Contrary to the belief of many of today’s businesspeople, antitrust law’s coverage of distribution did not start with Amazon or even the Internet. For decades, manufacturers have sold their products to resellers of all types to increase the distribution of their products. Manufacturers always have been interested in how their products, often with their brands, are resold. […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Anthony Pulice, CPA, CFE of HKMP Certified Public Accountants. Anthony has joined IR as our exclusive Forensic Accounting member in New York. Held, Kranzler, McCosker and Pulice, LLP (HKMP), provides a comprehensive range of professional advisory services to individuals, businesses and […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Timothy McCosker, CPA of HKMP Certified Public Accountants. Timothy has joined IR as our exclusive Forensic Accounting member in New York. Held, Kranzler, McCosker and Pulice, LLP (HKMP), provides a comprehensive range of professional advisory services to individuals, businesses and other […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Russell Kranzler, CPA of HKMP Certified Public Accountants. Russell has joined IR as our exclusive Forensic Accounting member in New York. Held, Kranzler, McCosker and Pulice, LLP (HKMP), provides a comprehensive range of professional advisory services to individuals, businesses and other organizations […]
Written by Steven Cernak for Washington Legal Foundation’s Legal Pulse. Steves and Sons, Inc. v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. is an unusual antitrust case. A private challenge to a merger, and a consummated one at that. An ordered divestiture. A chance for an appellate opinion on merger law. Department of Justice Antitrust Division review, not once but twice, […]
The Virginia legislature has adopted the following amendments to the Code of Virginia that we believe will impact your business operations and the landlord-tenant relationship in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The enacted bills are effective July 1, 2020. Senate Bill 115 – Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; notice of termination to contain legal services information.Affected […]
Many smart business owners rely heavily on their insurance brokers to make sure they have the right types of property insurance to protect them against loss. These coverages include common types of perils such as fire, rarer but still destructive perils of flood and windstorm, and unusual perils, whether specific to their type of business […]
The NYC Department of Finance posted the new property tax bills for the start of the 2020/2021 tax year and for payment due July 1. You can access the bills at http://nyc.gov/taxbill. DOF calculated these bills with the prior year’s 2019/2020 tax rates. Whenever the City Council sets the 2020/2021 tax rates, DOF will adjust […]
PENDING NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATION The following bills have passed both the New York State Senate and Assembly, and are awaiting delivery to Governor Cuomo for signature or veto. We will update you once the Governor takes action on these bills. S.8192B, Hoylman / A.10290B, Dinowitz: This bill (the “Tenant Safe Harbor Act”) creates a moratorium […]
Written by Steven Cernak for the Business Grow website by Mark Schaefer. With all the bad business news pounding us today, I wanted to bring you a virtual conference success story. In early March 2020, the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section was just over a month away from holding its flagship annual Spring Meeting. […]
Your much larger competitor sells the same products as you do but at a much lower price, so low you think that it must be losing money on each sale. Can such “predatory pricing” ever violate the antitrust laws? It is a very difficult monopolization case to make but, as Uber recently discovered, not all […]
Courts often assess punitive damages, also known as exemplary damages, against defendants who engaged in egregious behavior. The purpose of punitive damages is to punish misconduct and deter future misconduct. Unlike compensatory damages, plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages as a matter of right. The jury has discretion over the amount of the punitive damages’ award, […]
