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Major Labels File Lawsuits Over AI Companies' Alleged Copying of 'World's Most Popular' Recordings Image

Major Labels File Lawsuits Over AI Companies' Alleged Copying of 'World's Most Popular' Recordings

Jane Wester

Major record labels including Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment sued two music-focused generative artificial intelligence companies, accusing them of "willful copyright infringement on an almost unimaginable scale."

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Appellate Courts Skeptical About Bankruptcy Court Sanctions

Michael L. Cook

Recent appellate decisions reflect a distaste for appeals from bankruptcy court sanction orders. A split Fourth Circuit even refused to hear such an appeal. Other courts tend to limit sanctions or, alternatively, accept a bankruptcy judge's findings under a stringent "abuse of discretion" standard.

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Landlord Liable for Retaliating Against Maker of False Discrimination Claim Image

Landlord Liable for Retaliating Against Maker of False Discrimination Claim

Stewart E. Sterk

What responses are available to a landlord after a false claim of discrimination? The Court of Appeals faced that issue and held that a landlord may not seek to recover the damages it has suffered as a result of a false discrimination claim, so long as the claim was made in good faith.

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Supreme Court's Rejection of Purdue Pharma Settlement Redefines Releases In Chapter 11 Image

Supreme Court's Rejection of Purdue Pharma Settlement Redefines Releases In Chapter 11

Angelo Castaldi

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its most anticipated bankruptcy decision in recent memory. In a 5-4 decision entered June 27, the Supreme Court struck down the nonconsensual third-party releases. Writing for the Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch ruled that nothing in the Bankruptcy Code authorized the nonconsensual release or discharge of claims of opioid victims against the Sacklers, who were not debtors themselves.

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New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

ZBA Adequately Explains Reversal of Condition Imposed on Variance Mandamus Does Not Lie to Compel Change In Zoning Designation

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Ninth Circuit: Debt In Asset Case Is Nondischargeable If Debtor Fails to Properly Schedule the Debt Image

Ninth Circuit: Debt In Asset Case Is Nondischargeable If Debtor Fails to Properly Schedule the Debt

Lawrence J. Kotler & Geoffrey A. Heaton

In a recent published decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed a previously unresolved question in that circuit: whether a debtor's failure to properly schedule a debt in an "asset case" renders the debt nondischargeable.

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Real Property Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

No Release of Escrow When Questions of Fact Remain About Breach Questions of Fact Remain About Delay In Enforcing Easements Merger Doctrine Bars Buyer's Breach of Contract Claim Partition Claim Premature Without Judicial Investigation Reciprocal Easement Requires Cost-Sharing Secretary of State Not Required to Adopt Inspection Regulations

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Landlord & Tenant Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Landlord Not Entitled To Lock Out Subtenant Landlord Did Not Release Tenant from Rent Obligation Allowable Rent Increases Permitted Luxury Decontrol

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Is the Rule Preventing Bankruptcy Judges from Appointing Special Masters Outdated? Image

Is the Rule Preventing Bankruptcy Judges from Appointing Special Masters Outdated?

Mark B. Conlan & Noel L. Hillman

Rule 9031 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure prevents all bankruptcy judges, and, if broadly interpreted, any federal judge hearing bankruptcy cases and proceedings, from appointing special masters. The rule has not been amended since its adoption in 1983. It is outdated and should be repealed or amended to accord with the reality of today's complex Chapter 11 cases.

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