Litigation

In its decision in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., the Court of Appeals ruled that the current and former owners of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village housing complexes in Manhattan "were not entitled to take advantage of the luxury deregulation provisions of the Rent Stabilization Law ' while simultaneously receiving tax benefits under the City of New York's J-51 program." But there are unanswered questions.

Rulings of importance to you and your practice.

There are some important lessons matrimonial attorneys practicing in the Second Department should take from this case. This article explores some of them.

The definition of fair use was recently examined by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Warren Publishing Co. v. Spurlock d/b/a Vanguard Productions. The court's opinion in this case provides a thoughtful and useful analysis of the bounds of fair use.

Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP/INEFFECTIVE TRANSFER
FILM DISTRIBUTION/ADVANCE OBLIGATION

Taking a page from the Federal Circuit's own analysis of the issue, we will examine the who, what, when, where (and why) of the decision in Exergen Corporation v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

This article addresses how e-commerce companies can get a handle on managing organizational information, and outlines processes for retaining and managing key business information that could be salient in legal proceedings, regulatory matters or compliance issues.