By Bryan T. Mohler and Rachel Shaw | April 16, 2024
In December 2022, the First Department issued a decision in 122 East 42nd Street LLC v. Joseph Scharf and Sarah Gotlib that caught the leasing world off guard as it relates to so-called "Good Guy" guarantees.
By ALM Staff | April 1, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By Marianna Wharry | March 13, 2024
Two former employees of the now-defunct news website The Messenger filed an employment action against the site's parent company and its former owner this week alleging breaches of their employment contracts and violations of labor law after the company refused to issue their pair's severance payments.
By Scott Mollen | March 5, 2024
Scott Mollen discusses "Mason v. Pembroke NY," where a purchaser breached contract by failing to comply with mortgage contingency clause in applying for a larger mortgage than permitted by the clause, and the riparian rights case "Talmidov Inc. v. Marina Holding Corp" involving an action for quiet title, ejectment, trespass and a declaration of easement by necessity relating to land submerged by a body of water near the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn.
By Alan Feigenbaum | March 5, 2024
A look at how prenuptial agreements are being interpreted and enforced by the courts in an effort to see why divorce lawyers often see these agreements as "uniquely complex legal instruments that are fraught with the potential for peril."
By Emily Saul | February 1, 2024
Plaintiff Wilmington Trust filed a motion for summary judgment in lieu of a complaint in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday.
By Michael Liptrot | January 31, 2024
As it turns out, there are ways to invalidate prenups.
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Ellen Bardash | January 30, 2024
Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick concluded Musk was a controller of Tesla under Delaware law, putting the burden of entire fairness on his defense team from Cravath, Swain & Moore and Ross Aronstam & Moritz.
By Scott Mollen | December 26, 2023
Scott Mollen discusses "Besen Partners LLC v. 36 W. 128th, LLC," concerning a dispute over brokers' commission, and "201 East 164th Street Associates LLC v. Calderon," where the court found that the subject lease directly referenced a rider.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Craig R. Tractenberg | December 21, 2023
Commercial arbitration is increasing in frequency and value. Recent cases have addressed two emerging issues. The first is whether a nonsignatory to an arbitration clause can compel or avoid arbitration. The second, more novel issue, is whether a nonsignatory can compel another nonsignatory to arbitration.
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