Real Estate

The super panel - local authority legal teams fight back after public sector cuts

By Alex Aldridge | June 30, 2010

With Chancellor George Osborne last week announcing dramatic spending cuts over the current Parliament, there can be little doubt that public sector workers are gearing up for tougher times. But lawyers, at least, can claim to have made some pre-emptive moves to address the expected age of austerity. One response has been the trend of individual local authorities coming together to share services. This has been extended to buying legal services through the recent series of combined panels - effectively cross-authority panels that allow groups of local bodies to pool their buying power and cut administration.

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BLP boosts City real estate with hire of long-serving Linklaters partner

By Sofia Lind | June 18, 2010

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired a top-rated City real estate partner from Linklaters. James Knox will join the City rival's senior equity partnership after 23 years at the magic circle firm, having joined as an associate in 1987 and made partner in 1999.

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Public sector to feel the pinch as Government tackles deficit

By Claire Ruckin | June 16, 2010

Interesting, challenging, tough - words everyone working in the private sector has become used to over the last two years. But its now the turn of lawyers covering the public sector to dig up the austerity-related euphemisms as the new coalition Government pushes on with its plans to reel in the UK's yawning budget deficit. As Paul Gilbert, chief executive of consultant LBC Wise Counsel, comments: "The private sector and big corporates have been through high-profile redundancies and cuts - now it is the public sector's time to see the squeeze."

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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke takes role as international anti-corruption champion

By Suzi Ring | June 15, 2010

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has been named as the UK's new international anti-corruption champion, suceeding former incumbent Jack Straw. The move comes as the new coalition Government attempts to address the effects of international corruption on the country's economy.

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MoJ says Legal Services Act rollout on track despite Cable review

By Claire Ruckin | June 10, 2010

The Ministry of Justice has denied that the implementation of the Legal Services Act (LSA) is to be delayed after Business Secretary Vince Cable launched a review of excessive regulation. Cable launched the Reducing Regulation Committee earlier this month (2 June), with the intention to review the Labour administration's pipeline of reforms and curb 'excessive regulation'. The body, which will be chaired by Cable, was termed by the Government as a 'Star Chamber" charged with reducing regulation.

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Linklaters set for next stage of £3.5m claim as defendants grow to five

By Claire Ruckin | June 9, 2010

Linklaters is gearing up to fight a £3.5m court battle in the autumn against five defendants over issues relating to the maintenance of its City HQ. Following a recent ruling (21 May), the magic circle law firm's original claim against construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine and its holding company will now include a total of three additional parties.

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Cabinet Office releases details of top-earning public lawyers

By Sofia Lind | June 2, 2010

A number of high-flying public sector lawyers have seen their pay packages disclosed this week (31 May) after the Cabinet Office issued a list of civil servants earning more than £150,000. First parliamentary counsel Stephen Laws is among those with the highest public income, falling into the pay bracket £225,000-£229,999. Laws, a qualified barrister, joined the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in 1976.

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Linklaters names former World Bank lawyer as new Paris office head

By Suzi Ring | June 1, 2010

Linklaters has appointed Paul Lignieres as the new managing partner of its Paris office as litigator Arnaud de La Cotardiere steps down after 18 months at the helm. Lignieres, whose four-year term began on 27 May, will carry out the brief alongside his existing role as co-head of Linklaters' global infrastructure and construction group and head of its Paris public law group.

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Regional development agencies early victims of public spending cuts

By Sofia Lind | May 26, 2010

Sweeping curbs on public spending are set to have an early impact on the legal sector, with the Government this week announcing deep cuts in regional development agencies (RDAs) as part of an initial £6.2bn round of cuts. England's nine RDAs will lose £270m this year - roughly 20% of their budget.

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Mishcons adds real estate partner with LG hire

By Jeremy Hodges | May 10, 2010

Mishcon de Reya has turned to LG for its latest hire, bringing in senior associate Jonathan Legg as a partner to boost its real estate tax group. Legg, who joins Mishcons today (10 May), has a corporate tax practice focusing on property investment, development, finance and funds work.

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Daily Business Review

New Arbitration Process Weiss Serota Used to Win Against FEMA Could Help With Hurricane Ian Claims

By Melea VanOstrand | October 19, 2022

"Even if you dot your Is and cross your Ts, [FEMA is] looking for every little thing and any reason whatsoever to deny any amount of money," said attorney Justin Luger of Weiss Serota.

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Daily Business Review

Commercial Real Estate Sellers Are Feeling the Pressure of Rising Interest Rates

By Melea VanOstrand | October 19, 2022

Some deals are falling through because the cost of borrowing is making some projects economically unfeasible.

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New York Law Journal

The Impact of Amended RPAPL §749(3) on Commercial Tenant Bankruptcies

By Paul A. Rubin and Hanh V. Huynh | October 19, 2022

With the deletion of just a few words from RPAPL §749(3), the 2019 amendment opens the door for tenant-debtors to assume leases even after a pre-bankruptcy warrant of eviction has been issued, without the need for the tenant to first vacate the warrant of eviction.

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Daily Business Review

Carlton Fields Shareholders Prevail in Litigation Over Outdoor Dining in Miami Beach, Popularized During Pandemic

By Raychel Lean | October 18, 2022

"The ruling is particularly important in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the city temporarily allowed businesses to provide more outdoor dining on streets and sidewalks," said Carlton Fields shareholder Enrique Arana.

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Daily Business Review

Hurricane Ian Might Not 'Crater' Florida's Insurance Market, But Here's What to Expect

By Melea VanOstrand | October 18, 2022

Many insurance companies have paused insuring in Florida until they have a better handle on their losses from the hurricane, says Joseph Gendelman, president and CEO of Bruce Gendelman Insurance Services.

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New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

By Scott Mollen | October 18, 2022

Scott Mollen discusses "Mackey v. My Little Saltbox, LLC," where intentional misrepresentations in a real estate transaction barred a motion to dismiss, and "Torres v. Marrero" where Anti-SLAPP pleading standards were found to apply to a defamation suit between bickering neighbors.

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New Jersey Law Journal

Credit Suisse to Pay NJ $495 Million to Settle Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

By Colleen Murphy | October 17, 2022

The lawsuit, filed in Mercer County Superior Court, Chancery Division, alleged that Credit Suisse packaged billions of dollars of defective residential loans into publicly traded securities.

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Daily Report Online

Arnall Golden Keeps Up Real Estate Growth, Adding 3 Lawyers

By Jacob Polacheck | October 17, 2022

The additions are among the latest real estate lateral moves among Southeast firms, as the practice area stays hot in 2022.

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The Recorder

Willkie Takes 3-Partner Real Estate Group From Munger Tolles

By Jessie Yount | October 17, 2022

Misty Sanford, Karen Lorang and Aimee Contreras-Camua and two associates join a fast-growing global real estate department at Willkie.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Tangled Titles: Addressing a $1.1B Phila. Problem

By Rachel Gallegos | October 14, 2022

Tangled titles affect homeowners across the city, but they disproportionately affect Black homeowners.

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