Real Property Law
January 01, 2023
Administrator's Deed Divested Distributees of Ownership Interest
No Rescission of Deed When Mistake Was Not Mutual
Restrictive Covenant Did Not Bar Educational Use
Issues of Fact About Mortgagee's Knowledge of Fraud Precludes Summary Judgment
No Private Right of Action to Enforce Food Cart Regulations
Mass. Appeals Court: Accelerating Rent As Liquidated Damages Unenforceable
January 01, 2023
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently reversed a judgment in favor of a landlord in a tenant default matter, finding that a provision of a commercial lease that accelerated the remaining rent as liquidated damages is unenforceable as a penalty. The opinion "brings uncertainty to thousands of existing commercial lease agreements."
Players On the Move
January 01, 2023
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
What's In Store for the Blockchain Industry In 2023?
January 01, 2023
The FTX bankruptcy caps a very difficult 2022 for the entire blockchain industry, spanning exchanges to decentralized finance to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Blockchain and crypto skeptics are shouting "I told you so," while investors watch billions of investment dollars evaporate under the harsh light of the bankruptcies of Celsius, Compute North and now FTX.
What the SEC May Be Signaling Through Its Approach to NFTs and F-NFTs
January 01, 2023
Recent actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), together with certain statements by SEC commissioners, may indicate a shift in approach toward a rebuttable presumption that digital assets are securities, without deference to formal legal tests.
A Secondment Can Help Grow Your IP Practice
January 01, 2023
Although your company may have an in-house IP attorney, your company may still need temporary help from an outside law firm to develop your company's patent portfolio and to solve your company's need for temporary help with minimal need for training and financial investment. If you do not have the budget to hire an in-house IP attorney, the solution is to try a secondment — an attorney from an outside law firm temporarily joins your in-house legal team as a "secondee" on a part-time or full-time basis.
Litigation Financing 2.0: Financing the Business of Law
January 01, 2023
It is not accidental that funding the creation or growth of law firms and practice groups has tended to follow a traditional path. Rather, this circumstance is a combination of traditional legal temperament and structural barriers to innovation. Recently, there have been changes to both.