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Current and Impending Virtual World IP Issues

Jess M. Collen, Matthew C. Wagner & Oren Gelber

With popularity and subscribership rising, games like World of Warcraft, EverQuest, There and Second Life are big business. Growth has brought litigation. Indeed, some law firms have practice groups addressing this medium's issues.

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Dirty Laundry Hanging Out On The Web

Shari Claire Lewis

Online objections to a corporation's products or services ' posted on "complaint" or "gripe" sites by former employees or consumers, or put elsewhere on the Web ' have a greater potential to be significantly more damaging to the target's operations than more traditional expressions of unhappiness.

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Real Property Law

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Analysis of recent cases.

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Development

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In-depth analysis of recent rulings.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

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A recent case of interest.

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Roberts ' What's Next?

Jeffrey Turkel

In its decision in <i>Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P.</i>, the Court of Appeals ruled that the current and former owners of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village housing complexes in Manhattan "were not entitled to take advantage of the luxury deregulation provisions of the Rent Stabilization Law ' while simultaneously receiving tax benefits under the City of New York's J-51 program." But there are unanswered questions.

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Decisions of Interest

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Rulings of importance to you and your practice.

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Classifying Personal Injury Settlements in the Second Department

Thomas A. Elliot

There are some important lessons matrimonial attorneys practicing in the Second Department should take from this case. This article explores some of them.

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The Doctrine of Fair Use

Frank M. Caprio & Crystal G. Wilkerson

The definition of fair use was recently examined by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in <i>Warren Publishing Co. v. Spurlock d/b/a Vanguard Productions.</i> The court's opinion in this case provides a thoughtful and useful analysis of the bounds of fair use.

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The Leasing Hotline

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Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

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