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ELF Staff
Notable court filings in entertainment law.
Features
Chris Castle
Some markets allow for the sale of a future contract for tickets that have not gone on sale as yet (i.e., "speculative ticketing"). The future contract, like an option or a commodities future, allows someone to purchase the right to buy a ticket once the tickets are offered for sale. This seems to implicate securities law issues, broker-dealer regulations and potentially the general solicitation rule.
Features
John J. Rapisardi
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Jacob T. Beiswenger
Part Two of a Two-Part Article
In Part Two, we continue the analysis by evaluating two constitutional issues arising from third-party releases: whether creditor consent to be bound by a third-party release is required to satisfy the due process clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments; and whether bankruptcy courts have constitutional authority to issue final orders granting third-party releases in a plan of reorganization under Stern v. Marshall.
Features
Lawrence J. Kotler
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Elisa Hyder
In a matter of first impression not yet addressed by any circuit court, the Fourth Circuit addressed whether the discharge exceptions under Section 523(a) apply to corporate debtors under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Features
Ryan Spear
Many courts across the country have resumed in-person trial operations. Law firms now face new challenges when it comes to planning for out-of-town trials, as the return to in-person proceedings requires coordinating travel logistics such as airfare, hotel reservations and technological needs.
Features
Jeffrey Turkel
On March 16, 2023, the Court of Appeals decided Casey v. Whitehouse Estates, Inc., the first Court of Appeals ruling to address rent regulation since its landmark decision in Matter of Regina Metro. Co., LLC v. New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, the Court of Appeals unanimously reversed the First Department's finding that the landlord's purported fraud mandated use of DHCR's so-called default rent formula.
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NYRE Staff
Sand Mine Enjoys Nonconforming Use Protection
Contract Vendee Entitled to Use Variance Despite Knowledge of Ordinance's Provisions
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
Strict Liability for Excavation Damage
Easement Was Non-Exclusive
Purchaser's Claims Barred By Merger Doctrine, Caveat Emptor
Purchaser's Claim Based on Inoperative Elevator Dismissed In the Absence of Active Concealment
Deed Forgery Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss
Columns & Departments
NYRE Staff
Wrongful Eviction Claim Raises Questions of Fact
Yellowstone Injunction Cure Period
Features
Michael L. Cook
The Northern District of California recently issued two blistering opinions on appeals by the IRS and California Franchise Tax Board from a bankruptcy court's Chapter 11 plan confirmation order and a tax determination order.
