Recent Publications - Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use
April 22, 2022 |
Michael Heller’s, Peter McNamara’s and Matt Spero’s Winter issue of the Title Insurance Reporter was published in the Real Estate Finance Journal.
The authors discuss recent court decisions of note involving title insurance.
Read the full column here.
Read MoreApril 7, 2022 | |
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry:
- A federal district court in Montana has ruled that a conveyance of property by policyholders under a title insurance policy to trusts was a voluntary conveyance to “a separate and distinct entity” and that,
January 10, 2022 | |
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry:
- A Delaware trial court has ruled that plaintiffs suing a title insurer for breach of a title insurance policy would not be able to present damages evidence on lost wages, carrying costs, lost opportunity
January 4, 2022 |
Michael Heller Peter McNamara and Matthew Spero published the article, “A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry,” in the Winter 2021 issue of Real Estate Finance Journal.
The authors discuss five recent court decisions of note involving title insurance.
Read MoreOctober 15, 2020 | |
David Leno, Peter McNamara, Matthew Spero, and Michael Heller published the article “Title Insurance Coverage And Easement Disputes: Case Update” in Mealey’s Emerging Insurance Disputes.
Courts have issued several important decisions recently in cases involving title insurance coverage and easement disputes. In this article, the authors discuss a New York court decision resolving whether a
Read MoreAugust 27, 2020 |
Michael Heller published the article, “Electronic Closings: Key Issues for Banks” in The Banking Law Journal.
Click here to read the article.
Read MoreApril 13, 2020 |
On April 9, 2020, the New York State Empire State Development (ESD) updated its “Guidance for Determining Whether a Business Enterprise is Subject to Workforce Reduction Under Recent Executive Orders” (the “Guidance”).
In the updated Guidance, ESD adds two new essential business categories, provides additional details regarding which activities constitute “essential construction,” expands the list
Read MoreApril 9, 2020 |
Although small businesses have been the focus of coronavirus-related financial assistance, nonprofits have been similarly struggling. They, too, must cover payroll expenses, rent and financing obligations. Rightly, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020, also applies to them.
The following describes the benefits
Read MoreApril 2, 2020 |
Beginning April 3, 2020, applications will open for both the federal SBA coronavirus relief funds and a program for New Jersey businesses being administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
The NJEDA has launched a Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant program together with a Small Business Emergency Assistance Loan program. Both of the grant
Read MoreMarch 31, 2020 |
With “stay at home” orders in effect throughout the United States, business has come to a virtual standstill in many markets, resulting in the closure of stores and offices, layoffs and furloughs of employees and other actions. As a result, nearly every commercial landlord and tenant is facing unprecedented challenges. Landlords and tenants alike are
Read More- Appeals
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Cannabis
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Torts & Product Liability
- Compliance, Investigations & White Collar
- Construction
- Corporate
- Directors & Officers Liability
- Employment & Labor
- Environmental
- General Liability
- Health Services
- Immigration
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Fraud
- Intellectual Property
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Privacy, Data & Cyber Law
- Professional Liability
- Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use
- Tax
- Trusts & Estates