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Time Limits Subject to Equitable Defenses, Fifth Circuit Rules
Langston serves as a reminder that the expiration of a deadline in the Rules may not be the final word on the matter. While not often the case, there may be an equitable defense to an expired deadline.
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Fresh Filings
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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Fresh Filings
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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Development
Tenant Did Not Waive Its Right to Renew Lease of Air RightsLandowner Had No Vested Right to Maintain ShedSpecial Permit Denial OverturnedChallenge to Application of Zoning Amendment Not Ripe
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Fresh Filings
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Unit Owner Required to Correct Unauthorized Alterations
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Real Property Law
Adverse Possession Claim UpheldIntent to Abandon Easement Not EstablishedDeed Validity Upheld Despite Absence of Delivery to One Co-Tenant
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Landlord & Tenant Law
Kingston’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance UpheldBroker Discriminated On Basis of Disability and Source of IncomeTenant’s Default In Payment of Rent Precludes Defense Based On Breach of Covenant of Quiet EnjoymentGuarantors Bound By Settlement AgreementTenant Challenge to MCI Increases RejectedLandlord Established That Reconfigured Apartment Was Deregulated
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“Not Merely Monkey Business”: The Bored Ape Case and NFT Branding in the Ninth Circuit
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Inconvenient Interlocutory Bankruptcy Appeals — A Reply
A bankruptcy judge, his law clerk and two law students challenged this author’s opinion piece entitled “Inconvenient Bankruptcy Appeals” from the December 2024 issue of The Bankruptcy Strategist that district courts and Bankruptcy Appellate Panels have been rigidly limiting appellate review of interlocutory bankruptcy court orders as a matter of convenience. The critics argue instead that these courts consistently apply appropriate statutory and decisional standards when they decline appellate review, striving to “get it right.” A quick reply follows.
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