On September 5, 2023, the SEC announced it had charged five SEC registered investment advisers ("RIAs") with violating the Investment Advisers Act of 1940...

On May 26, 2023, Mayor Eric Adams signed a bill into law amending New York City's anti-discrimination statute to include height and weight among the list of protected classes.

Most employee confidentiality and similar agreements contain an assignment of invention provision. These typically provide that all employee inventions created during the employee's...

The New York State Department of Labor (the "NYSDOL") recently updated its Model Sexual Harassment Policy for all employers.

For the past 16 years, Smooth Moves has been the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section's premiere event that highlights, celebrates, and honors diverse attorneys throughout New York.

Earlier this month, the New York State Senate (S318) and Assembly (A407) reintroduced proposed legislation seeking to extend the New York State mortgage recording tax to mezzanine debt...

On August 21, 2023, the SEC announced that it had charged a registered investment adviser (the "RIA") with violations of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, including the recently amended Rule 206(4)-1 thereunder.

On July 26, 2023, the SEC proposed new rules that would require broker-dealers and SEC-registered investment advisers ("RIAs") to take certain steps...

The costs included within a guaranteed maximum price can generally be broken down as: subcontract costs; general conditions and general requirements costs; insurance costs; and the construction manager's fee...

The temporary flexibilities allowed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with respect to the physical presence requirements of Form I-9 documentation will end as of July 31, 2023.

On January 11, 2023, the staff of the SEC's Division of Investment Management (the "Division Staff") updated its list of frequently asked questions ("FAQs") related to amended Rule 206(4)-1...

The National Labor Relations Board (the "Board") recently held that that the "mere proffer" of severance agreements with boilerplate type confidentiality...

On February 7, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (the "SEC") Division of Examinations (the "Division") published its examination priorities for the upcoming year.

As the commercial real estate market continues to be strained by a combination of rising interest rates and a pending recession, causing a decline in commercial real estate valuations...

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is underway in nearly every industry, including the real estate industry, but have the consequences of such use in the world...

Sustainability factors have become an increasingly important element in investment decision-making. While certain portfolio companies...

In the last few decades, more and more U.S. families have been utilizing irrevocable trusts as part of their estate planning in order to protect their assets and manage their taxes in an efficient manner.

Despite the unprecedented and sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") to ban post-employment noncompetes, employers should continue to look...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Buildings Commissioner Jimmy Oddo recently unveiled the city's "Get Sheds Down" initiative, which provides a plan to overhaul current rules...

When a borrower is seeking real estate financing, there is invariably timing pressure to solidify a mortgage loan term sheet (on occasion, in the form of a loan commitment or loan application)...