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SEC Proposes Changes to Accredited Investor Definition Image

SEC Proposes Changes to Accredited Investor Definition

Peter Fass

The definition of "accredited investor" uses income and net worth thresholds to identify natural persons as accredited investors.

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'Vanicorn' Lawsuit Filed over Pixar, Disney Film Image

'Vanicorn' Lawsuit Filed over Pixar, Disney Film

Scott Graham

A unicorn-loving tattoo artist alleges that Pixar and Disney have tricked her into letting them use her "Vanicorn" in the upcoming film Onward. Her suit accuses the companies of copyright infringement, and violations of state and federal laws protecting artwork.

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Exculpatory Clause Bars Tenant's Claim for Lost Profits Resulting from Landlord's Negligence

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Co-ops and Condominiums Image

Co-ops and Condominiums

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Technical Defects Do Not Invalidate Amendments to Condominium Declaration

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Recent Developments in Third Circuit Bankruptcy Law Image

Recent Developments in Third Circuit Bankruptcy Law

Rachel Ehrlich Albanese & Gregory Martin Juell

Bankruptcy and corporate restructurings continue to be active despite generally strong U.S. financial markets and broader macroeconomic conditions. Here is a brief overview of three recent and noteworthy bankruptcy decisions within the Third Circuit.

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Reset Clauses In Ground Leases Image

Reset Clauses In Ground Leases

Peter E. Fisch & Mitchell L. Berg

The purpose behind rent reset clauses is simple — to capture any change in the fair market value (and fair market rental value) of the leased property. However, the application of rent reset clauses in practice is anything but simple, and the consequences of such clauses can be significant.

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Flood and Terrorism Insurance Reauthorization: Safe for Now Image

Flood and Terrorism Insurance Reauthorization: Safe for Now

Jeffrey B. Steiner & Scott A. Weinberg

Federal programs have made insurance more readily accessible to protect real property in the event of a flood or an act of terrorism. These programs enable flood and terrorism insurance to be widely available at realistic price points by ensuring that the amount of the premiums payable for such insurance remain at a level that a borrower can afford, which in turn preserves the underwritten economics of the loan transaction.

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Local Law Banning Music Festival Is Not Unconstitutional Restraint of Speech Image

Local Law Banning Music Festival Is Not Unconstitutional Restraint of Speech

Steven M. Silverberg

A landowner challenged local zoning that banned holding a three-day music festival, arguing that the law was an unconstitutional violation of free speech and void for vagueness.

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Case Study: Swedish Music Industry Views as European Union Countries Work on Drafting Home Laws for Enacting EU Copyright Directive Image

Case Study: Swedish Music Industry Views as European Union Countries Work on Drafting Home Laws for Enacting EU Copyright Directive

Stan Soocher

This article is Part One of a two-part article. Part Two will appear in our March 2020 issue. This article examines the Copyright Directive and music-industry structure issues through the lens of Sweden, which has both a robust music business and a strong technology sector, two divergent perspectives in the development of the directive.

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Biometrics and the Fifth Amendment: A New Frontier Image

Biometrics and the Fifth Amendment: A New Frontier

Jonathan S. Feld, Jason Ross & Amelia Marquis

When used for work, mobile devices routinely contain employers' proprietary and confidential data. The struggle between Government requests for access to such data and constitutional protections — including the Government's ability to compel the turnover of biometric "keys" to unlock mobile devices — create areas of concern.

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