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Patent Eligibility of User Interfaces

Lawrence H. Aaronson & James L. Korenchan

<b><i>Advances in UI Design Can Provide Key Competitive Differentiation and Advantage, Which Makes Protecting Them Critically Important from a Business Perspective</b></i><p>Advances in UI design can also provide key competitive differentiation and advantage, helping to distinguish otherwise commoditized products and services such as computers, Web services, wearables, and appliances. Given this advantage, protecting advances in UI design can also be critically important from a business perspective.

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Subletting Rent Stabilized Apartment for Short Periods Is Not a Curable Defect<br>Tenant May Terminate When Landlord Failed to Cure Landmarks Violation<br>Breach and Fraudulent Inducement Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss<br>Late Fees Not Enforceable<br>Subtenants Not Entitled to 30 Day Notice

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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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Case Notes

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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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