The American Lawyer has announced that it will honor Friedman Kaplan at its 4th Annual Global Legal Awards, to be held on September 26, 2016 at Gotham Hall in New York. The firm is being recognized for its work in the Argentine Bonds Litigation, which The American Lawyer has designated as the Global Dispute of the Year for U.S. Litigation (Finance).   More

Addressing an issue of first impression with potentially far reaching consequences for the trillion dollar mortgage-backed securities market, the Second Circuit has held that origination and underwriting defects of the type allegedly widespread over the last decade do not destroy the tax exempt status of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC).  More