LJN Newsletters

  • COUNTERPOINT: Your Tradeshow IP Protection Playbook Part 2: How to Respond If Someone Files an IP Complaint Against You At a Tradeshow?

    The stress of IP infringement matters resides on both sides of the fence: whether you find a competitor infringing upon your ideas, or your company finds itself being accused of doing the infringing. In this Point/Counterpoint series of articles, we outline the appropriate steps to take if you spot your innovation in your competitor’s booth across the hall. This article’s focus — Counterpoint: What can you do if your competitor is using your IP at a tradeshow?

    October 31, 2025Aaron Bradford and Amy Wright

  • DE Bankruptcy Court Addresses Standing In the Context of a Fraudulent Conveyance Action

    In the recent case of In re ONH AFC CS Investors, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware examined the issue of standing in the context of a fraudulent conveyance action and whether a liquidating trustee had standing to pursue fraudulent conveyance claims when the beneficiaries of those claims were the debtors’ equity holders. Under limited circumstances, which were present in this case, the court found that the trustee could pursue such claims.

    October 31, 2025Lawrence J. Kotler

  • Exploring the Passive Loss Tax Exemption for ‘Real Estate Professionals’ In the OBBBA

    One often-overlooked provision that was made permanent by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could have a significant negative impact on certain taxpayers, particularly those in the rental real estate industry. Many rental real estate owners qualify for the real estate professional exception and thus are not subject to the passive loss rules.

    October 31, 2025Ezra Dyckman and Charles S. Nelson

  • Fresh Filings

    Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

    October 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

  • Tensions Building Over AI Billing

    AI may be accelerating legal work, but it’s also escalating tensions over how that work gets billed — and who benefits from the time saved.

    October 31, 2025Trudy Knockless

  • Development

    Challenge to Positive SEQRA Declaration Not RipeZoning Board of Appeals Failed to Properly Apply Statutory Balancing Test for Area Variance

    October 31, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

  • Players On the Move

    A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

    October 31, 2025Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

  • Note to Associates: Business Development Is Client Service

    Business development is a set of learnable, repeatable skills that are not reserved for rainmakers. In fact, you won’t get to be a rainmaker without them. If associates start building those skills and habits now, before the expectation hits, you’ll not only be prepared — you’ll be ahead.

    October 31, 2025Meg Pritchard

  • Liability Management Exercises: Lender On Lender Violence?

    Liability management exercises (LMEs) have gained considerable attention during the past few years. Whether intended for good purposes or not, LMEs have significantly disrupted the traditional loan business through aggressive priming and subordination tactics — leading some to characterize this phenomenon as lender-on-lender violence.

    October 31, 2025Robert W. Dremluk