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Enforcement of Obligations Imposed In SEQRA Findings Statements

Stewart E. Sterk

When, at the culmination of environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), a municipality resolves to require a developer to ameliorate environmental impacts, can anyone other than the municipality itself enforce the requirement?

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Using Section 365(n) to Minimize Loss of Use of IP In Licensor Bankruptcy

By Richard Assmus, Matthew Wargin, Monique Mulcare & Danielle Corn

This article provides an overview of Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, a key provision within the Code that allows a debtor to assume, assume and assign, or reject certain executory contracts and unexpired leases.

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Fresh Filings

ELF Staff

Notable court filings in entertainment law.

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Landlord & Tenant Law

NYRE Staff

Nonpayment Proceeding Not Available for Use and Occupancy Questions of Fact About Whether Landlord Accepted Surrender Improper Withholding of Consent Does Not Excuse Guarantor Loft Board's Rejection of Abandonment Petition Upheld

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Ninth Circuit Finally Resolves Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Royalties Issue

Robert W. Clarida & Robert J. Bernstein

The Ninth Circuit ruling in Flo & Eddie may turn out to be last stop on the long and winding road the owners of pre-1972 recordings have traveled in their efforts to obtain compensation for public performances through platforms like Sirius.

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NFTs and Virtual Patent Marking

Willem Klein

Patent marking is an important step in the patent lifecycle as it is generally required to seek damages from infringers prior to the date the suit is filed. While virtual marking has somewhat reduced the overhead of marking, it suffers from the same problems all Internet-based evidence runs into in court: websites are ephemeral and have intermittent accessibility, as well as poor public logging of when information existed where, and for how long. NFTs on a digital blockchain could potentially overcome these hurdles, while still providing the benefits of virtual marking via websites.

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Making the Office a Destination: The Rise of Hospitality In Law Firms

Anthony Davies

The law firm office cannot remain unchanged, therefore, as if frozen in time set to some date prior to the onset of pandemic, when all the terms and meaning have all changed. In fact, the office must now provide benefits or an experience the lawyers and staff cannot get at home.

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Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Settlement Vacation Could Bring More Scrutiny to Non-Debtor Releases

Avalon Zoppo

A ruling tossing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement could tee up a new issue for the U.S. Supreme Court and spur other judges to more closely scrutinize non-debtor releases, a controversial mechanism that shields third parties in Chapter 11 proceedings from liability.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

N.Y. Appellate Division Affirms Denial of Motion To Dismiss Personal Manager's Lawsuit Against Management Attorney Playboy Gets Preliminary Injunction Against Counterfeit NFTs Seller

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Development

NYRE Staff

Town Law Does Not Require Public Hearing On Site Plan Approval

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