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Court Addresses Issues Relating to RLUIPA Safe Harbor and the Equal Protection Clause
Recently the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York grappled with issues relating to local zoning restrictions on houses of worship.
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Summons for Violation of Zoning Ordinance Not Duplicative of Prior Dismissed Summons Special Exception Denial Upheld
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Landlord and Tenant Law
Tenant's Cure of Default Reinstates Lease Renewal Option Rent-Stabilized Status Survives Tax Foreclosure Sale Tenant Entitled to Yellowstone Injunction Without Taking Steps to Cure Default Landlord Entitled to Use and Occupancy, Not Rent, After Lease Termination
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Real Property Law
Easement Scope Limited to Ingress and Egress Seller Entitled to Cancel When Purchaser Did Not Obtain Government Development Approvals
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How to Motivate Attorneys for Rainmaking Success
How to motivate attorneys to do rainmaking activities they need to do has become a critical question during the pandemic because the usual avenue that the predominance of attorneys used to build books of business of in-person networking had been eliminated for almost 15 months.
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How U.S. Tax Court Reached Its Decision on Michael Jackson's Right of Publicity
The significance of the U.S. Tax Court decision for celebrities and their estates is clear: Prior to now, as Tax Court Judge Mark V. Holmes noted: "We haven't had a case directly addressing the taxability of the image and likeness."
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Issues Relating to RLUIPA Safe Harbor and the Equal Protection Clause
Recently the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York grappled with issues relating to local zoning restrictions on houses of worship.
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Rehearing Sought In 2d Circuit Finding of No Fair Use In Warhol Work
Maybe the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should have been a little more patient.
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Crowdfunding and Mortgage Lending
This article discusses several topics that lenders should consider when making loans to borrowers that are indirectly funded using crowdfunded equity.
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Admissibility of Evidence from Post-Grant Proceedings In District Court Trials
Courts are increasingly excluding all evidence relating to post-grant proceedings before the PTAB, except when it is used for impeachment. This article reviews recent decisions on this issue from some of the nation's busiest patent districts.
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