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Landlord & Tenant Law
Class Certification Upheld On Habitablity Claim -Colorable Claim of Fraud Justifies Looking Back Past Four Years -Tenant Entitled to Return of Deposit Because Lease Was Illegal
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Players On the Move
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
Features
Firms Refocusing White-Collar Practices Based On Trump Administration’s Enforcement Priorities
While whole swaths of white collar defense work are drying up under the Trump administration, law firms are redeploying or refocusing these attorneys to matters with rising demand, such as compliance counseling and civil litigation.
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Shareholder’s Easement By Necessity Claim Reinstated
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How Savvy Real-Estate Investors Can Maximize Returns in Today’s Distressed Market
In today’s climate of rising interest rates, stretched borrower balance sheets, and starkly uneven recovery across asset classes, defaulted loans have emerged as a prime hunting ground for investors with legal acumen. Capturing this opportunity requires more than a blunt foreclosure “hammer” — it demands a surgical enforcement playbook.
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Development
Variance Annulled For Failure to Make Findings of Fact -Variance Denial Upheld When Owner’s Hardship Was Self-Created
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Fresh Filings
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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Anatomy of a Prompt: Providing Real Training for Using AI In Law Firms
With generative AI, research time has collapsed and review time has expanded. The model can draft in minutes, which means you now spend more time asking whether the draft is accurate, defensible, and on brand. Prompting skill is not about magic words. It is about shaping the first draft so the review phase is shorter and you are not fixing preventable mistakes. A good prompt removes ambiguity, narrows scope, and sets expectations. The better the prompt, the less the scramble at the end.
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Anthropic’s Settlement With Authors May Be Potential Blueprint for Resolving AI Infringement Claims
A federal judge in the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval to a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and a class of book authors who alleged that the artificial intelligence company used their copyrighted works to train its chatbot Claude without their consent. The settlement is the largest copyright settlement of all time, covering 482,460 works and paying authors slightly more than $3,000 per work infringed.
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‘Client Choreography’ Addresses Changing Market Dynamics
Even the savviest marketer, business developer, or business leader needs guidance on what content elements will address their current client and new business needs as market dynamics swiftly change. This is where content choreography comes in to take one activity, such as a speaking engagement, to propel a comprehensive suite of next steps. Here are some strategies to create original content and maximize your efforts with content choreography.
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