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Acquisition and Ongoing Counsel for National Retail Business
The attorneys of FRB advised an investment fund in the purchase of a national retail company. After completing the purchase, FRB’s team of corporate and real estate attorneys worked cross-departmentally to renegotiate the retail company’s contracts with vendors and renegotiate their commercial real estate leases. FRB continues to assist the retail company in many facets of operating its business, including in labor and employment law matters.
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Summary Judgment Victory Enforcing NDA Protections
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman’s Intellectual Property and Litigation Practice Groups secured a summary judgment victory for a brand investment client in a dispute arising from a potential partner’s misuse of confidential information while the client was preparing to pursue a bid for a target company in a bankruptcy auction. FRB enforced the client’s contractual rights under a Non-Disclosure Agreement drafted by the firm and asserted claims for breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation under New York law and the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. The court granted summary judgment on the breach of contract claim, finding that the defendant violated the NDA by disclosing and misusing the client’s confidential information, while permitting the trade secret claims and damages to proceed to trial. This outcome underscores the value of clear, enforceable confidentiality protections when sharing sensitive business information in high-stakes transactions.
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Ballot Access Secured After Voter Registration Challenge
FRB’s Election Law & Campaign Finance attorneys can guide you through the challenges of election law matters such as gaining access to the ballot. A Client came in, never having run for office and looking to get on the ballot. Unfortunately, it was discovered that due to a recent move from California, the New York State Board of Elections did not have the Client as a properly enrolled and registered voter. FRB worked with both New York State and California Secretary of State to prove to New York State that the Client was properly registered and enrolled as a voter in New York State, specifically New York City, thereby allowing the Client to remain on the ballot.
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Defensive Estate Planning to Avoid Litigation
Second marriages can pose difficult estate administration issues that can usually be avoided by careful planning. In one case, the Decedent’s daughter from his first marriage arranged for her father to execute a new Will excluding her step-mother, and had her step-mother execute a waiver of her right to serve as executrix or to take an elective share of the Decedent’s estate. When the couple came to FRB for advice, we drafted a Trust and transferred the Decedent’s house into the Trust and advised the couple to change most of their financial accounts into joint name. When the Decedent died, the surviving spouse was able to remain in her home, retain the assets that she and her husband put into joint name, collect retirement benefits, and avoid a Will contest.
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Successful Probate of a Lost Will to Carry Out Decedent’s Wishes
A client who was nominated as Executor for a friend came to FRB’s Probate & Administration of Trusts & Estates attorneys first seeking advice regarding becoming the Guardian over her friend and soon thereafter the Executor. It was soon discovered that the Decedent did not have close family or friends and that their original Will could not be located. However, through the creative and stubborn work of the attorneys at FRB, we were able to find all assets and interested parties and ultimately have the Court admit a copy of the Lost Will and still have all the Decedent’s wishes fulfilled.