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Appellate Court Holds FCC Penalty Claim Survives Chapter 11 Corporate Debtor's Discharge Image

Appellate Court Holds FCC Penalty Claim Survives Chapter 11 Corporate Debtor's Discharge

Michael L. Cook

A Chapter 11 corporate debtor's monetary penalty obligation owed to the FCC, resulting from "fraud on consumers," survived the debtor's reorganization plan discharge, even when the FCC "was not a victim of the fraud," the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held.

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Ransomware Insurance: Understanding the Developing Legal & Regulatory Landscape Image

Ransomware Insurance: Understanding the Developing Legal & Regulatory Landscape

J. Andrew Moss, David M. Cummings & Jessica E. Gopiao

In light of the ever-growing ransomware threat, it is important to understand the developing legal and regulatory landscape in order to take the proper steps at the first sign of an attack, including getting the insurance company involved immediately.

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Disclosure of Investigations: Whether and When for Public Companies Image

Disclosure of Investigations: Whether and When for Public Companies

Jacqueline C. Wolff & Karin M. Bell

You should be thinking about disclosure long before you even hear from a whistleblower, specifically, in terms of setting up policies and procedures governing how to handle the information flow from the investigative side of the house to the disclosure side.

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Smoke & Mirrors: The New York Cannabis Law's Illusory Lease Mandate Image

Smoke & Mirrors: The New York Cannabis Law's Illusory Lease Mandate

Marjorie J. Peerce, Michael P. Robotti & Kamera Boyd

New York's recently enacted cannabis law, the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation of 2021 (MRTA), created a maze of new legal requirements. These provisions affect not only cannabis companies, but also the companies that conduct business with them.

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As Federal Antitrust Prosecutions Rise, Potential Criminal Pitfalls Loom for HR Professionals Image

As Federal Antitrust Prosecutions Rise, Potential Criminal Pitfalls Loom for HR Professionals

Laily Sheybani

The Biden administration seeks to position itself as one that will crack down on employers' attempts to limit their employees' mobility and pay through allegedly non-competitive measures.

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Appellate Division Upholds West Side Tower Image

Appellate Division Upholds West Side Tower

Stewart E. Sterk

In a dispute over West Side development, the First Department handed a victory to developers seeking to build a 39-story building on the block between West 65th and West 66th Street, and Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.

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Selective Reassessment of Only Commercial Properties Violates the Uniformity Clause Image

Selective Reassessment of Only Commercial Properties Violates the Uniformity Clause

Alan Nochumson & Clementa Amazan

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently analyzed whether the City of Philadelphia's selective reassessment in tax year 2018 of only commercial properties at current market value violated the Uniformity Clause and the Assessment Law's requirement that the City assess all properties annually at actual market value.

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Retention of Title Disputes: Don't Take the Uniform Commercial Code for Granted Image

Retention of Title Disputes: Don't Take the Uniform Commercial Code for Granted

Eva D. Gadzheva, Jeremy M. Downs & David E. Morrison

This article reminds us of the conflict-of-laws analysis at the heart of such retention of title disputes, and then discuss the multi-step UCC analysis that is also required.

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Second Circuit Applies Federal Bankruptcy Law, Not Securities Law, In Madoff SIPA Liquidation Image

Second Circuit Applies Federal Bankruptcy Law, Not Securities Law, In Madoff SIPA Liquidation

Michael L. Cook

The Second Circuit applied federal bankruptcy law when holding that good faith is an affirmative defense.

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Proposed Changes In UCC Address Virtual Currency Financing Image

Proposed Changes In UCC Address Virtual Currency Financing

Barbara M. Goodstein

Financial institutions are beginning to accept virtual currencies as collateral for financings. Could this become common for independent film productions and other entertainment industry ventures? This article examines the scope of UCC Article 9 with a focus on virtual currencies, taking into consideration issues of classification and perfection.

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