently, seemed clear: whether the SEC has authority to obtain disgorgement in civil actions to enforce the federal securities laws.

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Unfolding Trends That Will Dominate the Next Year

Erika Morphy

For all intents, 2019 has been good for commercial real estate. 2020, at least for the first half, promises much of the same. That is not to say that the CRE environment will be stagnant; as always there will be changes. Some of these will be subtle while others may well be more ground shaking — and likely due to outside circumstances.

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Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Signed Into Law in NY Image

Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Signed Into Law in NY

Thomas R. Slome, Michelle McMahon & Sophia Hepheastou

On Dec. 6, 2019, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation modernizing New York's 95-year-old fraudulent conveyance law and making it consistent with the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the law of at least 44 other states. The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act (UVTA) primarily clarifies the rights and remedies of parties involved in transactions with financially distressed entities.

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Adding Value, Reducing Risk: Peer Review for Construction Projects Image

Adding Value, Reducing Risk: Peer Review for Construction Projects

Jacqueline Greenberg Vogt

In the aftermath of recent construction disasters leading to catastrophic failures and loss of life, the concept of peer review has taken on an entirely new significance. A comprehensive plan and specification peer review is an effective risk management strategy for ensuring quality construction.

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Supreme Court Asked to Assess Per Se Rule Tension in Criminal Antitrust Image

Supreme Court Asked to Assess Per Se Rule Tension in Criminal Antitrust

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert 

In recent years, practitioners have observed a tension between criminal enforcement of the broadly written terms of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and the modern Supreme Court's notions of statutory interpretation and due process in the criminal law context. A certiorari petition filed in late August in Sanchez et al. v. United States, asks the Supreme Court to address this tension, as embodied in the judge-made per se rule.

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How Retailers Are Pushing the Boundaries Image

How Retailers Are Pushing the Boundaries

Kelsi Maree Borland

Entertainment and experience has become the cornerstone of retail survival in the wake of increasing online shopping. Now, top brands are starting to incorporate entertainment experiences into select markets to bush the boundaries of the traditional retail structure.

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When to Involve a Forensic Accountant in Your White-Collar Criminal Case Image

When to Involve a Forensic Accountant in Your White-Collar Criminal Case

Sareena Malik Sawhney

Over the past few years, defense attorneys have been turning to forensic accountants significantly more often in white-collar cases. An experienced and skilled forensic accountant is valuable to the defense team by casting reasonable doubt on the issue of intent and uncovering other evidence in support of innocence or a reduced sentence.

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