What powers does the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission have to require a building owner to maintain a mechanical clock located in the interior of a building? In Save America's Clocks, Inc. v. City of New York, New York's Appellate Division, First Department, held that the Commission had power to require maintenance of the clock, and to require public access to it.
Attorneys who sued “Despacito” artist Daddy Yankee for defamation should have heeded the song's title and drafted their settlement offer slowly, a federal appellate court ruled.
Trade secret protection applies only to confidential information. In almost all circumstances, broadcasting to the world the intricate details and applications of a trade secret extinguishes whatever “property right” an entertainment industry holder once possessed. What is a sufficient method of contractually notifying a software user of the trade secret status of certain information is a closer question.
Questions of Fact Bar Summary Judgment in Condominium's Claim for Improper Alterations
Sponsor Did Not Breach Purchase Contract
Unit Owners Did Not Have Exclusive Right to Elevator Shaft
In re Lexington Hospitality Group, LLC
Bankruptcy remote structures are often used to protect against the impact of default under a credit facility. A common mechanism is organizational documents requiring an outside director or member's vote to authorize a bankruptcy filing. However, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that such a requirement implemented at the behest of a lender, among other bankruptcy restrictions, and where there was not true independence frustrated the important federal public policy of favoring fresh starts in bankruptcy.
Claim Preclusion Requires Analysis that Claims in Newly Asserted Patents are Patently Indistinct from Claims in Previously Adjudicated Patents
Claim Elements Taught by Prior Art for Purposes of Novelty and Obviousness are not Necessarily 'Well-Understood, Routine, and Conventional' Under §101
Denial of Remaining Family Member Status Upheld
Occupant Entitled to Succession Rights to Stabilized Apartment Even If Named Tenant Continued to Sign Leases After Moving Out
Tenant Entitled to Succession Rights to Rent-Controlled Apartment
Landlord Did Not Establish Use of Apartment to Facilitate Drug Trading
421-G Buildings Subject to Luxury Deregulation
Incarcerated Son Note Entitled to Succession Rights
Essence of the Ninth Circuit's Decision in the “Blurred Lines” Copyright Infringement Case
Trademark Cancellation Claim Can't Proceed Against Marilyn Monroe Brand Manager
Suit in Second Jurisdiction Is Duplicative
Mailing Rent Check While Doing Unauthorized Acts Is Not Mail Fraud
