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“Not Merely Monkey Business”: The Bored Ape Case and NFT Branding in the Ninth Circuit
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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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Demand in the bankruptcy portion of the restructuring practice has been a little sluggish this year as commercial Chapter 11 filings declined 15% compared to the same period in 2024, according to a new report from the American Bankruptcy Institute and Epiq.
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How can a court order be served to an anonymous individual during litigation? And if that individual is holding misappropriated cryptocurrency in a self-custodied, anonymous wallet, can those funds be seized and recovered? These questions are becoming more common in digital assets disputes, bankruptcies and litigations.
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Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
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At the motion to dismiss stage, courts usually won't consider affirmative defenses. This issue arose recently in a preferential transfer case, where a defendant sought to dismiss a complaint by arguing it was a mere conduit, not an initial transferee.
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When are the principals of a condominium sponsor individually liable for harms suffered by purchasers? In Board of Managers of 570 Broome Condominium, the First Department declined to dismiss a condominium board's fraud and breach of fiduciary claims against individual defendants.
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The Second Circuit affirmed the lower courts' judgment that a "transfer made … in connection with a securities contract … by a qualifying financial institution" was entitled "to the protection of ... §546 (e)'s safe harbor ...."