The New York Department of Financial Services’ (“DFS”) cybersecurity regulations became effective March 1, 2017, but the rules are slated to be phased in on a rolling basis 180 days …
An important part of any litigation is documentary discovery. As any litigant can attest, especially in complex matters, documents form the foundation of discovery plans and strategies, and, more significantly, …
Your client is engaged in negotiations to sell his company’s widgets in a purchase and sale transaction. After months of negotiations, the parties verbally agree to the salient terms of …
Over the past few weeks, this Blog has explored the advantages and disadvantages of forming a limited liability company (“LLC”), as well as the fiduciary obligations of non-managing members in …
This Blog has previously written about the bases upon which the losing party in an arbitration can challenge the award. (Here.) Among the bases discussed include the arbitrator’s impartiality and …
In a case of first impression for the courts within the Second Circuit, Judge Richard J. Sullivan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York …
Last month this blog wrote about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s list of exam priorities for 2017 here. Included in that list was a focus on registered representatives and employers …
Like their larger siblings, small businesses that do business with the government, e.g., healthcare providers who receive reimbursement from Medicare or Medicaid, government contractors or subcontractors, and nonprofit companies that …
Last month, this Blog wrote about McGowan v. Clarion Partners, LLC, a decision involving the enforceability of a transaction term sheet. In McGowan, Justice Scarpulla of the New York County, …
On the same day that he signed a directive ordering a review of the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule (discussed here), President Trump signed an executive order directing the Treasury Secretary …
