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Drawing the Line: What Constitutes Harboring Under the Alien Harboring Statute? Image

Drawing the Line: What Constitutes Harboring Under the Alien Harboring Statute?

Harry Sandick & Kabir Hashmi

The harboring provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act criminalizes the act of “concealing, harboring, or shielding from detection” any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States. This article examines a few federal cases to illustrate the doctrinal contours of harboring — drawing a clear distinction between active concealment and passive accommodation.

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Strategies for Buying Distressed Real Estate from a Receiver

Sandra M. Ferrera

Buying distressed real estate from a receiver presents unique opportunities and challenges. A court-appointed receiver manages and preserves assets for creditors, investors, or other stakeholders, typically in cases involving financial distress or mismanagement. Because of these circumstances, purchasing real estate from a receiver requires a strategic approach. Below are key considerations for successfully acquiring real estate in a receivership sale.

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Nosy, Daring and Unguarded: The Case for a More Conversational Practice of Law Image

Nosy, Daring and Unguarded: The Case for a More Conversational Practice of Law

Rachel M. Lary & Amber N. Thompson

When first practicing law, most lawyers think they need to sound like a lawyer. Not just any lawyer, but the kind of lawyer who uses words like "heretofore" and "whereas" in casual conversation. But somewhere between their first set of discovery requests and their hundredth client meeting, good lawyers often reach the same conclusion: no one actually likes talking to a lawyer who sounds like a lawyer.

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Despite Appearances, Crypto Enforcement Still Has a Pulse Image

Despite Appearances, Crypto Enforcement Still Has a Pulse

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

The contrast between the Trump Administration’s ostentatious embrace of cryptocurrency and the prior administration’s chilly skepticism has led some to suggest that the multi-billion-dollar industry is at the dawn of an enforcement-devoid free for all. A more recent, lower key announcement, however, indicates that enforcement still has a pulse.

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Tax Assessment Often Minimizes Property Owners Costs of Getting and Retaining Tenants Image

Tax Assessment Often Minimizes Property Owners Costs of Getting and Retaining Tenants

David C. Wilkes & Kevin M. Clyne

The vast majority of commercial real property is valued for tax assessment purposes primarily based on the income approach to valuation. However, it is common to find that the assessor has entirely omitted or overly minimized the costs associated with getting the tenant in the first place.

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ChatGPT’s Ghibli-Style Images Are Testing Copyright Law Image

ChatGPT’s Ghibli-Style Images Are Testing Copyright Law

Saishruti Mutneja & Raghav Gurbaxani

Last month, a flood of whimsical, dreamlike portraits in the style of Studio Ghibli (the Japanese animation studio) swept across social media. What began as a playful social trend quickly raised legal concerns. Within days, users began reporting that OpenAI had restricted prompts referencing specific artistic styles. This trend offers a live case study of how generative AI may implicate core doctrines of copyright law, including derivative works, substantial similarity, and fair use.

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The Am Law 100: ‘Flexible’ Compensation Systems Lead to Strong Performance Image

The Am Law 100: ‘Flexible’ Compensation Systems Lead to Strong Performance

Andrew Maloney

Big Law firms have stepped into a whole different world of partner compensation in the last year, by stretching their spreads, increasing bonus pools, moving to “black box” systems, adding nonequity tiers, and implementing “super” points, among other changes.

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Tariffs Bring Largest Decline In CRE Confidence Since COVID Image

Tariffs Bring Largest Decline In CRE Confidence Since COVID

Philippa Maister

Some of the biggest guns in commercial real estate have spoken in the wake of President Trump’s tariff announcements, and their views of the impacts on CRE financing and the economy are bleak.

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IP News

Jeff Ginsberg & J. Jay Cho

Federal Circuit Examines Written Description Requirements for U.S. Patent Application Publications Used as Prior Art Under Pre-AIAFederal Circuit Denies Preliminary Injunction In a Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act Case

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Gen AI Unlikely to Bring Down Law Firm Rates

Benjamin Joyner

Clients may hold out hope that the adoption of generative AI tools will bring down the rates they pay outside counsel, but a recent survey suggests they shouldn’t hold their breath.

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