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Real Property Law

Stewart Sterk

Stranger to the Deed Rule Does Not Bar Easement Claim Misconduct By Mortgagor's Lawyer Voids Foreclosure Sale Permissive Exclusive Use of Common Driveway Does Not Extinguish Easement Bidder At Tax Foreclosure Sale Forfeits Deposit Upon Default

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USPTO Sets Precedent on Collective Patent Defense Groups with RPX Ruling Image

USPTO Sets Precedent on Collective Patent Defense Groups with RPX Ruling

Scott Graham

It took two years and a last-minute substitution of judges for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to rule that RPX Corp. was too close to a dues-paying member to bring a patent validity challenge.

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2020 Provides Roadmap for Success in 2021

Erika B. Morphy

If commercial real estate is going to have a successful 2021, it will require the ability to seek out unexpected advantages.

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A Look at the EU's Latest Proposal for Regulating Online Content Image

A Look at the EU's Latest Proposal for Regulating Online Content

Linda A. Thompson

The DSA is intended to reset the rules around online content moderation and to reframe the responsibility of platforms for illegal content uploaded to their websites.

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Implications of Transfer of Attorney-Client Privilege In Bankruptcy Cases

Andrew C. Kassner & Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

One of the most misunderstood areas of law for non-bankruptcy and bankruptcy attorneys alike is the attorney-client privilege, including the scope of the privilege, who holds it, and when and by whom it can be waived. As is often the case, in bankruptcy, additional complexities arise.

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Second Circuit Ruling on Personal Benefit Test Widens Scope of Criminal Insider Trading Image

Second Circuit Ruling on Personal Benefit Test Widens Scope of Criminal Insider Trading

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

The holding in Blaszczak significantly widens the scope of criminal insider trading. It also creates the anomaly of extending the criminal law beyond the SEC's civil enforcement authority.

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COVID-19 Forcing Firms to Keep Work In-House

Phillip Bantz

Legal departments have been reducing outside counsel spending amid the COVID-19 pandemic and keeping more work in-house, where the demand for specialists and legal operations managers continues to grow, according to a new report.

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IP News

Joshua R. Stein & Jeff Ginsberg

Federal Circuit: Post-Employment Assignment Clause Void Under California Law Federal Circuit No New Trial for Improper "Pennies on the Dollar" Rhetoric

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Bankruptcy Court Responses to COVID-19 Relief Orders

Richard Levy Jr.

The economic impact of COVID-19-related shutdown orders, and the governmental directives, raise questions of how bankruptcy courts will respond.

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Fair Use Applied to Embedded Photograph

Stephen M. Kramarsky

The extremely flexible character of social media has required equal flexibility in courts' intellectual property analysis. Happily, under U.S. copyright law, that kind of flexibility is possible.

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