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The Cares Act Amended: Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 20206/9/2020
If you have already received a PPP loan, the PPP Flexibility Act will not allow you to apply for or receive a second loan. With respect to loans applied for after enactment of the PPP Flexibility Act, although the covered period has been extended to 24 weeks, there has been no change to the maximum loan amount that can be borrowed under the PPP - it remains 2.5 times a borrower's one-month average payroll cost, as determined under the existing PPP application.
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View a Replay of Our Webinar on Back to Business: Navigating the New Normal06/05/2020
We would like to extend our sincerest appreciation to anyone who attended yesterday's webinar, Back to Business: Navigating the New Normal with Felicia Ennis, Chair of our Employment Law practice, and Frederick Cummings, Jr., Chair of our Corporate Law practice and our Managing Partner. We hope that you found the webinar informative and that it provided a jumping-off point for your own reopening plan. If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
View a replay of the webinar.
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Structuring Like-Kind Real Estate Exchange Treatment09/30/2020It is a commonly held belief among real estate investors that they will be entitled to like-kind exchange treatment under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) if they sell real property (commonly referred to as a “relinquished property”) and use the cash proceeds to acquire another real property (commonly referred to as an “exchange property”) as long as they (i) identify the exchange property no more than 45-days after the relinquished property is transferred; and (ii) acquire the exchange property no more than 180-days after that transfer occurs. While sometimes true, this could be a trap for the unwary when a calendar year taxpayer sells real property after October 17 (October 18 if the following year is a leap year) of any year.
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William Samuels, partner and Kristin Garris, counsel in the Copyright and Trademark Law Group, authored an article on the implications of Brexit on Intellectual Property published in the Bright Ideas Journal, a publication of the Intellectual Property Law section of the New York State Bar Association:11/19/2020
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Thirteen Warshaw Burstein Lawyers Ranked as 2020 Super Lawyers10/29/2020 | Super Lawyers
Thirteen Warshaw Burstein lawyers were ranked as 2020 Super Lawyers in their respective practice areas in the New York Metro area, including four lawyers who were ranked on the Rising Stars list.
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Eric Wrubel to Speak at the NYSBA Family Law Section Annual Meeting1/28/2021 | New York State Bar Association
On January 28, 2021, Matrimonial and Family Law partner Eric Wrubel will be a speaker at the New York State Bar Association’s Family Law Section's Annual Meeting.
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Bill Samuels Presents ALT Legal Webinar on New Media, Hashtags, Trademarks and Brand Protection10/14/20 | ALT Legal
On October 8, intellectual property partner Bill Samuels presented an ALT Legal webinar on new media, hashtags, trademarks and brand protection. In this webinar, Bill discussed issues and considerations for IP protection in the new media environment, namely the use of marks as hashtags, protectability of new media, and the practical implications of the public use of IP.
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In a recent podcast, Eric Wrubel, Partner and Chair of the firm’s Matrimonial Group, discussed his role in the riveting story about a case involving a fertility clinic mix- up that resulted in a woman carrying the intended children of two other families. The resulting Court decision set precedent that reverberates through surrogacy law in New York. You can listen here.05/28/2020
