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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.

Maybe the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should have been a little more patient.

This article discusses several topics that lenders should consider when making loans to borrowers that are indirectly funded using crowdfunded equity.

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.

In a split decision that closely examined what constitutes a person being considered a limited public figure for the purposes of defamation standards, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, ruled that acclaimed music producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald is neither a general nor a limited public figure for the purposes of his defamation suit against famed singer Kesha, who has claimed Gottwald drugged and sexually assaulted her.

There are six steps to developing a content marketing program. These steps should give you the framework you need to execute an ongoing — and effective — content marketing model.

Valuation of real estate during contemporary times is challenged and will continue to be so for several years. In a forced sale, a court should only consider pre-COVID-19 data whether it be comparable sales from 2018-2019, or financial data from the same period.

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."