Features
Shari Claire Lewis
Social media has played an oversized role in lawsuits under state and local biometric privacy laws. Now, a New York City law that took effect in July is likely to significantly expand the range of biometric-related litigation beyond social media companies to a new group of defendants: retail stores, places of entertainment, and food and drink establishments.
Columns & Departments
Stan Soocher
N.Y. Federal Court Rules State's Anti-SLAPP Statute Doesn't Apply in Federal Court Lawsuits
Features
Philip Favro
Emojis are an important aspect of everyday communication in 2021. Given their ubiquity, there should be little surprise that emojis have become a key source of evidence in civil and criminal cases.
Features
Jorge deNeve, Michael Simeone
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David Cohen
Answering that question will force defendants facing SEC enforcement actions to focus on demonstrating the legitimacy of expenses in developing their litigation strategies.
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
Exclusion for Zoning Regulations Bars Title Insurance Claim
Transfer of Residential Properties Not a Fraudulent Transfer
Property Owner on Constructive Notice of City's Relocation Lien
Fraudulent Transfer Finding Upheld
Features
By Jonathan Robbin
The Second Circuit recently held that a bare violation of mortgage satisfaction recording statutes without a demonstration of actual injury conferred federal jurisdiction, meaning that a mortgagor now has the ability to bring a class action in federal court. Thus, statutes designed to be merely remedial in nature can now be used punitively against lenders and servicers.
Features
Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr.
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Keri L. Costello
In In re Bryant, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia determined that a lender's UCC-1 financing statements were "seriously misleading" under the Georgia Commercial Code because the financing statements identified the individual debtor with his middle name abbreviated.
Features
Lanier Saperstein
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Samuel Hickey
One provision of the AMLA was added with little fanfare and minimal discussion, yet it could have a significant impact on foreign financial institutions doing business in the United States.
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
Summary Judgment Premature on Discrimination Claim
Defect In Recording Insufficient to Defeat Mortgage Priority
Features
Francis J. Lawall
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Kenneth A. Listwak
Buyers generally assume that the multi-page "free and clear" order, which typically follows the sale hearing, will insulate them from any of the seller's current (and often) future liabilities. However, that is not always the case.
