Last summer, we wrote about New York City Administrative Code Section 22-1005, known as the Guaranty Law. This was a pandemic-era prohibition on enforcement of personal guaranties supporting commercial leases for defaults...more
The saga continues now that a federal district court judge has ruled that N.Y.C. Local L. No. 55 of 2020 (also known as the Guaranty Law) is unconstitutional. The Guaranty Law, which sought to provide immediate monetary...more
This 18th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us return to what, even in these early days of the pandemic, must be considered as some of the hottest topics. Thus, we discuss new...more
Until fairly recently, the U.S. Constitution’s Contract Clause had fallen into relative obscurity. Proposed legislation concerning insurance coverage for the COVID-19 pandemic figures to place this provision of the U.S....more
This sixth edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19 litigation, sees us reporting on many of the same types of cases. Consumers continue to seek refunds for goods and services that have been disrupted by the...more
The economic realities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced our government at both the federal and state level to take unprecedented action. And, despite congressional passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...more
We have recently learned that a number of states were or are considering legislation to mandate that insurers who issued policies to small businesses in those states must accept and cover risks that were not within the scope...more
Without question, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a world-wide pandemic and paralyzed the United States economy in the first quarter of 2020. Many businesses have been forced to shut down or modify their...more