Our initial alert highlighted various hospitality and service industry businesses suing their insurers to recover for losses arising out of closure and stay-at-home (Civil Authority) orders. Since then, thousands more...more
1/13/2021
/ Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Insurance Industry ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Property Damage ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State and Local Government
On November 25, 2020, a New York federal court ruled in Melendez v. The City of New York, No. 20-CV-5301 (S.D.N.Y.) denying an injunction and declaring constitutional NYC Council’s newly enacted anti-harassment and guaranty...more
12/8/2020
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Contracts Clause ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
First Amendment ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Guaranty Claims ,
Landlords ,
New York ,
Residential Leases ,
Tenants
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, real estate owners and tenants have faced unprecedented day-to-day operational challenges from the loss of business and income. Two new real estate lawsuits seek to address these...more
7/21/2020
/ Contracts Clause ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Executive Orders ,
Frustration of a Common Purpose ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Impossibility ,
Landlords ,
New Legislation ,
Reformation ,
SCOTUS ,
Victoria Secret
The Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court for New York County (O. Peter Sherwood, Justice) recently granted the fashion models-plaintiffs class action status to a long-simmering dispute as to whether they...more
In today’s episode, we continue our conversation on “Force Majeure” with Partners Barbara Wahl and Bernice Leber. Our lawyers cover a few of the first COVID-related lawsuits filed, important trends, and ways to leverage...more
In the wake of the coronavirus, businesses and courts remain shuttered as a result of stay-at-home government orders. Businesses and organizations are grappling daily with the changed circumstances that the virus brought....more
5/7/2020
/ China ,
City of Los Angeles ,
Civil Authority Coverage ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dentists ,
Florida ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Insurance Industry ,
Leases ,
New York ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Salons ,
Shelter-In-Place