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Neighborhood Garden Users May Establish Adverse Possession Claim<br>Purchaser Entitled to Return of Down Payment Upon Revocation of Mortgage Commitment After Expiration of Contingency Period<br>Law Firm Not Liable to Non-Client for Turnover of Escrow Funds<br>Law Firm Not Exempt From Claim Under RPL 265-B<br>Presumption of Due Execution Rebutted<br>Title Insurance Regulation Annulled

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Stretching the Limitations Period in White-Collar Criminal Matters

Robert J. Anello & Justin Roller

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>Though they might seem straightforward on their faces, limitations periods are often elongated by legislation or court interpretation. The authors began looking at some of these exceptions to the stated limitations periods last month in Part One of this article. They continue here with further examples.

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Eleventh Circuit Strengthens Creditor's Defense to Preference Claim

Michael L. Cook

A defendant creditor in a preference suit may offset 1) the amount of later “new value” it sold to the Chapter 11 debtor against 2) the debtor's earlier preferential payment to the creditor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently held.

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Store Closing Lease Rejection in 'Shiekh Shoes'

David Kupetz & Asa Hami

Store closing or liquidation sales are a routine part of Chapter 11 cases involving retail debtors. These sales are consistently authorized by bankruptcy courts, despite lease provisions purporting to forbid them.

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PTO Gives Iancu More Control over PTAB Precedents

Scott Graham

The USPTO announced revisions to PTAB procedures that formalize Andrei Iancu's control over the 250 administrative patent judges and their policy-making, while making that control more transparent.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Colleen Snow

Utah Biodiesel Executives in $511 Million Fuel Tax Credit Scheme

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The Bankruptcy Code's Inherent Limitations for Struggling Golf Courses

Daniel A. Lev

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>The ability of a debtor to reject a restrictive covenant under Section 365 or to sell free and clear of a covenant under Section 363(f) is limited and the obstacles are difficult to surmount. A possible solution, however, may surface if a debtor can demonstrate a change of circumstances under state law.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

BOSTON Band Principal Scholz Loses Appeal in “Original” Member Billing Dispute Against Former BOSTON Guitarist Goudreau<br>Former Band Member's Counterclaims Against Commodores Are Dismissed

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Development

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City Not Estopped to Object to Nonconforming Building<br>Lawyer Advertising Billboards Not Treated As Onsite Advertisements<br>Town Not Obligated to Consider Zoning Amendment<br>East Harlem Rezoning Upheld

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Landlord & Tenant 

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Failure to Register Precludes Landlord from Collecting Otherwise Lawful Rent Increases<br>Unlawful Entry and Detained Proceeding Requires Proof of Possession

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