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Co-ops and Condominiums

NYRE Staff

Amendment of Bylaws Relieves Condominiums of Obligation to Use Association for Repair Services

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IP News

Matthew Weiss

Federal Circuit: Prosecution Laches Applies to Patent Claiming 1987 Priority Date Federal Circuit: Appellate Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Interlocutory Appeal of Protective Order Dispute

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ESG 'Greenwashing' Litigation On the Rise

Shoshana Schiller, Alice Douglas & Brenda Gotanda

Increased attention paid to companies' public promotion of their environmental and sustainability programs is likely to continue in 2023, with further developments in regulation and litigation pertaining to "greenwashing" — a marketing practice which involves unsubstantiated or exaggerated claims about the environmentally friendly or socially-responsible attributes of an organization's products or services.

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Bankruptcy Veterans See Surge In Corporate Filings

Everett Catts

Corporate bankruptcies have been a hot topic lately, with several businesses or their parent companies declaring bankruptcy, announcing they plan to do so or saying they may to do so soon. Two veteran bankruptcy attorneys in Georgia give their take on this and other bankruptcy topics.

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Development

NYRE Staff

Invalid Condition on Special Permit Does Not Invalidate Permit Landmark Commission's Certificate of Appropriateness Upheld Area Variances Upheld Negative Declaration on Zoning Amendment Upheld BSA Misconstrued Curb Level Provision In Zoning Resolution

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Real Property Law

NYRE Staff

Tax Deed Invalid for Inadequate Notice Mistaken Description In Foreclosure Action on Neighboring Parcel Does Not Affect Landowner's Parcel

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Landlord & Tenant Law

NYRE Staff

Ambiguities Prevent Summary Judgment In Action on Guaranty

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Co-ops and Condominiums

NYRE Staff

Unit Owner Failed to Establish Full Title As Surviving Joint Tenant Association Denied Summary Judgment In Unit Owner's Claim Of Improper Waiver of Dues

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Eminent Domain Law

NYRE Staff

Claimant Not Entitled to Consequential Damages of Lack of Access

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Fair Use of Embedded Content on Social Media

Stephen M. Kramarsky & John Millson

The change in character of social media, from purely social communication to a mixture of the social and commercial, has had knock-on effects for courts applying traditional legal principles, notably, the application of copyright law.

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