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The Bankruptcy Code's Inherent Limitations for Struggling Golf Courses

Daniel A. Lev

<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>A simple Web search will unearth countless privately-owned golf courses that have closed, are for sale, or have sought bankruptcy protection as an avenue toward a financial restructuring or redevelopment. However, there are limitations on what the owner of a golf course can accomplish in Chapter 11 when the property is burdened with restrictive covenants limiting the use of the property.

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Attorneys' Primer on Video Game Mods

Jeffrey N. Rosenthal & Ethan M. Simon

As far as software developers are concerned, video game modifications are not always a bad thing. The greatest cause for concern, however, arises when a modder creates a standalone game without permission from the developer — and then the new game takes market share away from the original.

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Summary of Developments Under New York's Environmental Quality Act

Michael B. Gerrard & Edward McTiernan

The courts issued 41 decisions in 2017 under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, and changes were made to regulations themselves this year. This article summarizes the most important of these cases and regulation changes, and the patterns they represent.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Colleen Snow

3M Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit over Defective Military Earplugs

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Tenant Improvement Does Not Shift Repair Responsibility Away from Landlord<br>Attorney Fees Not Court-Ordered Cannot Be Recouped by Withholding Rent

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Katy Perry Defendants Denied Summary Judgment in Copyright Infringement Action Over “Dark Horse”<br>Former Percussionist for The Roots Can Proceed with Lanham Act and Publicity Rights Claims Against the Band

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Development

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Signs Not Compliant With Zoning Ordinance

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In the Courts

Colleen Snow

Business Executive Arrested and Charged with Bribing Venezuelan Officials

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Abhishek Bapna

Federal Circuit Remands for Further Proceedings to Determine Whether RPX's Petitions for IPR Were Time Barred For Failing to Identify Its Client As a 'Real Party in Interest'<br>Federal Circuit Holds that Common Law Tribal Sovereign Immunity Cannot Shield a Patent in IPR Proceedings,br&gt;Federal Circuit Holds that an Unsuccessful IPR Petitioner Must Show 'Concrete Plans' for Future Potentially-Infringing Activity in Order to Demonstrate Article III Standing to Appeal PTAB's IPR Decision

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<i>Altman</i>: Six Takeaways

Jeffrey Turkel

On April 26, 2018, a unanimous Court of Appeals held that apartments vacated between 1997 and 2011 will be considered luxury deregulated where the legal regulated rent was $2,000 or more at the time the incoming tenant moved in. The court reversed the First Department, which had held that such apartments would not be deregulated unless the rent was $2,000 or more at the time the outgoing tenant vacated.

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