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Corporate Counsel

GCs Face Peril as Foreign Bribery Probes Second-Guess 'Routine' Advice

"Very often, companies don't even realize that they are interacting with state-owned entities or third-party intermediaries with links to local government,"said Snežana Gebauer, a partner at StoneTurn.
12 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Law Firm Fails to Void $15M Legal Malpractice Award Against It

Justice Jane Bland asked why the court should not look plaintiffs that step into the shoes of a defendant through a bankruptcy assignment, then switch to a position the plaintiff would have lost were it not for to option of them pursuing a legal malpractice case.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Would've Been Snoring Without Ya': Fort Lauderdale Jury Awards $4.5 Million in Condo Investment Spat

"You need not go to trial in a case that has no basis in fact. And that's what these guys did. So now, not only do we get all our money back plus interest, but we're also going to recover all our attorney's fees. The $3.8 million that was left is going to turn into almost $6 million because they acted stupidly," Glen Waldman said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Disbarred Ex-Blank Rome Attorney Accused of Forging Judicial Signatures

Jared Klein moved from Blank Rome to Nochumson PC earlier this year. Nochumson's managing shareholder said that he fired the attorney and reported him to disciplinary authorities after learning of the allegations.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Legal Awards: Q&As With Real Estate Attorney of the Year Finalists

Texas Lawyer is proud to recognize three finalists for the 2024 Real Estate Attorney of the Year award.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Denies Taking Due to a Lack of a Public Purpose

In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Wolfe v. Reading Blue Mountain, affirmed the trial court's ruling that a condemnation was unlawful because it was intended to benefit a single private business rather than the public as a whole.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Avoiding Usury: Determining the Maximum Interest That Can Be Legally Charged

Adam Leitman Bailey, Dov Treiman, and Danny Ramrattan discuss the limited applicability of usury defenses. They write: "In all, this area of the law is deceptively simple and the resolution of any case will require a close examination of the intricacies of the particular matter."
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

How the Legislature Can Fix the Middle-Income Affordable Housing Exemption in Fla.'s Live Local Act

If many owners encounter problems threatening their eligibility for the exemption, developers might simply lose interest and retreat from pursuing multifamily middle-income projects, ultimately making the exemption irrelevant. The Legislature can amend the statute to clear up these uncertainties.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Sides with Overseas Buyers in $12.9M Miami Beach Real Estate Dispute

"You can always put witnesses on to tell a story, but nothing tells a story quite like things that are in black and white and in writing," said Adrian Felix, a partner at Bilzin Sumberg.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Subpoena Against Queens Rental Empire Affirms AG's Authority to Probe Tenant Blacklisting

The AG's office has said it believes that the decision might send a message to landlords across New York, relative to the state's ultimate goal to get landlords out of the practice of using tenant screening forms in the first step of the application process.
5 minute read

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