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Landlord & Tenant Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Notice Sufficient In Action to Eject Occupant Lease's Taking Clause Excuses Tenant from Payment of Rent<br Village's ETPA Resolution Upheld Landlord's Delay In Providing Itemized Statement Precludes Landlord from Retaining Any Portion of Security Deposit Assignee Liable for Breach of Lease Constructive Eviction and Warranty of Habitability Defenses Rejected

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Idaho District Court Imposes First-Ever Bond Order Under the State's Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement Act Image

Idaho District Court Imposes First-Ever Bond Order Under the State's Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement Act

Catherine Nyarady & Crystal Parker

The Act is intended to guard against patent trolling and creates a private cause of action for those targeted by bad faith infringement assertions and contemplates two types of relief: remedies and a bond requirement.

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The Future of the SEC's Climate Change Disclosure Rules If Regulatory Polices Are Reversed Image

The Future of the SEC's Climate Change Disclosure Rules If Regulatory Polices Are Reversed

John Coffee

Depending on the results of the election in November, there may be major reversals in securities regulation and SEC policies. In particular, the SEC's much discussed and much litigated climate disclosure rules may be abandoned by a Trump SEC.

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Ethical Obligations and Risks of Engaging a Temporary Attorney

Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo & Kyle A. Valente

It is not uncommon for practitioners and law firms to employ the services of temporary (or contract) attorneys as the need may arise in contemporary practice. This article discusses the ethical obligations and associated risks that flow from engaging the services of a temporary attorney.

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Tips for Complying with ABA and State Rules On Attorney Advertising Image

Tips for Complying with ABA and State Rules On Attorney Advertising

Liz Lindley

If legal marketing professionals are looking for the absolutely clear and consistent rules about attorney advertising that every firm can or should follow, know that the search is futile because the states not only modified the rules but called them by other names including codes, guidelines, standards, oaths, principles, pillars or tenets.

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Three Questions Regarding Zoning and EV Charging Stations Image

Three Questions Regarding Zoning and EV Charging Stations

Anthony S. Guardino

Owners of office and multi-family developments that install new charging stations are likely to see an increase in property values because their buildings will attract or retain EV owners. In order to facilitate and encourage more EV charging stations, municipalities need to update their zoning ordinances to regulate and manage this new land use.

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Playing Field Grows for Sports Law Practices

Patrick Smith

More law firms are betting on growing their sports practices amid recent changes in amateur and professional sports, finding it hard to ignore the multi-practice work that teams and leagues can bring to lawyers.

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Real Property Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Tenants In Common Failed to Establish Claim of Right Element of Adverse Possession Claim Questions of Fact About Adverse Possession Claim

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Big Law In NYC Looking for Smaller, New Class A Spaces Image

Big Law In NYC Looking for Smaller, New Class A Spaces

Mimi Lamarre

Overall this year, law firms have been more likely to leave their current spaces and relocate, but they continue opting for smaller spaces.

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Do Post-Bankruptcy Petition Lease Claims Automatically Result In An Administrative Expense Claim for Unpaid Rent? Image

Do Post-Bankruptcy Petition Lease Claims Automatically Result In An Administrative Expense Claim for Unpaid Rent?

Andrew C. Kassner & Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

In In re Jughandle Brewing, a NJ Bankruptcy Court concluded allowance of an administrative expense claim is not automatic and also may not be the sole remedy for a debtor or trustee's failure to perform its post-petition obligations under a commercial lease.

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