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Supreme Court Again Addresses Municipal Sign Regulations

Steven M. Silverberg

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court applied strict scrutiny to a sign regulation as it related to directional signs placed by a local congregation that held services at different locations each week. In April 2022, the Court took another look at the issue of strict scrutiny relating to "off-premises" signs in City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising.

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Real Property Law

NYRE Staff

Deed from Intestate Distribtees Effective Without Involvement of Estate Administrator Notice of Pendency Is Not an Election of Remedies That Bars Issuance of Preliminary Injunction Junior Mortgagee Obtained Good Title Despite Defects In Judgment of Foreclosure Limitation on Easement Width Upheld Forged Power of Attorney Voids Documents on Which Mortgagee Relied

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Landlord & Tenant Law

NYRE Staff

Habitability and Harassment Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss COVID-19 Does Not Trigger Frustration of Purpose or Impossibility Defenses Tenant Entitled to Actual Damages for Landlord Breach, But Not to Suspension Payment Renovations Qualified Apartment for High-Rent Vacancy Decontrol COVID-19 Does Not Excuse Failure to Pay Rent

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Co-ops and Condominiums

NYRE Staff

Unit Owner Not In Possession Cannot Prevail on Wrongful Ejectment Claim

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Experience Is Everything: Why Focusing On Client Experience is Critical and How to Get Started Image

Experience Is Everything: Why Focusing On Client Experience is Critical and How to Get Started

Kristen Dallman

In this marketplace, one thing is abundantly clear: To remain competitive, you must adapt. So how can you adapt in a way that meets the increased expectations of today's client? Focus on client experience.

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20 Business Lessons from 20 Years to Apply Today Image

20 Business Lessons from 20 Years to Apply Today

Gina Rubel

Lessons learned from years of listening, emulating, taking risks, and learning from failures and successes alike.

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Brands In the Metaverse: What You Need to Know

Brandon Leahy & Chloe Delehanty 

While it is still unknown how the metaverse will take shape, lawyers advising brands should familiarize themselves with the opportunities it presents, the risks involved, and strategies to consider for enhancing and protecting a client's brand.

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The Impact of Trust On Cooperation

Mike Whelan

a tendency to trust optimizes outcomes on average — but you have to think in individual transactions. Are lawyers too distrusting to make good decisions in those instances? This article explores the concept of trust, the impact of trust on cooperation, and whether lawyers have trust issues and what that means for them and for their clients.

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Recommendations for Evolving Patent Eligibility of Hardware

Hanchel Cheng

Regardless of whether a patent practitioner's clients favor a stricter or more lenient eligibility regime, patent eligibility decisions continue to evolve. We need a line drawn for what practitioners expect to be clearer. Hardware inventions are facing patent eligibility challenges that would have seemed more likely in software inventions. Recent court decisions have shown that what once made a hardware invention eligible may no longer fly.

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Fishing for Joint Patent Ownership Under 'BASF v. CSIRO'

Richard S.J. Hung, Jacob N. Nagy & Evangeline T. Phang

A recent Federal Circuit opinion sheds light on the process for settling co-ownership disputes pursuant to an underlying agreement. Although the precedential opinion does not change the rules of contract interpretation, it suggests considerations when drafting ownership agreements.

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