Landlord & Tenant Law
July 31, 2025
Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on High-Rent DeregulationAlterations That Do Not Injure Reversion Do Not Constitute Breach, Despite Lease Language to the ContraryRes Judicata Does Not Bar Landlord’s Claim for Rent Arrears
Players On the Move
July 31, 2025
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
Foreign Sovereign Immunity May Be Obstacle to DOJ Enforcement Efforts
July 31, 2025
In May, Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, issued a department-wide memorandum setting forth the department’s enforcement priorities in the white-collar crime sphere. In it, the department announced an effort to combat crime that “poses a significant threat to U.S. interests,” including the “enabling of shadow-banking and sanctions evasions by hostile nation-states and terror regimes.” A potential obstacle to these enforcement efforts is the doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity. This doctrine, as its name suggests, has been used by courts to grant judicial immunity to foreign states, their instrumentalities, and their respective heads of state.
The Ovsiannikov Breach and Why Enhanced Due Diligence Must Become a Compliance Standard
July 31, 2025
In April 2025, the United Kingdom secured its first-ever criminal conviction for a breach of Russian sanctions — a milestone in the global enforcement landscape. But beneath the headline lies a far more pressing narrative: how a sanctioned Politically Exposed Person (PEP) was able to enter the UK, open a bank account, and launder funds through mainstream financial and non-financial institutions without detection.
ALM Releases AI Law Treatise
July 31, 2025
ALM teamed up with AI legal experts at McDermott Will & Emery to create a comprehensive treatise on all things AI and the law, covering the gamut of legal areas that AI touches, from the history of AI to its impact on intellectual property, employment law, data privacy, ethics, contracts, torts, risk mitigation, as well as gather all of the U.S. federal and state laws on AI as well as international laws and industry standards in one place.
“Not Merely Monkey Business”: The Bored Ape Case and NFT Branding in the Ninth Circuit
July 31, 2025
On July 23, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued a pivotal decision regarding digital art, blockchain technology, and trademark law. The ruling not only clarifies that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are protectable “goods” under federal trademark law, but also sets important standards for how courts should analyze consumer confusion, fair use, and First Amendment protections surrounding artistic expression in the rapidly evolving NFT marketplace.
Copyrights Battles and the Downfall of EU AI Act
July 31, 2025
While the EU AI Act certainly deserves compliments for both its pioneering nature and numerous thoughtful provisions aimed at the efficient and effective regulation of modern AI, it is not without its drawbacks.
