This article discusses what tools the government has for pursuing seemingly undeserving PPP borrowers, the obstacles to bringing such cases, and the factors that may influence the government's decision in pursuing criminal or civil cases.
It's no secret that major law firm bankruptcy practices are ramping up for a historic rise in Chapter 11 filings as industries are battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Controversial comments by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell in April raised the possibility that restructuring lawyers could also gain a new clientele: state governments.
Much attention has been paid to the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on income, unemployment and cash flow for businesses. But new research takes an eye opening look at what the shutdown of many businesses may do to the worth of commercial real estate.
The Court's primary holding in Regina is that retroactive application of the Part F amendments would violate the Due Process clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Statutory Damages Awarded Against Building Owner Who Whitewashed Artwork
Sale Contract Bars Action for Fraudulent Misrepresentation, Concealment, and Inducement
Ambiguity In Restrictive Covenant Limits Enforcement
Constructive Trust Imposed Based On Alleged Oral Agreement
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York recently determined that because New York prohibits unlicensed real estate brokers from pursuing payment in its courts for services rendered, a plaintiff who performed real estate work for a client who then did not pay had no standing to sue.
