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Key Differences Between a Cooperative and a Condominium

GDB Firm Blog

There are several material differences between residential buildings that are created as a Cooperative or as a Condominium. Those material differences are important to understand.

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Greenspoon Marder Intellectual Property Blog: GOTrademarks?

Greenspoon Marder LLP

Sadly, the HBO hit series Game of Thrones is over, but HBO’s rights to its various trademarks generated in connection with the series will continue on and we can expect HBO to protect their rights aggressively. In fact, HBO has applied for more than 100 GOT-related trademarks in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). From the legal perspective, […] The post Greenspoon Marder Intellectual Property Blog: GOTrademarks?

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Sharia-Compliant Loans to Muslim Customers

GDB Firm Blog

Islamic law prohibits paying interest on loans. There are many fine distinctions beyond the scope of this blog. However, if a Muslim customer needs a traditional mortgage loan, there is a structure you can use that has received regulatory approval. In what is known as Murabaha transaction, the borrower sells its real estate to you for a price (the loan amount) payable at closing and you immediately sell the property back to the borrower for a price payable in installments.

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Promissory Estoppel and the Contract from Hell

GDB Firm Blog

When a subcontractor gives a price to a contractor, which then relies on that quote in submitting its bid to the owner, the subcontractor can be locked in and bound to perform the work at that quoted price. But perhaps not always.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?