Features
Michael A. Mora
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Alaina Lancaster
The latest cryptocurrency craze has litigators closely watching from the sidelines. Buyers of digital non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are ready to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes more, but when disputes start to hit the scene, litigators said there is little to no case law as precedent.
Features
Scott Graham
Google didn't get an answer from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the Java Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) it copied from Sun Microsystems were copyrightable. But it got just about everything else it could have hoped for in a decision that ended its 11-year copyright clash with Sun's successor, Oracle.
Features
Aron Solomon
By moving away from demand for traditional offices and office space, employers will be able to select from a much broader range of talent and a much greater geographical range of places to find and use these employees.
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Paul D. Selver
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James P. Power
In Committee for Environmentally Sound Development ("CESD") v. Amsterdam Ave. Redevelopment Associates LLC, the Appellate Division, First Department, overturned a Supreme Court decision that would have required partial demolition of a nearly completed 55-story building at 200 Amsterdam Avenue.
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Christine K. Au-Yeung
NFTs have been all the rage in the world. So what exactly are NFTs, and how do they reconcile with the basic tenets of intellectual property law?
Features
Jonathan P. Friedland, Mark Melickian
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Hajar Jouglaf
A large number of reported decisions interpreting Sub V have mostly addressed the eligibility threshold for a debtor to proceed under the new law. And legitimate questions will continue to present themselves. Such is the nature of most new (and even not-so-new) statutes.
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
Easement By Necessity Claim Fails for Inadequate Proof of Unity of Title At Severance
No Specific Performance When Purchaser Failed to Elect Contract Remedies
Subdivision of Dominant Parcel Did Not Terminate Easement
Judgment Creditor Not Entitled to Compel Sale of Tenancy By the Entirety Property
Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Specific Performance Claim
Town Had No Authority to Issue Parking Permits on Land of Waterfront Owners
Features
Tom McParland
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently issued decisions in two closely watched copyright fair use cases involving photographs. In the…
Features
Erika Morphy
Underwriting clearly has been affected by the pandemic-led downturn. Lenders are using higher vacancies and reserves to underwrite, leading to more conservative loan proceeds.
Features
Alison D. Bauer
At present, there remains no avenue for Chapter 11 debtors to receive PPP Loans during the course of the bankruptcy case. The limitation on PPP availability notwithstanding, other legislative changes have greatly enhanced the eligibility for and efficacy of bankruptcy relief for many small businesses.
