• Change in the SOFR: LIBOR Transition Gets an Extension

    Regulators have announced that the transition away from LIBOR will largely be extended to June 23, 2023, from December 31, 2021. Take advantage of the breathing room to prepare yourself and your clients for the new benchmark, SOFR. This practice note...

  • General Electric Co. v. Moretz

    General Electric Co. v. Moretz United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit June 22, 1959, Argued ; September 16, 1959, Decided No. 7878 Opinion  [*782]  This suit was brought by Kelly C. Moretz against the General Electric Company for injuries...

  • N.Y. Times Co. v. Tasini

    Six freelance authors contributed articles in which they had registered copyrights to periodicals published by print publishers. Under agreements with the print publishers, but without the freelancers' consent, electronic publishers copied the articles...

  • Ware v. Hylton

    Plaintiff, a subject of Great Britain, appealed from the judgment of the Circuit Court for the District of Virginia, which ruled in favor of defendants, citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Court held that the paying of a debt due before the...

  • SDLT first time buyers relief

    Does being a potential beneficiary of a discretionary trust disqualifies the person in question from claiming the relief? I believe having a defined interest in a trust property (e.g. a life interest to live in it) means one is disqualified. I can't...

  • Kalbfell v. Marc Glassman, Inc.

    Employees of Marc’s Salem, Ohio store told the manager that Tammy Kalbfell, a store patron, had been arrested for shoplifting in another store and was banned from shopping there; neither charge was true. The manager called a security guard over...

  • Bovin v. Galitzka

    Plaintiff landlord and defendant tenant entered into a lease agreement for a term of five years at an annual rental of $1200. It described the premises leased as "the corner store and part of cellar in building known as No. 3001 Avenue N....to be...

  • Handicapped Children's Educ. Bd. v. Lukaszewski

    Defendant teacher resigned before her contract with the plaintiff school board expired, claiming that health problems prevented her continued employment. The board was forced to hire a more qualified replacement at a higher rate of pay. The board brought...

  • People v. Goetz

    A Grand Jury indicted defendant on attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon for having shot and wounded four youths on a subway train after one or two of the youths approached him and asked for money. On December 31, 1984, Goetz...

  • Comment on What commercial buildings are exempt from the need for a commercial EPCs?

    An energy performance certificate (EPC) is required: when an existing building is sold or rented out when a building under construction is finished after refurbishment when there are greater or fewer separate parts of the building and the modification...