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Leveraging Qualified Opportunity Funds to Minimize Tax Liability

David S. Cohen & Liam T. Krahe

As the year winds down, savvy real estate investors are searching for ways to minimize their tax liability. One powerful strategy to consider is the qualified opportunity fund (QOF), offering significant tax advantages while promoting long-term growth.

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Commercial Property Insurance: How Much Coverage Do You Really Have?

Chris Kuleba, Harrell Watts II & Evan Knott

While in many cases involving a substantial property loss the applicable insurance policy limit is clear, in some cases it is not, and the amount to which the policyholder is entitled is governed by a confluence of policy provisions informed by applicable state law.

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Three Ways to Reduce Your External Legal Spend

James J. Stapleton

At best, it is difficult to budget for external legal fees. Needs are uncertain at the beginning of the year, and there is constant pressure to hire the best firm possible. Here are three suggestions to help you reduce your external legal spend.

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J&J's Bankruptcy Vote Has Some Claimants' Lawyers Calling for a Recount

Amanda Bronstad

The presidential vote is just a few days away, but the ballots in Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy have lawyers already asking for a recount. At an Oct. 21 hearing, lawyers for thousands of talcum powder claimants clamored to crack open the confidential vote tabulation behind J&J's $9 billion prepackaged bankruptcy plan.

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Eminent Domain Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Public Purpose Challenge to Condemnation Rejected

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Fifth Circuit Remands Recording Labels' Copyright Suit Against ISP

Adolfo Pesquera

A federal appeals court departed from five sister circuits determining damages in a copyright infringement case, taking a position the Copyright Alliance called "a cruel joke."

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Watch Out, GCs — Regulators Using FCPA to Probe for Bribery

Maria Dinzeo

Many countries where American companies do business have an array of business practices and customs that might be frowned upon in this country, but whether they cross the sometimes-blurry lines of legality isn't always clear. The club enforcers wield is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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How Secure Is Your Firm's AI System?

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What Law Firms Need to Know Before Trusting AI Systems with Confidential Information As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize industries, the legal profession is no exception. Every authority agrees about the transformative impact AI is having on legal services. As law firms and corporate legal departments adopt AI technologies to streamline their practices, they must face the inevitable question: How secure are these AI systems?

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Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

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

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California Supreme Court to Consider Reach of Two Data Privacy Laws

Cheryl Miller

California's Supreme Court will consider the reach of two data privacy laws cited in a recent appellate case that found an education vendor potentially liable for a breach of student information.

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