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Foreclosure Statute of Limitations
In a set of foreclosure cases decided in late February, the Court of Appeals resolved some of the questions that have plagued New York's court system in the aftermath of last decade's mortgage crisis.
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Appellate Courts Split On Bankruptcy Ownership of Malpractice Claims
Judicial hair-splitting, when applying state law to federal bankruptcy cases, creates only uncertainty.
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Implications of 'Amgen v. Sanofi' On the State of Enablement Law
The decision appears to take steps to harmonize the prior cases that appropriately were guided by the Wands factors with the cases discussing the "full scope" of enablement that have engendered some confusion in the law.
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Real Property Law
Claim That Bank Lacked Standing to Foreclose Waived By Failing to Raise Standing In Answers or Pre-Answer Motions Seller Denied Summary Judgment on Purchaser's Fraudulent Inducement Claim Fraudulent Transfer Claim Reinstated Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Counterclaim for Improper Diversion of Water Supreme Court Improperly Denied Specific Performance to Purchasers Delay In Vacating a Default Justifies Application of Laches Doctrine to Prior Mortgagee Mortgagor Who Failed to Appear Not Entitled to Vacate Foreclosure Sale Judgment Lien Enforced Despite Error In Docketed Amount
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Developments In Student Athletes' Publicity Rights
The rights of college student-athletes to receive compensation for the use of their "name, image and likeness" (NIL) are finally being addressed. As…
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Landlords Could See Courts Sympathetic to Tenants In Eviction Lawsuits
While residential cases will grab the headlines, commercial property owners, managers and their attorneys should know that financially troubled tenants will be making news of their own. Armed with the hope of keeping their business afloat, they will unveil, or expand on, defenses to mitigate the pandemic's financial impact and to save their leases.
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Synergizing Patents to Drive Innovation and Growth
As intellectual property continues to influence business operations, more companies are considering defensive patent pools as a strategic measure to guard against threats that can stifle innovation and growth for both businesses and industries.
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Landlord & Tenant Law
Tenant Entitled to Terminate Lease When Premises Were Not Broom Clean Provision Ending Discounted Rate If Tenant Pays Late Is Unenforceable
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11th Circuit Rules for Stephen King In Suit Over Dark Tower Series
Vincent Cox of Ballard Spahr in Los Angeles and Scott Ponce of Holland & Knight in Miami prevailed recently in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh…
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Law Firms Taking Advantage of Tenant's Market In Office Space
Law firms are waiting to see how new trends like working remotely play out for office space post-pandemic, but that wait-and-see approach has created a tenant's market with opportunities for proactive firms in the short term.
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