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How Law Firms Can Redress the Balance for Black Professionals

Education, mentoring and experience are crucial, says one Black lawyer.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Preliminary Injunctions To Enjoin UCC Foreclosures Amid the Pandemic

An analysis of decisions which reflect a marked change in how courts have addressed attempts to enjoin UCC foreclosures in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am involved in a civil suit and the other side has subpoenaed my fee agreements. In addition, they are seeking the fee bills I have sent. Can I assert an attorney-client privilege?
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Career Advice Going Into 2021? Never Let Them See You Sweat

Maintaining a calm, confident, even-keeled professional demeanor comes naturally, or at least appears to come naturally, to the most successful inside counsel. I marvel when I see this trait displayed so consistently over a long period of time.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses "Board of Mgrs. of the 28 Cliff St. Condominium v. Maguire," where the court held that a condominium president's request for indemnity after a fire should have been denied under the bylaws; and "1982 E. 12th St. Holding LLC v. Lati," where the plaintiff's use of disputed parcel of land failed to establish adverse possession.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Frustration' and 'Impossibility': Viable Defenses Amid the Pandemic?

As the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying economic fallout continue to unfold, commercial tenants have increasingly come to rely on the common law doctrines of impossibility of performance and frustration of purpose as defenses to the nonpayment of rent.
8 minute read

International Edition

How To Help Your Junior Lawyers Thrive During Remote Working

'In a busy day, it's so easy to fall into the cliché where out of sight means out of mind', LOD's Simon Harper says.
4 minute read

International Edition

The Brazilian Case That Holds Significance For English Courts

The international role of English courts has come into focus in the Municipio de Mariana v BHP jurisdictional application.
6 minute read

International Edition

Leading Your Way Out of the Crisis: Why Investing In Partners as Leaders Hands Firms a Competitive Advantage

Leaders of professional services firms have managed the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis well, but the time for "managing" is over as we move to the next phase of the pandemic, argue two consultants.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses "SVC W. Babylon LLC v. 204 Great E. Neck Rd. LLC," where the defendant was granted dismissal of the plaintiff's option to renew the lease, and " Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Seneca County," where it was held that tribal sovereign immunity bars a county's foreclosure actions for nonpayment of taxes.
15 minute read

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