Beth Kaufman was Co-Chair at the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (“FDCC”) Symposium

Beth Kaufman Co-Chairs the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (“FDCC”) Symposium, “The In-House Lawyer’s Toolkit – A Two-Day Conference for In-House and Outside Counsel Seeking to Provide Value Added Services to Their Clients,” New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28-30, 2015. For more information about the FDCC and the Corporate Counsel Symposium, please go to www.thefederation.org.


Nancy A. Connery Speaks at the New York State Bar Association Real Property Law Section’s Annual Meeting

On January 27, 2011, Nancy Connery spoke at the New York State Bar Association Real Property Law Section’s Annual Meeting. She gave a general overview of commercial lease cases decided in 2010. The cases involved a wide variety of issues, including lease guaranties, the voluntary payment doctrine, constructive eviction, Rule against Perpetuities, and much more! To read her summary of the cases, click here: Commercial Lease Law Roundup 2010.

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Nancy A. Connery Speaks at the American Law Institute-American Bar Association’s Annual Program on Commercial Leasing

Nancy Connery was one of the speakers at the American Law Institute-American Bar Association’s annual program on commercial leasing. This year’s program, entitled “Selected Issues in Drafting and Negotiating in a Distressed and Troubled Market,” will be held in Philadelphia, PA on June 9 and June 10, 2011. A program description is available at: http://www.ali-aba.org/cs048.

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Nancy A. Connery Speaks at the American Bar Association Leasing Group’s Program Entitled Lease Assignments: When to Assign and How to Do It

Nancy Connery spoke at the American Bar Association Leasing Group’s program entitled “Lease Assignments: When to Assign and How to Do It” on January 5, 2011. Among other things, she discussed the differences between assignments and subleases, due diligence issues, and the drafting of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

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Nancy A. Connery Speaks at PLI’s Negotiating Commercial Leases

Nancy Ann Connery speaks at PLI’s “Negotiating Commercial Leases: How Owners and Corporate Occupants Can Avoid Costly Errors 2010” held November 18-19, 2010 in New York. She primarily focuses on lease provisions affecting the tenant’s right to assign and sublet, including restrictions on changes in control, recapture rights, reasoonableness requirements, and hidden traps.

For more information, please visit http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=60420&t=DAT0_NGCOM.

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Norman Greene Speaks at a Conference Entitled Race, Law and the Courts: Framing the Discussion for a Post Racial America

June 16, 2010

Norman Greene will be speaking on diversity in the judiciary on June 16, 2010 at a conference entitled Race, Law and the Courts: Framing the Discussion for a Post Racial America. The conference is being hosted by the Franklin H. Williams Commission on Minorities and will be held at New York Law School. The Franklin H. Williams Commission has been an integral part of the New York State Judiciary’s efforts to ensure equal justice. The Commission has become a national model for how state court systems can work effectively to address issues of concern to minority employees, litigants and communities. For more information on the conference or for registration information.

Norman Greene is a partner in our New York office.

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