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Use and Enforcement of SNDAs In the Hotel Industry Image

Use and Enforcement of SNDAs In the Hotel Industry

Todd E. Soloway & Bryan T. Mohler

This article examines the agreement — known as a Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement (SNDA) — typically used by hotel lenders, owners and managers to set forth their respective rights upon a foreclosure, and consider disputes that may arise when a party seeks to enforce its SNDA rights.

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Efforts to Provide Out-of-State Abortion Travel Benefits Face Rapidly Shifting Legal Landscape Image

Efforts to Provide Out-of-State Abortion Travel Benefits Face Rapidly Shifting Legal Landscape

Jessica Mach

Employment attorneys say the breadth of new state laws — and the pace at which they are going into effect — means in-house counsel at companies trying to create workarounds for employees in states with restrictive abortion laws by providing benefits that would allow them to travel out-of-state to access abortion services will need to be on high alert, since keeping up on top of the laws will be key to limiting their exposure to litigation — or even criminal penalties.

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Regulatory Compliance and Investor Demand for Transparency Driving ESG Efforts Image

Regulatory Compliance and Investor Demand for Transparency Driving ESG Efforts

Paul Bergeron

Regulatory considerations and investor demand for transparency are increasingly important drivers behind Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure and reporting frameworks, according to a report issued by The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) based on responses from its members.

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DOJ NFT Insider Trading Indictment Skirts Securities Question, But Litigates Like It Is Image

DOJ NFT Insider Trading Indictment Skirts Securities Question, But Litigates Like It Is

Isha Marathe

The question of whether an NFT is a security has come up several times, and United States of America v. Chastain in the Southern District of New York brings the dispute back to the forefront.

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Questions Surround Expanded Government Authority to Seize Russian Assets Image

Questions Surround Expanded Government Authority to Seize Russian Assets

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

The purpose behind the Biden Administration's proposals to seize assets of Russian oligarchs is to punish a specific action by a state actor — Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The proposals, however, do not appear to be limited to this conduct alone and would outlast Russia's invasion. In times of war, it at least arguably may be appropriate to pass laws to expand the executive's authority to address specific hostile conduct. Such laws, however, should end with the conflict.

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The FRCP Rule 9(b) Standard In False Claims Act Cases Image

The FRCP Rule 9(b) Standard In False Claims Act Cases

Michael A. Sirignano

In recent years, federal circuit courts of appeals have set forth somewhat different standards that civil FCA complaints brought by private citizens, known as relators, must meet to satisfy Rule 9(b) — especially regarding whether representative examples of allegedly fraudulent claims must be included in a complaint.

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Companies Need to Focus On Compliance to Protect Against Aggressive Post COVID-19 White-Collar Prosecution Image

Companies Need to Focus On Compliance to Protect Against Aggressive Post COVID-19 White-Collar Prosecution

G. Zachary Terwilliger

Consider another paradox of the post-COVID world: The pandemic that initially disrupted federal prosecution of corporations has now heightened potential exposure in a number of areas. This is especially the case for those organizations that took advantage of government aid or today struggle to navigate snarled global supply chains.

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Climate Change Risk and Disclosure: A New Focus for SEC Enforcement Image

Climate Change Risk and Disclosure: A New Focus for SEC Enforcement

Jacqueline C. Wolff

Given the massive amount of dollars being poured into ESG funds and the SEC's renewed focus on both the funds and the companies in the funds, there is no time like the present for companies to engage in an assessment of their climate risks and how these risks and the status of the companies' ESG goals are being relayed to investors.

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Commercial Real Estate Market Sees Shift Toward 'Densification' As Firms Look Long Term Image

Commercial Real Estate Market Sees Shift Toward 'Densification' As Firms Look Long Term

Jessie Yount

Real estate executives say the construction of the office of the future is well underway within the legal industry, despite a dip in leasing activity at the beginning of the year. However, there is a shift toward "densification," as firms take advantage of favorable market conditions and make longer-term commitments.

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Government Looking Into Insider Trading By Tipping Block Trades Image

Government Looking Into Insider Trading By Tipping Block Trades

Michael Miller & Daniel Podair

How the government might frame insider trading cases based on allegations of tipping before the execution of block trades in securities.

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