Litigation

  • Rulings on COVID-19 Defenses In Commercial Real Estate

    Despite some new variants and a possible resurgence in the fall, the pandemic closures seem to be finally coming to an end. And with it, so too have most of the COVID-19 defenses in court cases involving commercial leases. However, all may not be foreclosed for a commercial tenant, particularly where a tenant is able to point to a specific provision of its lease that could excuse its obligation to pay rent during the closure of its business.

    September 01, 2022Massimo F. D'Angelo and Gregory Wong

  • Bit Parts

    Brian Wilson's Ex-Wife Wins Remand Back to State Court of Her Claim to Share of Revenues from Sale of His Song Catalog

    September 01, 2022Stan Soocher

  • Eminent Domain Law

    Claimants Failed to Establish That Property Would Have Been Rezoned Increased Award Proper Where Prior Regulation Might Have Constituted a Taking

    September 01, 2022NYRE Staff

  • IP News

    Federal Circuit Affirms District Court's Decision That an Artificial Intelligence Software System Cannot Be Listed as an Inventor on a Patent Application Federal Circuit Affirms District Court's Partial Award of Attorney's Fees

    September 01, 2022Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Abhishek Bapna

  • CRE Case Roundup

    A compilation of commercial real estate rulings in courts across the country.

    September 01, 2022CLLS Staff

  • 'Banana' Artwork Dispute Presents Slippery Slope for Copyright

    In July, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida denied a motion to dismiss in Morford v. Cattelan, a decision that began by posing the question: "Can a banana taped to a wall be art?"

    August 01, 2022Robert W. Clarida and Thomas Kjellberg

  • Removing Restrictive Covenants

    In Rockwell v. Despart, the Third Department recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?

    August 01, 2022Stewart E. Sterk

  • China Court's Ruling On NFTs and Copyrights

    China, which has had an up-and-down relationship with the U.S. entertainment industry, became the latest country to offer a key regulatory framework in its first-ever case dealing with NFTs and the copyright violations they are sometimes saddled with.

    August 01, 2022Isha Marathe

  • Ricky Martin Sued By Former Manager

    Ricky Martin's former manager claims the singer owes her more than $3 million in unpaid commissions, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

    August 01, 2022Alaina Lancaster