D&O Insurance Myths (Part 1)
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Is It Time to Find a New Supplier?
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Candid Conversations with Suppliers in Distress
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Identifying Suppliers in Distress
The Calm Before the Storm: Planning for Catastrophic Weather Events
Out With a Bang: Current State of Play on Coverage for COVID-Related Losses
Regulating the Internet of Things
The Intersection of Insurance and Bankruptcy – Part 2
On-Demand Webinar | Impacts of COVID-19 on Litigation Economic Damages
On-Demand Webinar | Insurance Issues Faced by Employers in Times of COVID-19
COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision, COVID WARN Act Developments
How an Am Law 200 Firm is Working Towards Solutions to 2020’s Challenges with Jeremy Sacks: On Record PR
Second-Wave Contingency Planning and Risk Mitigation Strategies - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Claims: A Practical Perspective
WEBINAR: COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Class Actions
Compliance Perspectives: Compliance During a Business Interruption
Butler's Thursday Tips #3 | Handling Business Loss Claims
AF COVID-19 Podcast: Business Interruption Coverage, Do You Have a Claim?
Lifting the Fog Over Lobbying Compliance - updated with impact of COVID-19 on NYS lobbying community
Litigation and COVID-19: How to Protect Your Business in This Time of Crisis
It has now been just over a month since multiple wildfires erupted throughout the Greater Los Angeles area, bringing widespread devastation to the highly populated area in an event that could end up being the costliest...more
Nearly four years after the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, issues concerning the legal consequences of executive and legislative orders shutting down business operations are still working their way through appellate courts...more
Key Points - - An arbitration scheme for commercial landlords and tenants was introduced during March 2022 under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 with the aim of resolving disputes over outstanding rent arrears...more
New York City enacted Administrative Code Section 22-1005, known as the "Guaranty Law" prohibiting enforcement of personal guaranties supporting commercial leases, in May 2020. The law applies to defaults that occurred...more
Dieser Beitrag kommentiert die jüngste Rechtsprechung des BGH zum Thema pandemiebedingte behördlich angeordnete Betriebsschließungen und deren Auswirkungen auf die Mietzinszahlungspflicht von Gewerbemietern....more
Zusammenfassung der bisher ergangenen Rechtsprechung zu § 313 Abs. 1 BGB Es wird spannend… anstehende mündliche Verhandlung des BGH zur Störung der Geschäftsgrundlage (§ 313 Abs. 1 BGB) im Zusammenhang mit der Covid-19...more
COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on businesses of all kinds. But organizations in the real estate sector—both commercial and residential—have been hit particularly hard. The fallout from the pandemic has sparked numerous...more
The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd and others [2021] UKSC 1 - What was it about? ..The Supreme Court gave its view on various business interruption insurance policy clauses. ..The case was...more
In these sessions, we not only summarize the week’s latest federal and state guidance, we will also offer insights on: - All aspects of employment law compliance - Paycheck Protection Program, tax credits and other economic...more
Nach dem Beschluss der „Telefonkonferenz der Bundeskanzlerin mit den Regierungschefinnen und Regierungschefs der Länder“ vom 13. Dezember 2020 zur Einführung eines bundesweiten „harten“ Lockdowns soll für Gewerbemiet- und...more
The pandemic has significantly impacted the real estate sector. With a surge in the number of employees who work from home, the demand for office space has softened. At the same time, growth in e-commerce has exploded,...more
The High Court’s recent judgment[1] in a test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in relation to certain non-damage business interruption (“BI”) insurance policies found that most (but not all) of the...more
In Part I of this series, we discussed how COVID-19 had impacted almost every provision of a commercial lease, including the covenant of quiet enjoyment, continuous use provisions and force majeure clauses, among others....more
Much has been written about commercial real estate in a post-Covid world. As real estate users consider how Covid will change their space needs, they should also consider what provisions will serve them in future...more
This 20th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, finds both plaintiffs and defendants with reasons to celebrate. Insurance carriers avoided consolidation of coverage disputes in...more
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health crisis, landlords and tenants alike found themselves in a most precarious position: state and municipal governments across the country restricted access to offices and...more
On May 26, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed New York City Administrative Code Section 22-1005 into law. The new law prohibits the enforcement of personal liability provisions in commercial leases or rental agreements involving...more
COVID-19 has flipped the landlord-tenant relationship on its head. Although evictions and recovering possession are off the table for now, landlords are eventually entitled to their full rent payments and are not necessarily...more
With social distancing and mandatory closures, COVID-19 has caused a tremendous impact on businesses. Many commercial tenants have failed to pay April or May rent and some tenants are looking for rent abatements, rent...more
The interruption to business-as-usual in the commercial real estate industry brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented and, while hopefully only temporary, the full extent of the impact may not be entirely...more
Practical Challenges. In part one of our two part series we discussed a number of the menu options that may be available to commercial landlords and tenants to help them protect their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic,...more
As discussed in our prior update, the New York Legislature is considering a pair of bills that would waive rent payments for a period of 90-days for those residential tenants that have lost their jobs or small business...more
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has given rise to a bevy of questions for commercial landlords. As today’s workplaces have rapidly changed over the last several weeks, many landlords have been left wondering how they...more
The Polish government has submitted an amendment to the Law on Special Measures for COVID-19 and Crisis Prevention which, among other things, stipulates a temporary 90% rent reduction for most tenants in shopping centers. ...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, so does uncertainty. Landlords and tenants are facing unprecedented impacts on their businesses, and it is no surprise in this environment that both parties are looking to...more