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First Department Construes Open Space Requirement
In Peyton v. New York City Board of Standards and Appeals, the First Department faced a difficult question: when a zoning lot includes more than one building, can open space accessible to residents of one building, but not to residents of the other buildings, count as open space within the meaning of the New York City Zoning Resolution?
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Landlord & Tenant
Tenant's Contractor Has Lien Against Landlord's Interest<br>Stipulation of Settlement Between Landlord and Tenant Did Not Release Guarantor<br>Landlord Bound By Rent Mistakenly Set By Temporary Receiver
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Real Property Law
Lot Owner Lacks Standing to Compel Payment of Assessments<br>No Foreclosure Jurisdiction Over Deceased Owners<br>Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Claims of Easement By Necessity and Prescription
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Development
Zoning Board Bound By Prior Determination<br>Planning Board Had Rational Basis to Require Church to Record an Easement<br>Special Permit Denial Overturned<br>Restrictive Zoning Ordinance Sustained Against Multiple Challenges
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Perfecting Film Financiers' Liens in Copyrights
The law on how to perfect a lien in a copyright application is foggy at best. This article sketches out pitfalls of the current process for perfecting a lien on a copyright application, and potential steps that a financier may take to help perfect and protect a film investment.
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Decision of Note: 6th Cir. Says No 'Magic Words' to 'Elect' Copyright Statutory Damages
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided that §504 of the U.S. Copyright Act doesn't require any “magic words incantation” for a copyright infringement plaintiff to choose a statutory damages award, that “[t]he word 'elect' does not by itself require formal procedures.”
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No Secondary Liability Seen Yet, By Band's Reps, for Sexual Assault
A federal judge in Camden, NJ decided that a Christian rock band's management, talent agent and lead singer weren't vicariously liable for the sexual assault of a teenage fan committed by a member of the band.
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11th Circuit Says Anti-SLAPP Law Doesn't Belong in Federal Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected an appeal by CNN to dismiss a libel case over the cable network's 2015 investigation of infant deaths at a Florida hospital.
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L.A. Sees Many Moves Among Entertainment Law Firms
Entertainment practices with well-known clients are in high demand in the Los Angeles legal market, leading to a spate of lateral hires among American Lawyer 200 firms in the latter part of 2018.
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Bit Parts
Actor's Negligence Claim over Film Set Injury Preempted by California's Workers' Compensation Act<br>Nashville Federal Court Decides Record Producer Didn't Abandon Master Recordings of 1970s George Jones Album
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