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Relocating Easements

Stewart E. Sterk

Under what circumstances can a servient owner relocate an easement? The Second Department recently faced that question and reaffirmed the rule that a servient owner cannot unilaterally relocate an easement when the easement agreement depicts the precise location of the easement.

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Potential Consequences of LME Strategies

Kelly DiBlasi & Alexander Cohen

Much ink has been spilled about the continued ascent of the “liability management exercise” (LME). Not to fret, this is not another LME article; rather, this article focuses on potential consequences of certain LME strategies.

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Real Property Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Claim That an Heir Executed Void Deed to Herself Not Barred By Statute of LimitationsAnticipatory Breach of Sale ContractInvalidation of Foreclosure Judgment Did Not Impair Title of Foreclosure Sale PurchaserEasement By Prescription Claim Fails, But Easement Acquired By Estoppel

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New Whistleblower Rewards Program Includes Monetary Incentive

Carl W. Hittinger & Jacqueline Romero & Tyson Y. Herrold

On July 8, 2025, the DOJ, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and the USPS Office of Inspector General entered into a memorandum of understanding creating a whistleblower rewards program “to enable whistleblowers to report specific, credible and timely information about possible federal criminal violations.” The first of its kind, it creates a monetary incentive for whistleblowers to report criminal antitrust violations involving such conduct as price fixing, bid rigging, market allocation and even certain types of predatory conduct by monopolists.

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Estate of Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother Seeks Proceeds from Sale of Her Son’s Music Catalog

Christine Simmons

After an ongoing battle to gain proceeds from a major sale of The Notorious B.I.G.’s music catalog, a lawsuit from his mother’s estate makes perfectly clear what it wants from his widow Faith Evans: More money, fewer problems.

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What Should Clients Do After Getting a Large Settlement?

Bryce Sanders

You might have a client who has won a large judgment in court. After settling up with your firm, they have a large sum of money. Logically, they should preserve the money or put it to work providing an income for the future. How involved should you be? How involved do you want to be?

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NYC Law Firms Follow National Trend of Booming Leasing Activity

Ryan Harroff

As Big Law grows in New York, several Am Law 50 firms this year have been seeking additional office space in Manhattan, backing up a trend seen nationally of booming leasing activity in the legal industry.

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Commercial Chapter 11 Filings Down 15% in First Half of 2025

Dan Roe

Demand in the bankruptcy portion of the restructuring practice has been a little sluggish this year as commercial Chapter 11 filings declined 15% compared to the same period in 2024, according to a new report from the American Bankruptcy Institute and Epiq.

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Development

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Denial of Special Permit Lacked Rational BasisChallenge to ZBA Determination Not Time-Barred

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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