It is not yet widespread in Hungary, although common practice in Anglo-Saxon areas, that at the same time of purchasing a real property of higher-value, principally commercial and industrial ones, or a company owning the real property, buyers take out the so-called title insurance. What does this mean in practice? It will be summarized in […]
McCarthy Lebit is pleased to welcome our newest Principal, Tracy Francis. Tracy focuses her practice on business litigation, complex commercial, class action, fraud, employment, product liability, environmental, intellectual property, and defamation litigation. She attended Xavier University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History, cum laude, and was a recipient of the Outstanding History Major Award. She […]
McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA is pleased to welcome Tracy S. Francis to the firm as a principal in the Litigation group. Francis focuses her practice on business litigation, complex commercial, class action, fraud, employment, product liability, environmental, intellectual property, and defamation litigation. She has experience with all stages of litigation including drafting […]
Loren & Kean Law, our exclusive Construction Law Member in US – Florida, are pleased to announce the addition of Real Estate to their IR Global membership. This new position adds further strength to their membership and offers support for fellow members in the area. If you have a requirement in this area, please get in […]
Loren & Kean Law, our exclusive Construction Law Member in US – Florida, are pleased to announce the addition of Real Estate to their IR Global membership. This new position adds further strength to their membership and offers support for fellow members in the area. If you have a requirement in this area, please get in […]
A construction lien is a strong tool to ensure payment for contractors. Many contractors do not know the difference between liens on an entire property (fee simple, in legal terms) and a lien on a tenant’s lease. If you perform work for tenants, this is an important newsletter for you. In a recent case, our […]
DHCR just published the latest fact sheet relative to evictions of residential tenants. The fact sheet references the impact of the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 but addresses issues other than those relating to the Act. This information can be read and downloaded here. Please contact us with any related questions.
In the sad absence of having seen you all in person for our usual round tables, it seems appropriate to now offer some positives from the past year, (yes, there were some), and some pointers for 2021. As with all such varied groups, the relevance of ideas will also vary a great deal, but our […]
Synergy Business Lawyers, our exclusive Mergers & Acquisitions Member in the Netherlands, are pleased to announce the addition of Real Estate to their IR Global membership. This new position adds further strength to their membership and offers support for fellow members in the area. If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with […]
Our Securities Fraud practice area has received dozens of calls from distressed investors, all with the same complaint: “I woke up today, saw that my stock is trading at a much higher price, but when I went to sell, I had a fraction of the shares I had yesterday. Help! My broker stole my stock!” […]
Due to the tremendous financial impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on many of Ohio’s small businesses, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently announced two new relief programs that will be administered through the Ohio Development Services Agency. The Small Business Relief Grant (the “SBR Grant”) is a program designed to assist certain small businesses […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is currently experiencing a backlog of over 5 million pieces of mail, about half of what it was a few months ago, stemming from pandemic-induced stoppages in operation. This includes roughly 2.5 million hard copy tax returns that have gone unopened, according to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. The backlog become […]