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McLaughlin & Stern Partner Nelson E. Canter, Esq., has been retained to protect the subrogation interests of the property insurer for the Champlain Condominium Homeowner’s Association in connection with the catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, FL on June 24, 2021. The collapse tragically resulted […]

The firm recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New York homeowner alleging that the Architectural Review Board of the Village of Scarsdale improperly denied his request for architectural approval on subjective grounds. In addition to challenging the denial itself, the firm is also challenging the subjective nature of the review board’s approval process, and our lawyers are seeking relief for the client on various constitutional grounds as well.

Companies often include mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts. Requiring arbitration of employment-related disputes can help mitigate the costs of dispute resolution, and it can also help avoid publicity of claims filed both by and against the company’s employees.

In a notable appellate victory for one of McLaughlin & Stern’s clients, the firm secured a stay of enforcement pending the outcome of the client’s appeal.

            On January 1, 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).  The CTA will become effective on January 1, 2022.  The CTA will require certain U.S. “reporting companies”[1] (including LLCs) to disclose to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), information on their (i) “beneficial owners” […]