Features
Maria Dinzeo
Companies should be going above and beyond what's legally required to earn leniency from the SEC, its top enforcement official said at a gathering of white collar defense attorneys and in-house counsel
Features
Maria Dinzeo
Business, labor and consumer interests expressed sharply differing views at a public forum last month over proposed California rules that would govern how companies use customers' personal information for anything from hiring decisions to advertising.
Features
Elizabeth Lampert
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Traci Stuart
Law firms, regardless of location or specialization, have an opportunity to leverage the political landscape to amplify visibility and engage relevant practice areas during an election year. But there are risks as well.
Features
Stephen M. Kramarsky
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John Millson
While reasonable post-employment restrictions remain enforceable (at least in the context of confidential information), the increased hostility to them has revived interest in the use of other legal protections for proprietary business materials.
Columns & Departments
New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
Constitutionality of Boarding House Definition
Town's Use of Escrow Funds Upheld
Planning Board Failed to Consider Public Safety Issue
Denial of Special Permit Upheld Due to Traffic Concerns
Questions of Fact About Whether Agreement Included Acquisition of Air Rights
Zoning Amendment Not Arbitrary Even If It Would Authorize Uses Prohibited By Restrictive Covenants
Columns & Departments
Entertainment Law
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Finance Staff
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
Features
Andrew Maloney
Amid unprecedented billing rate hikes and an escalation of the battle for rainmaking talent, Am Law 100 law firms again raised the stakes on partner pay last year. At the same time, the average spread among Second Hundred firms fell a bit.
Features
Michael A. Mora
"What's going to happen with affordable housing is that people are going to be living under the radar, trying to get under the leases and do not live there, and apartment owners need to be aware of that because they could be liable for that."
Features
Lawrence J. Kotler
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Drew S. McGehrin
The U.S. Bankruptcy appellate panel for the Ninth Circuit addressed a matter of first impression: what happens when a debt that may be considered nondischargeable is later determined to be dischargeable, and more importantly, whether efforts to collect such a debt be exempt from penalties for violating the discharge injunction?
Columns & Departments
Howard Shire
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Justin Tilghman
Under the discovery rule, a party who files a timely claim for copyright infringement can recover monetary damages, even for copyright claims that date back more than three years from when the lawsuit was filed.
