UPDATED, Feb. 5 2021, 3:55 p.m.: It’s been nearly a year since the start of the pandemic and for some retailers, that means it’s been nearly a year since they’ve paid rent.
Take L’Occitane, the French beauty brand. On March 25, 2020, the company told one of its landlords, Simon Property Group, that it would stop paying rent at its locations for “as long as the crisis continues,” starting in April. It then halted rent payments at 40 of its stores.
As a result, L’Occitane owes the mall landlord $3.7 million. Now, Simon is taking its tenant to court: The landlord filed a complaint last week in New York State Supreme Court, threatening legal action if L’Occitane doesn’t pay.
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100 Erie County Restaurants Suing State Over Closing Time
More Western New York restaurants and bars are suing New York State over the mandated closing time. The restaurants want to stay open past the current time of 10 pm, according to WKBW. The law firms HoganWillig Attorneys at Law and Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP filed the petition on Friday, January 22, 2021, on behalf of the restaurants. The 10 pm closing time is a restriction condition of the State s Yellow Zone classification, according to NY Forward,
Indoor and outdoor dining permitted, 4 person maximum per table, and bars and restaurants close at 10:00 PM for on-premises consumption.
he helped select nominees to New York’s highest court
NEW YORK – January 13, 2021 – Alan Mansfield, a beloved and highly respected New York litigation attorney who helped shape the New York State Court of Appeals as a 25-year member of the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination, passed away January 11, 2021. He was a member of the Executive Committee at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he had also served as the co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Practice. Mansfield joined the law firm in 1994 as the 11
th attorney in its then nascent New York City office, and the Commission two years later.