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Landlord & Tenant Law
Holdover Tenant Liable for Breach of Covenant Landlord's Acceptance of Rent for 20 Years Waived Right to Challenge Tenancy and to Prevent Exercise of Options to Renew DHCR's Decision Destabilitzing Apartment Upheld
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Real Property Law
Scope of Easement Included Right to Install Seasonal Dock No Easement By Necessity But Questions of Fact Remained About Prescription Claim Questions of Fact Remain About Effects of Drilling On Neighboring Parcel Condominium Not Entitled To Summary Judgment On Neighbor's Claim for Negligent Maintenance of Water Main
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Fraudulent Conveyance Claim Against Sponsor Avoids Dismissal Unit Owner's Appropriation of Common Area Constitutes Continuous Trespass Not Barred By Statute of Limitations
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Development
Environmental Group Had Standing to Challenge Permit Town Could Not Deny Special Permit On Ground That Unit Owner Had Failed to Show Reasonable Need for Proposed Facility
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Fresh Filings
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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Players On the Move
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
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IP News
'Polaroid' and Online Self-Promotion: A Cautionary Tale
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Development
City Took Hard Look At Environmental Factors Without Requiring Environmental Impact Statement On Impact of Climate Change Area Variance Grant Upheld for Construction of Fence Landowner Did Not Establish Pre-Existing Nonconforming Use
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Real Property Law
Practical Location of Boundaries Doctrine Applicable Even When Deeded Boundaries Are Clear Restrictive Covenant Did Not Bar Above Ground Pool and Deck Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment On Enforceability of Two-Year-Old Contract Adverse Possession Claim Fails for Failure to Prove Cultivation and Improvement
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Eminent Domain Law
Public Purpose Finding Upheld
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