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Five Things Law Firm Leaders Need To Do As People Return to the Office Image

Five Things Law Firm Leaders Need To Do As People Return to the Office

Mark Beese

While we all look forward to returning to normal, the normal we left in early 2020 remains elusive. For those who are leading teams (such as executive committees, practice and industry groups, client teams, administrative departments, and firm committees), the struggle is more complex.

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Lateral Market for Bankruptcy Lawyers Not Stifled By Chapter 11 Slowdown Image

Lateral Market for Bankruptcy Lawyers Not Stifled By Chapter 11 Slowdown

Dan Roe

After a year filled with filings, commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies fell off a cliff in 2021, causing bankruptcy lawyers to work on out-of-court restructurings or pivot to practices with overlapping skills such as real estate and commercial litigation.

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Right of Publicity Case Roundup

Stan Soocher

Several recent court rulings aptly demonstrate how the right of publicity continues to be a vital cutting-edge area of celebrity law.

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The Roadmap of Litigation Analytics

Gloria Huang

Litigation analytics can be considered a roadmap of sorts — an important guide to ensure the legal professional arrives at the correct litigation strategy or business plan. However, like roadmaps, litigation analytics will only be useful if it's based on data that is complete and accurate.

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NYRE Staff

State May Recover Part of Advance Payment from Condemnee

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U.S. Supreme Court Considers Copyright Registration of Multiple Works Image

U.S. Supreme Court Considers Copyright Registration of Multiple Works

Rex A. Donnelly

The 'Unicolors' case highlights the value of copyright registration, not only for creators who rely on the exclusivity of their content for making a living, but also for anyone with copyright eligible works in their IP portfolio.

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Co-ops and Condominiums

NYRE Staff

Co-Op Entitled to Use and Occupancy Pendent Lite

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New York Cannabis Law's Lease Mandate Catch-22 Image

New York Cannabis Law's Lease Mandate Catch-22

Marjorie J. Peerce, Michael P. Robotti & Kamera Boyd

New York's recently enacted cannabis law, the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation of 2021 (MRTA), created a maze of new legal requirements that affect not only cannabis companies, but also the companies that conduct business with them.

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Litigation Over Skater Girl Film Transferred to CA

Cedra Mayfield

When Atlanta filmmaker-turned-plaintiff Raymond Pirtle Jr. filed a copyright infringement suit against CA-based Netflix in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, he pitted him against seasoned attorneys, representing a corporate giant in a case that has both sides claiming early incremental victories.

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Appellate Court Holds FCC Penalty Claim Survives Chapter 11 Corporate Debtor's Discharge Image

Appellate Court Holds FCC Penalty Claim Survives Chapter 11 Corporate Debtor's Discharge

Michael L. Cook

A Chapter 11 corporate debtor's monetary penalty obligation owed to the FCC, resulting from "fraud on consumers," survived the debtor's reorganization plan discharge, even when the FCC "was not a victim of the fraud," the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held.

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