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Mike Hamilton
Three cases from the summer of 2018 reinforce some of the key themes of recent e-discovery case law
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Steven M. Silverberg
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Katherine Zalantis
In a case addressing what consulting fees (in particular attorneys' fees) can be charged to an applicant before a Zoning Board of Appeals, the Second Department in Landstein v. Town of LaGrange found that the Town had overreached its statutory authority.
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Co-Tenant Obtains Partition Upon Failure of Adverse Possession Claim<br>Questions of Fact Remain About Violation of Covenant Requiring Use As a Catholic High School<br>Mortgagor's Letter Seeking Short Sale Did Not Reset Statute of Limitations on Mortgage<br>Failure to Construct Facility Triggers Reverter Provision in Deed<br>Questions of Fact About Whether Buyers Had Made Time of the Essence<br>No Equitable Mortgage When Statute of Limitations Bars Written Mortgage<br>Cotenant Entitled to Partition with Accounting
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Video Surveillance an Adequate Substitute for Lobby Attendants<br>Yellowstone Injunction Unavailable When Tenant Could Not Establish Willingness to Cure<br>Landlord Prevails In Nonprimary Residence Proceeding
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Shareholder Can Compel Board to Cooperate With Building Department
Features
Chris Castle
This article focuses on managing change for clients affected by the MMA's government-mandated mechanical licensing collective. In my view, far from putting songwriters on a trajectory away from the government regulation that has oppressed them for generations, the collective imposes an entirely new bureaucracy with potentially significant costs that are not readily apparent.
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Aly Lynch
As experienced marketers, we can help coach newer attorneys in their marketing pursuits through mentoring. With the right assistance, newer attorneys can find ways to market that they actually enjoy and are, therefore, more likely to do. And it doesn't need to be complicated.
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Ryan McConnell
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Stephanie Bustamante
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to due diligence, but some methods are significantly cheaper and more aligned to the business than others.
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Neil J. Rosini
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Michael I. Rudell
These times are heady for creators of books and stories that may be suitable for television production. In addition to the traditional broadcast networks, a legion of pay and basic cable exhibitors and, more recently, direct-to-consumer streaming outlets are voraciously licensing product from those creators. Much press is given to the compensation aspects of the creators' agreements with exhibitors, but attention also should be paid to the extent and duration of the exhibitor's exclusivity in the property in which rights are being acquired,
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Zach Needles
Malibu Media LLC is by now well-known as a frequent filer of copyright infringement lawsuits nationwide against Web users alleged to have illegally downloaded and shared the company's adult films. But a federal judge in Pennsylvania recently said it should be up to a jury to decide whether the company is entitled to stake a claim to those copyrights in the first place.
