Thu.Apr 15, 2021

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Is it High Time for a Smoke-Free Building? Legalization of Marijuana May Prompt Landlords to Outlaw Smoking

GDB Firm Blog

Every New York resident knows that living in an apartment, whether a rental, cooperative, or condominium building, is often challenging, especially when your neighbors' actions interfere with your life in unpleasant ways. Controlling the infiltration of odors, such as secondhand smoke, cooking, and pet odors, is one of the most common quality of life issues faced by landlords and boards.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

IP Whiteboard

In another reminder that being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up be (after binge-watching the latest season of The Crown ), Meghan Markle (a.k.a. The Duchess of Sussex) was recently granted summary judgment in a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, over the publication of extracts from a hand-written letter to her father (see HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch) ).

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Opposition to Reasons Bills

GDB Firm Blog

Several Bills have been introduced in the State legislature to require Boards to give a reason whenever they reject a prospective purchaser, including S. 2874/ A. 1623, and S. 1449. Boards of Directors of Cooperatives may want to consider opposing the legislation by contacting their elected representatives and sending the following article to them.

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"Second Circuit Fair Use Decision Sets Up Circuit Split"

The Art Law Blog

More on the Warhol decision from David Steiner. Some earlier comments from Steiner in the updates here.

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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?