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The Small Business Reorganization Act: How It Started. How it's Going. Where to Next? Image

The Small Business Reorganization Act: How It Started. How it's Going. Where to Next?

Jack O'Connor

By further expanding access to a streamlined Chapter 11 process, the SBRA will ensure that a wider array of debtors have the ability of reorganizing themselves, when Chapter 11 was previously too cost-prohibitive for such debtors.

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Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World Image

Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World

Gwendolyn Seale

Part One of a Two Part Article While the livestreaming of music performances is not an entirely new phenomenon, the COVID crisis has transformed the live performance landscape, compelling artists from around the world to reach their fanbase by producing "quarantine streams," in which they livestream their sets on social media platforms. Unsurprisingly many questions have arisen.

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Not-So-Incidental Byproducts of 'Kelly' Image

Not-So-Incidental Byproducts of 'Kelly'

Gary Stein

Early returns are in, and they indicate that the Supreme Court's decision in the so-called "Bridgegate" case will be an effective tool for pruning the wild overgrowth that has built up around the federal fraud statutes.

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Development

Stewart Sterk

Use Variance Not Necessary for Use of Home As AirBnB Rental Merger of Back-to-Back Lots

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State High Court Preserves Lenders' Tort Claims Against Debtors' Insiders Image

State High Court Preserves Lenders' Tort Claims Against Debtors' Insiders

Michael L. Cook

A lender's state law tort claims against "non-debtor third-parties for tortious interference with a contract" were "not preempted" by "federal bankruptcy law," held the New York Court of Appeals.

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Looking Ahead to Avoid Spoliation Sanctions Image

Looking Ahead to Avoid Spoliation Sanctions

Daniel J. Melman & Sarah Benowich

A recent Federal Circuit decision denying a petition for a writ of mandamus should serve as a cautionary tale and reminder for corporate entities regarding the critical importance of preserving documentary evidence in a timely and appropriate manner.

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Extra-Judicial Evictions of Commercial Tenants During COVID-19 Image

Extra-Judicial Evictions of Commercial Tenants During COVID-19

Adam Leitman Bailey & John M. Desiderio

This article addresses and updates the law on the self-help remedy that enables commercial landlords to regain possession of leased premises from tenants in material breach of one or more lease covenants.

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Real Property Law

Stewart Sterk

Stranger to the Deed Rule Does Not Bar Easement Claim Misconduct By Mortgagor's Lawyer Voids Foreclosure Sale Permissive Exclusive Use of Common Driveway Does Not Extinguish Easement Bidder At Tax Foreclosure Sale Forfeits Deposit Upon Default

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USPTO Sets Precedent on Collective Patent Defense Groups with RPX Ruling Image

USPTO Sets Precedent on Collective Patent Defense Groups with RPX Ruling

Scott Graham

It took two years and a last-minute substitution of judges for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to rule that RPX Corp. was too close to a dues-paying member to bring a patent validity challenge.

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2020 Provides Roadmap for Success in 2021 Image

2020 Provides Roadmap for Success in 2021

Erika B. Morphy

If commercial real estate is going to have a successful 2021, it will require the ability to seek out unexpected advantages.

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