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Permitted Uses: Flexibility and Adaptability

Glenn A. Browne

When negotiating permitted-use clauses under retail leases, landlords attempt to achieve the most comprehensive limitations possible so as to avoid conflicts with other tenants' leases and violations of exclusive-use clauses that are maintained by other tenants in the retail facility. Tenants, however, should be very careful to incorporate a certain degree of flexibility and adaptability into their leases' permitted-use clauses to take into account an evolving landscape.

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As Section 101 and the Progeny of Mayo and Myriad Continue to Wreak Havoc on Portfolios, How Is The Life Sciences Industry Fighting Back? Image

As Section 101 and the Progeny of Mayo and Myriad Continue to Wreak Havoc on Portfolios, How Is The Life Sciences Industry Fighting Back?

Wesley Overson, Otis Littlefield, Mat Swiderski, & Stephanie Blij

Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mayo and Myriad, the Federal Circuit has expanded the holdings and invalidated more patents directed to biological discoveries. If the newly discovered correlations and properties of what is found in nature cannot be patented, what strategies for protection are left for companies doing biological research?

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Sony Music Must Hand over Internal List over Kesha Sex Abuse Claims Image

Sony Music Must Hand over Internal List over Kesha Sex Abuse Claims

Jason Grant

As the now four-and-a-half-year-long legal dispute between Kesha and her former music producer Dr. Luke continues in New York court, a state appeals panel has decided that the pop singer can compel Sony Music Entertainment to identify people interviewed in its internal investigation that examined Kesha's claims of sexual misconduct by the producer.

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Companies Poised To Repeat Data Privacy Compliance Mistakes

Phillip Bantz

<b><i>New Study Shows U.S. Companies Are Taking the Same Failed Approach To Complying With California's Privacy Regulation As They Did for GDPR</b></i><p>U.S. companies haven't learned much from the missteps they made while preparing for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), suggests a new study on data privacy regulation compliance.

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Are Online Reviews Threatening Your Online Reputation? Image

Are Online Reviews Threatening Your Online Reputation?

Melanie Trudeau

An attorney's reputation may be one of the most important factors that clients consider before hiring counsel. In today's world of online reviews, managing your reputation can be challenging. How should you manage online reviews to ensure your reputation and trustworthiness are intact?

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The Time to Improve Administrative Performance Is Now Image

The Time to Improve Administrative Performance Is Now

J. Mark Santiago

This article focuses on what a firm can do now that will improve future firm economics regardless of what the future may hold, identifying three areas that offer the great opportunity for improving a law firms' economics and better positioning them for whatever the future may bring.

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Development

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City Not Estopped from Preventing Construction of Building Despite Longstanding Interpretation of Zoning Resolution

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Real Property Law

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Broker Breaches Fiduciary Duty By Making Offer That Competes With Client<br>Amendment to Association Bylaws Not Effective Until They Are Recorded<br>Seller Entitled to Cancel Contract When It Could Not Clear Title<br>Buyer's Waiver of Defects In Title Preclude Cancellation By Seller<br>Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Mortgage Contingency Issues<br>Broker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Fraud Claim By Prior Owner<br>Easement By Prescription Established

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State Report: New NJ Data Breach Notification Legislation Signed Image

State Report: New NJ Data Breach Notification Legislation Signed

Suzette Parmley

Legislation expanding the types of personal data that will trigger a required notification to customers in case of a breach, including email addresses and passwords, was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy.

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Litigation Expense Deductibility: New Appellate Court Decision

Daniel Mayo

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that explains some of the requirements for deducting litigation expenses. The facts of the case are bizarre, but the controlling legal principles are not.

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