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  • January 8, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    Employee Bad Actors: Can Employers Recover?

    In this Employment Issues column, Philip M. Berkowitz and Maria Caceres Boneau discuss issues to consider when your client's controller appears to have made some critical errors that have caused substantial financial damage. How likely is it that your client can recover? What are the impediments to proceeding against the employee? And how wise, in any event, is it to move forward?

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  • January 7, 2020 | Law.com

    Compliance Hot Spots: 'Suspicious Activity Reports' at SCOTUS | Cooley's Big New Hire | DOJ Closes Uber Probe | FTC Goes Solo at High Court | Who Got the Work

    Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our white-collar and regulatory Law.com briefing. Scroll down for a report on new U.S. Supreme Court action between an investment advisor and Fidelity. Plus: the FTC's going solo at the high court, and DOJ's closed its Uber probe. Thanks for reading!

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  • December 24, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    Narrowing the Bounds of 'Windfall' Restitution Awards in Financial Fraud Cases

    In their Second Circuit Review column, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss 'U.S.v. Calderon,' where the Second Circuit limited the availability of "windfall" restitution awards and narrowed its interpretation of the "proximate cause" requirement for financial fraud victims under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996.

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  • 350 Central Park West Assoc. LLC v. Udo

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Civil Court, New York
    Judge: Judge Heela Capell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Petitioner: Morris K. Mitrani, Esq.
    for defendant: Attorney for Respondent: Larissa G. Bowman, Esq., Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Legal Advocacy Department.
    Case Number: 71196/18

    Court Grants Tenant's Motion to Renew Prior Discovery Order That Was Issued Before HSTPA

  • December 23, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Week of Dec. 23, 2019

    Yetter Coleman in Houston announced that Grant Martinez will become a partner in the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

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  • Dekalb County Board of Tax Assessors v. CWS SGARR Brookhaven, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bennett Bryan, Laura Johnson, John Jones, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1541

    Changes in Market Conditions, General Rise in Value of Real Estate in a Certain Neighborhood Are Not Discernable from an On-Site Inspection

  • Sweet City Landfill, LLC v. Lyon et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mayo, (Mayo Hill), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Bowen, Robert Walker, Sarah MaCkimm, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, Timothy Buckley, Kelly Christopher, (Buckley Christopher & Haff, P.C.), Atlanta, Derrick Bingham, Whitney Edwards, (Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1530

    County Commission's Actions in Voting Against Proposed Landfill Project Were Within the Scope of its Official Duties

  • December 17, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    Sustainability Linked Loans: A Growing Market

    The market for sustainable debt products reached $247 billion in 2018. $36.4 billion of that debt comprised sustainability linked loans. And market analysts expect that number to grow considerably in the foreseeable future.

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  • Francis v. Kings Park Manor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Yiyang Wu, John P. Relman, on the brief, Sasha Samberg-Champion, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Stanley J. Somer, on the brief, Melissa Corwin, Somer, Heller & Corwin LLP, Commack, NY. For Amicus Curiae United States of America: Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer Levin Eichhorn, Sharon McGowan, Thomas Chandler, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC; Tonya T. Robinson, Acting General Counsel, Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy General Counsel for Enforcement and Fair Housing, Kathleen Pennington, M. Casey Weissman-Vermeulen, Alexandria Lippincott, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae AARP: Susan Ann Silverstein, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 15-1823-cv

    Landlord May Be Liable on FHA By Not Addressing Race-Based Tenant-on-Tenant Harassment

  • Caliber Oil v. Midland Visions

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stretcher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-19-00099-CV

    Appellant and appellees both claimed to own undivided interests in 10.6 acres of land in Midland, Texas.