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February 01, 2019

Fifth Circuit Reverses Ponzi Funds Ruling

The How, What and Why of a Potential PG&E Bankruptcy

February 01, 2019

PG&E Corporation and its subsidiary, Pacific Gas & Electric Company announced that it expects to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on or around Jan. 29, 2019, right around the conclusion of a mandatory 15-day notice requirement under California law. Such a filing would represent the second time PG&E resorted to protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Are Cybersecurity Solutions and Consulting a New Revenue Stream for Law Firms?

February 01, 2019

The Big 4 accounting firms have identified legal services as an area for growth beyond traditional financial services and consulting services.

Business Crimes Hotline

February 01, 2019

Head of International NGO Convicted of Bribery, Money Laundering Crimes

Junior Noteholders Successfully Petition for Dismissal of Involuntary Filing

February 01, 2019

The bankruptcy court's ruling is a seminal decision that meaningfully circumscribes the ability of a secured noteholder under an indenture, particularly for structured debt, to force the debtor (i.e., issuer of the debt) into an involuntary bankruptcy.

West Village Houses: Units Ruled Not Stabilized Despite Receipt of J-51 Benefits

January 01, 2019

Ever since 2009, it has been an article of faith that a building's receipt of J-51 benefits means that all of the apartments therein automatically become rent-stabilized. If those apartments were already rent-stabilized, they become stabilized a second time. The second layer of rent stabilization has the effect of barring luxury deregulation, at least until J–51 benefits expire. In West Village Houses Renters Union v WVH Hous. Dev. Fund, Justice Barbara Jaffe held that the tenants of 32 unsold cooperative units at the West Village Houses complex were not rent-stabilized, even though their buildings had received J-51 benefits.

Development

January 01, 2019

Town Cannot Hold Back Building Permits as Financial Security Parkland Alienation Doctrine Does Not Preclude Dock on Open Space Easement Landowner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies

Real Property Law

January 01, 2019

No Duty to Maintain Bulkhead Self-Conveyance Did Not Sever Joint Tenancy Promissory Estoppel Not Available to Avoid Statute of Frauds Presumption of Hostility Sustains Prescriptive Easement Claim

Landlord & Tenant

January 01, 2019

Loft Tenant Subject to Rent Stabilization Video Surveillance a Substitute for Part-Time Lobby Attendants

Cloudy With a Chance of IoT attacks: The Cybersecurity Forecast for 2019

January 01, 2019

2018 was a trying year for the cybersecurity industry, with breaches increasing and showing no signs of slowing as we enter the New Year. 2019 will bring its own threats with the propagation of new technology — 5G and IoT — and their security vulnerabilities. However, there's also progress on the horizon, thanks to more stringent government regulation and increasing legal action.

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