Litigation

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

Signs Not Compliant With Zoning Ordinance

Business Executive Arrested and Charged with Bribing Venezuelan Officials

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'
Federal Circuit Holds that Common Law Tribal Sovereign Immunity Cannot Shield a Patent in IPR Proceedings,br>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

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.

Unique Circumstances Require Rent Recomputation
City Human Rights Law Requires Landlord to Convert Window Into Wheelchair Accessible Entrance
“As Is” Clause Does Not Bar Claim That Landlord Intentionally Caused Defective Conditions

LPC's Denial of Hardship Application Upheld
Developer's Failure to Obtain Final Decision Deprives Federal Court of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Spot Zoning and SEQRA Challenges Rejected

Purchaser Adequately Alleged Concealment of Defects
Space Allocation Cannot Be Changed Without Unanimous Vote; Unjust Enrichment Claim Survives