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Fresh Filings
July 31, 2025
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
Eminent Domain Law
July 31, 2025
Claimant Not Entitled to Damages for Loss of Setback
Best Practices and Common Pitfalls In Trust Accounting
July 31, 2025
Trust accounting — specifically, the management and recordkeeping of client trust accounts — is an aspect of legal practice that demands meticulous attention. This article identifies best practices for trust accounting and recordkeeping and outlines common pitfalls in an effort to help lawyers maintain compliance and uphold client trust.
End of Florida’s Business Rent Tax Could Make the State Attractive to Real Estate Investors
July 31, 2025
Some attorneys at Florida’s largest law firms are optimistic that a recently enacted legislative measure that eliminates the business rent tax will help make the state even more attractive to out-of-state businesses and investments.
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
What to Do With Misappropriated Cryptocurrency Assets Becoming Common Issue In Bankruptcies
July 31, 2025
How can a court order be served to an anonymous individual during litigation? And if that individual is holding misappropriated cryptocurrency in a self-custodied, anonymous wallet, can those funds be seized and recovered? These questions are becoming more common in digital assets disputes, bankruptcies and litigations.
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.
Upcoming Events
July 31, 2025
33rd Cutting Edge Entertainment Law Seminar35th Annual Entertainment Law Institute

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