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Rights of Tenant to Security Deposit When Landlord Files for Bankruptcy
As we debate whether there will be a "soft" or "hard" landing of the economy and the resulting effect of different landings on the volume of bankruptcy filings, it is helpful to review how a bankruptcy filing affects not only rights between a creditor and the debtor, but also the respective rights of creditors against property held by the debtor.
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Embedded Finance Is Changing the Business of Law
A revolution is underway in small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) banking and payments and will impact the way legal, accounting and other professional services firms manage their finances.
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"Ripple Effect: The Taylor Swift Tour Ticket Debacle," at SXSW Conference. Austin, TX, March 15.
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Amendment of Bylaws Relieves Condominiums of Obligation to Use Association for Repair Services
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Crypto Collapse Gives View of 'Property' Values In the Metaverse
Before CRE owners and operators create that experiential virtual shopping mall or virtual office on a metaverse platform for their tenants, they need to make sure the tenants won't decide that the virtual experience is so good that they no longer have any use for the built portfolio.
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Federal Circuit: Prosecution Laches Applies to Patent Claiming 1987 Priority Date Federal Circuit: Appellate Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Interlocutory Appeal of Protective Order Dispute
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ESG 'Greenwashing' Litigation On the Rise
Increased attention paid to companies' public promotion of their environmental and sustainability programs is likely to continue in 2023, with further developments in regulation and litigation pertaining to "greenwashing" — a marketing practice which involves unsubstantiated or exaggerated claims about the environmentally friendly or socially-responsible attributes of an organization's products or services.
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How to Cut Through the Content Marketing Noise
Content marketing is not dead. But it has evolved — and it's more challenging than ever to "win" at content marketing.
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Bankruptcy Veterans See Surge In Corporate Filings
Corporate bankruptcies have been a hot topic lately, with several businesses or their parent companies declaring bankruptcy, announcing they plan to do so or saying they may to do so soon. Two veteran bankruptcy attorneys in Georgia give their take on this and other bankruptcy topics.
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Podcast: Crypto's Rocky IP Future
Listen in on a post-webinar chat on "The Crypto Landscape: Post-FTX," with Blockchain Legal LLP partner Aaron Krowne and counsel Ali Derie, along with veteran entertainment industry lawyer Eric S. Goldman, about cryptocurrency's rocky recent past (and present) as well as its still-promising, if uncertain, future.
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