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Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Office Buildings

David Freylikhman & Sarah E. Michigan

While transforming existing buildings for alternative purposes is not a new concept, this article seeks to explore the feasibility of alternative repurposing options with a focus on pre-existing office buildings; namely, converting vacant office space into vertical farms or cannabis growth operations.

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New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Notice of Pendency Improper In Private Nuisance Action Incapacity and Undue Influence Challenge to Deed Fails Authority Entitled to Divert Surface Water Covenant Restricting Landscaping Changes Enforced Failure to Record Does Not Invalidate Deed Against Purchaser Charged With Notice

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Director Vidal's Impact On the PTAB: Big Changes and More On the Way

Jennifer Bush

Perhaps the largest impact that Director Vidal has had upon the PTAB is has been via Director Reviews. The U.S. Supreme Court mandated Director Reviews to correct procedural defects in the way that administrative patent judges are appointed to the PTAB.

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Time to Think Big: What Law Firm Marketing and Bus Dev Teams Can Learn from the Fortune 500

Joel Wirchin

As competition intensifies, RFPs and marketing output rise, and maintaining brand consistency across changing markets, regions and diverse work settings becomes a critical concern. It's time to think big.

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What Law Firm Bus Dev Teams Can Learn from the Fortune 500

Joel Wirchin

Marketing and business development for law firms increasingly complex. As competition intensifies, RFPs and marketing output rise, and maintaining brand consistency across changing markets, regions and diverse work settings becomes a critical concern. It's time to think big.

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Cyberaccountants Offer a New Line of Defense Against Digital Disruption

Sharon L. Levin & Bruce DeGrazia

As cybercrime intensifies, it is revealing a skills shortfall among those who defend our financial infrastructure. It has become critically clear that we need to radically rethink the way we prepare our frontline defense to include more experts with both technical savvy and accounting expertise. In other words, we need an army of cyberaccountants.

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Are Law Firms Ready for the Corporate Transparency Act?

Ross Aronowitz

With the beginning of a new year around the corner and the introduction of new compliance obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), many law firms are scrambling to determine how they will assist clients who may be subject to these additional regulations.

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Student Athletes Try to Form Labor Union

Jeffrey Campolongo & Scott M. Badami

Does the ability to receive remuneration for being a college athlete mean that the students are deemed employees of the university? Do employment laws apply? Are labor laws enforced? Does OSHA enter the equation? What about HIPAA concerns relating to medical conditions and injuries?

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Is A Real Estate Instrument Filing Fee An Unauthorized Tax?

Cameron Macdonald

Local governments have significant leeway to charge fees for services they provide their residents. But fee revenue sources can be attractive options for those local governments needing to fill budget gaps without raising taxes.

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Fifth Circuit: Pre-petition Payout of Insurance Proceeds Should Be Classified As a 'Transfer of An Interest'

Francis J. Lawall & Brenden S. Dahrouge

In upholding the bankruptcy court's determination that the payment of insurance proceeds could be such a transfer, the Fifth Circuit underscored the complex interplay between state law, bankruptcy law and the rights of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

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