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Pandemic and Recession Take Toll on Professional Development Efforts

A new survey shows significant changes in how firms are delivering learning programs. It also shows that learning and development teams have been casualties of the COVID-19-induced recession.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Regina' and Its Potential Impact on Settled Clams

Less than a year after the HSTPA was enacted into law, the real estate world was shaken again by an "earthquake of a decision," Regina Metro. Co. v. New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, which, among other things, found that the retroactive application of Part F of HSTPA was unconstitutional on due process grounds.
11 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Current State of IP During the Pandemic: A Q&A With Vorys' Carey C. Jordan

Carey C. Jordan, a partner at the Houston office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease's Houston office and a member of the technology and intellectual…
6 minute read

International Edition

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: What You Need to Know

The European Commission is to introduce a legislative initiative by 2021.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How Will COVID-19 Affect the 2021 Texas Legislative Session?

For businesses that are impacted by state, local and federal government regulations, it's time to get involved. As crises occur, governmental entities…
6 minute read

The Recorder

An Early Cure for COVID-19 Class Actions in California, Part 2

To the extent defendants are looking to dispose of the litigation prior to class certification and prior to costly and time-consuming litigation, several key defenses may be asserted in a timely motion to dismiss, depending on the facts of the case.
7 minute read

The Recorder

How the Supreme Court's Expansion of LGBTQ+ Rights Under Title VII Will Impact Employers

Employers should update their training materials to include Title VII's newly announced protections for LGBTQ employees and remind their employees that discrimination in the workplace, of any kind, is not permitted.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Third Ground: Renegotiating Office Leases Post-COVID

Current circumstances present an opportunity for tenants to use new strategies to renegotiate or even terminate leases. This article takes a look at conventional legal strategies that may provide grounds for lease termination before turning to consider another, third, approach.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Exchange of Enhancements for Concessions—Insights into the Modern Loan Workout

The distressed real estate loan workout is a business deal filled with mutual compromise that right-sizes the asset and resets the loan obligations and the parties' expectations. Any lender making material economic concessions has bargained for, and should acquire the type of legal enhancements discussed here.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Complexities of 'Yellowstone' Injunctions in Disputes Over Rent

In litigation over a commercial tenant's rent obligations where a Yellowstone injunction is involved, much will depend upon the nature of the underlying dispute—and, in particular, the reasons why the tenant is not paying. Case law shows why.
8 minute read

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