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Purchaser Entitled to Return of Downpayment When Co-Op Failed to Consent

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Howard Shire & Christine Weller

Penn State Files Trademark Lawsuit against Sports Beer Brewing Company Can OSU Trademark the Word "The"?

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Stan Soocher

Texas Court of Appeals Won't Let Former Lawyer for Matthew Knowles Use State's Anti-SLAPP Statute to Dismiss Knowles' Cross-Claims in Legal Fees Dispute

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New Developments In Och-Ziff FCPA Settlement As Brooklyn Judge Grants Victim Status to Former Investors In Restitution Claim over Lost African Mining Venture

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Juliet Gunev

Former Cognizant Technology COO Settles FCPA Case In Relation to India Office Construction Project

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Court Decides Who Is the 'Prevailing Party' No Duty to Collect Rent from Subsequent Tenant

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Mortgagee Entitled to Deficiency Judgment When Mortgagor's Submissions Are Insufficient to Rebut Mortgagee's Appraisal Foreclosure Action Proceeds Despite Failure to Formally Discontinue Prior Foreclosure Action Forbearance Agreement Tolled Statute of Limitations Foreclosure Proceeding Dismissed for Lack of Standing Did Not Accelerate Mortgage

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Landlord Failed to Rebut Presumption of Willfulness Landlord Substantiated Individual Apartment Improvements Vacatur of Stipulation for Use and Occupancy Overturned Occupant's Deception Waived Succession Rights Setting Rent for Unit First Decontrolled In 1954

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Commercial Units Should Be Counted In Determining Amount of Reserve Fund

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Players on the Move

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A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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