Litigation

Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Does Not Invalidate Section 156 Patent Term Extension
Federal Circuit Holds Assignor Estoppel Does Not Apply in IPR Context
Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Holding of Patent Ineligibility of Computer Security Patent

Three cases from the summer of 2018 reinforce some of the key themes of recent e-discovery case law

In a case addressing what consulting fees (in particular attorneys' fees) can be charged to an applicant before a Zoning Board of Appeals, the Second Department in Landstein v. Town of LaGrange found that the Town had overreached its statutory authority.

Co-Tenant Obtains Partition Upon Failure of Adverse Possession Claim
Questions of Fact Remain About Violation of Covenant Requiring Use As a Catholic High School
Mortgagor's Letter Seeking Short Sale Did Not Reset Statute of Limitations on Mortgage
Failure to Construct Facility Triggers Reverter Provision in Deed
Questions of Fact About Whether Buyers Had Made Time of the Essence
No Equitable Mortgage When Statute of Limitations Bars Written Mortgage
Cotenant Entitled to Partition with Accounting

Video Surveillance an Adequate Substitute for Lobby Attendants
Yellowstone Injunction Unavailable When Tenant Could Not Establish Willingness to Cure
Landlord Prevails In Nonprimary Residence Proceeding

Shareholder Can Compel Board to Cooperate With Building Department

This article focuses on managing change for clients affected by the MMA's government-mandated mechanical licensing collective. In my view, far from putting songwriters on a trajectory away from the government regulation that has oppressed them for generations, the collective imposes an entirely new bureaucracy with potentially significant costs that are not readily apparent.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to due diligence, but some methods are significantly cheaper and more aligned to the business than others.