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Reset Clauses In Ground Leases
The purpose behind rent reset clauses is simple — to capture any change in the fair market value (and fair market rental value) of the leased property. However, the application of rent reset clauses in practice is anything but simple, and the consequences of such clauses can be significant.
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Flood and Terrorism Insurance Reauthorization: Safe for Now
Federal programs have made insurance more readily accessible to protect real property in the event of a flood or an act of terrorism. These programs enable flood and terrorism insurance to be widely available at realistic price points by ensuring that the amount of the premiums payable for such insurance remain at a level that a borrower can afford, which in turn preserves the underwritten economics of the loan transaction.
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Local Law Banning Music Festival Is Not Unconstitutional Restraint of Speech
A landowner challenged local zoning that banned holding a three-day music festival, arguing that the law was an unconstitutional violation of free speech and void for vagueness.
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Case Study: Swedish Music Industry Views as European Union Countries Work on Drafting Home Laws for Enacting EU Copyright Directive
This article is Part One of a two-part article. Part Two will appear in our March 2020 issue. This article examines the Copyright Directive and music-industry structure issues through the lens of Sweden, which has both a robust music business and a strong technology sector, two divergent perspectives in the development of the directive.
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Biometrics and the Fifth Amendment: A New Frontier
When used for work, mobile devices routinely contain employers' proprietary and confidential data. The struggle between Government requests for access to such data and constitutional protections — including the Government's ability to compel the turnover of biometric "keys" to unlock mobile devices — create areas of concern.
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Out of Possession Landlord's Agreement With HUD To Maintain Premises Does Not Subject Landlord to Personal Injury Liability Out of Possession Landlord Liability for Injuries on Abutting Sidewalk Breach of Lease By Subsidiary Does Not Justify Piercing Corporate Veil Tenant Not Entitled to Preliminary Injunction Requiring Landlord to Co-Operate Landlord Must Maintain Elevator Service for Use By Single Tenant Tenant Not Relieved of Obligation to Pay Real Estate Taxes
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When Is a Promise Enough?: Contractual Duties and Insider Trading
Two criminal appeals before the Second Circuit require the Court of Appeals to decide whether the violation of a fiduciary relationship is required to create insider trading liability or if a breach of contract is sufficient.
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New Lawsuit Over Meek Mill Documentary
A former Philadelphia police officer has alleged she was defamed in an episode of Free Meek, the documentary series that was made available on Amazon Prime last year.
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Move Quickly: Supreme Court Holds that Bankruptcy Court's Denial of Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay Is a Final Appealable Order
In a recent, unanimous opinion authored by Justice Ginsburg, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed lower court decisions holding that a bankruptcy court order denying a motion for relief from the automatic stay constitutes a final order that must be appealed within the time provided under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8002.
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Local Law Banning Music Festival Is Not Unconstitutional Restraint of Speech
A landowner challenged local zoning that banned holding a three-day music festival, arguing that the law was an unconstitutional violation of free speech and void for vagueness.
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