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Messaging company Slack Technologies scored a unanimous victory in the U.S. Supreme Court last month, which held that an investor suing over a company stock offering must show he held "registered" securities in the company.

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Federal Circuit Examines the Analogous Art Test Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Finding of Prior Invention

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Can a municipality's refusal to permit expansion of a pre-existing nonconforming use constitute a federal constitutional violation?

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When Zoning Amendment Adds Permitted Uses In Zoning District, Landowners Subject to the Ordinance Have Standing to Challenge the Amendment

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Unit Owner's BCL 501(c) Claim Dismissed

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Local Law Prohibiting No-Cause Evictions Pre-Empted By State Law Contractual Indemnification Unenforceable Indemnification Clause Enforced Good Faith Efforts to Cure Extend Cure Period for Yellowstone Injunction

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Recorded Mortgage Does Not Remove Title Insurance Claim From Policy Exclusion When Underlying Deed Was Not Recorded No Easement By Necessity for Parking Lawn Mowing and Driveway Plowing Suffice to Establish Adverse Possession

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But what is the metaverse? Is it a game? Is it virtual reality? Is it AI? Let's put aside any scoffing that the metaverse is simply a gaming environment for teenagers to play in. We need to accept the real-world legalities and practicalities that law firms today have to understand about how they, and the next generations of their lawyers, will be conducting business.