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SCOTUS Curbs 'Pure Omissions' Lawsuits Image

SCOTUS Curbs 'Pure Omissions' Lawsuits

Jimmy Hoover

In a unanimous victory to the securities industry, the U.S. Supreme Court curbed investor lawsuits based on a company's mere failure to disclose known trends likely to affect their revenues.

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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Kaiying Wang

Federal Circuit Weighs On the Patentability of Claims to Targeted Advertising Federal Circuit Clarifies the Result-Effective Variable Doctrine

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Executive Producers' "Most Favored Nations" Clauses Could Be Applied to Walking Dead Series Producer's Profit-Participation Settlement   Image

Executive Producers' "Most Favored Nations" Clauses Could Be Applied to Walking Dead Series Producer's Profit-Participation Settlement  

Stan Soocher

Can the settlement of a lawsuit by one profit participant in a TV production be used to increase the contingent compensation provisions of other profit participants in the show?

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In-House Counsel Perspective on Negotiating Social Media Influencer Contracts Image

In-House Counsel Perspective on Negotiating Social Media Influencer Contracts

Chris O'Malley

With the FTC amping up its scrutiny in the social media influencer space, in-house counsel has an opportunity to mitigate risk and help their companies get more bang for their influencer marketing buck.

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Seventh Circuit Applies Safe Harbor to Private Securities Transaction

Michael L. Cook

"… [T]he term 'securities contract' as used in [Bankruptcy Code] §546(e) unambiguously includes contracts involving privately held securities," The Seventh Circuit held in Petr v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A.

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The Guaranty Law Continues to Divide Opinion

Matthew J. Schenker & Joshua Kopelowitz

This article discusses the recent developments surrounding the constitutionality of the Guaranty Law. In particular, we address the Southern District's view that the statute is unconstitutional and the splintered view of the statute's constitutionality expressed by New York State courts.

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Fourth Circuit Weighs In on Fair Use and Copyright Registration Validity

Thomas Kjellberg & Robert W. Clarida

In Philpot v. Independent Journal Review, the Fourth Circuit found no fair use or copyright validity for a concert photographer's use of a photo of Ted Nugent as part of a collection.

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Pursuing AI Programmers and Third Parties over Alleged Rights Violations Caused by AI Software Image

Pursuing AI Programmers and Third Parties over Alleged Rights Violations Caused by AI Software

Jonathan Bick

Because AIs are capable of causing harm but cannot be a legal entity, they are not held accountable by court action. Several current and future possibilities exist to resolve AI difficulties. Current options involve identifying indirect liability. Future options include but are not limited to changing the law to make an AI a legal person and/or changing the law to make AI programing an ultra-hazardous activity.

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Development

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

ZBA's Abandonment of Its Prior Determination Invalid Denial of Area Variance Upheld Lease of Town Property Upheld; Property Not Subject to Public Trust East Side Rezoning Upheld Against SEQRA Challenge

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Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: 523(a) Discharge Exceptions Don't Apply to Corporate Debtors Under Subchapter V Image

Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: 523(a) Discharge Exceptions Don't Apply to Corporate Debtors Under Subchapter V

Lawrence J. Kotler & Elisa Hyder

In Lafferty v. Off-Spec Solutions, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held that the discharge exceptions under Section 523(a) do not apply to corporate debtors under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

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