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Landlord & Tenant Law
Ambiguities Prevent Summary Judgment In Action on Guaranty
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Unit Owner Failed to Establish Full Title As Surviving Joint Tenant Association Denied Summary Judgment In Unit Owner's Claim Of Improper Waiver of Dues
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Eminent Domain Law
Claimant Not Entitled to Consequential Damages of Lack of Access
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Understanding Your Audience by Traffic Sources
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What Hybrid Work Plans Are Working?
Starting in late 2021, the drumbeat of "return-to-the-office" began and now — somewhere in the neighborhood of two years later of that — it begs the question: how are firms doing with their return-to-office? What programs — if any — have been successful?
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Strategies for Reining In Expenses During Down Market
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Recessions Offer Opportunity To Improve Your Processes and Innovate
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Impersonation on Social Media: The Increasing Challenges of Verification
The recent flurry of online impersonators, ranging from accounts posing as President Joe Biden to the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, exposes the challenges of social media platforms' verification and authentication processes.
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What's Behind the Surge In Law Firms Launching Crisis Management Practices?
Over the last year or so, there has been a surge in law firms launching "crisis management" practice groups. Does this move reflect expanding relationships beyond one-off litigation matters? Is this just a collaboration and renaming or repackaging of existing attorney expertise and practices? Or is there something deeper going on?
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The Difference Between 'Covenant' and 'Condition Precedent' In Song Licensing Agreements
A question of law arose for a District Judge when a songwriter sued YouTube, claiming she never approved licensing her works to YouTube — whether the administration agreement's notice-and-consent clause was a condition precedent to the administrator's ability to license the songwriter's songs.
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