Features
Francis J. Lawall
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Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith
Simply because the expert is retained by counsel in anticipation of litigation, does not automatically render all communications privileged.
Features
Amanda Bronstad
U.S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham found that 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies, which is financially solvent, had no "valid reorganization purpose" to file for Chapter 11 protection last year.
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Entertainment Law
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Finance Staff
Notable court filings in entertainment law.
Features
Stan Soocher
The lion's share of attention to copyright-infringement claims against Ed Sheeran over his song of the Year "Thinking Out Loud" recently focused on the trial in New York federal court in which a jury found in Sheeran's favor in the lawsuit brought by the heirs of a co-author of the 1970s soul-song classic "Let's Get It On." But in September 2022, a related infringement suit over the same songs' matching chord progression and harmonic rhythm was allowed to go forward.
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New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
Mortgagee's Action to Vacate Tax Sale Should Not Have Been Dismissed Even Though Redemption Period Had Expired
Landowner Has Right of Access Across State Lands
Part Performance Exception to Statute of Frauds Inapplicable
Emails Insufficient to Satisfy Statute of Frauds
Statute of Limitations Does Not Bar Claim to Remove Cloud on Title
Purchase Option Not Assignable
Buyer Recovers Down Payment When Seller Failed to Deliver Certificate of Occupancy
Nassau County's Recording Fees Held Excessive and Improper
Section 265-a Authorizes Rescission of Termination Agreement
Prescriptive Easement Claim Fails for Failure to Establish Hostile Use
Features
Robert B. Greco
Proxies in voting and support agreements, secured debt instruments, and other corporate documents should be drafted in a manner that fully reflects the intended scope of the parties' proxy relationship.
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New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
Tenant's Failure to Restore Premises At End of Lease Constitutes Breach
Fraud Exception to Four-Year Lookback Period Inapplicable
Guaranty Clause Did Not Bind Tenant's Principal
Features
Joseph J. Ori
Since the 1980s, the country has been through numerous recessions and real estate crashes. Whenever these downturns or crashes occur, the distressed side of the industry, which is usually dormant until the crash occurs, rises to the challenge and mobilizes its resources to acquire, renovate, release, and sell these foreclosed and vacant properties.
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Jeff Ginsberg
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J. Jay Cho
Federal Circuit Examines the Analogous Art Test
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Finding of Prior Invention
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NYRE Staff
When Zoning Amendment Adds Permitted Uses In Zoning District, Landowners Subject to the Ordinance Have Standing to Challenge the Amendment
