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Why Should Real New York Real Property Owners Really Care About the Rule Against Perpetuities?

By All, Featured, Real Estate
by Andrew Weltchek

Believe it or not, New York real property owners should be aware of the “rule against perpetuities” when structuring transactions – the rule arises in many more cases than you think.   New York’s rule against perpetuities is taught in the first year property courses of law schools, included in bar review courses, and usually promptly forgotten.

But that’s dangerous.  I’ll explain why. Read More

Dunnington Partners Ray Dowd and Olivera Medenica Represent Law Professors Weighing In On Patentability Of Artificial Intelligence Inventions At U.S. Supreme Court

By All, Featured, Firm News, Intellectual Property, Advertising, Art and Fashion Law, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation

Dunnington partners Ray Dowd and Olivera Medenica represent law professors supporting a challenge to the USPTO’s denial of a patent to owners of artificial intelligence systems.  The legal issue is whether an “inventor” must be a human being under the Patent Act. Read More

Art Law: Dunnington Partners Nicola Tegoni and Raymond Dowd To Speak on Cultural Patrimony At John Cabot University In Rome

By All, Featured, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Advertising, Art and Fashion Law, International, Italy Desk

Dunnington partner Nicola Tegoni, Co-Chair of Dunnington’s Italy Desk and Raymond Dowd, Chair of Dunnington’s Art Law Practice Group will be speaking at an April 14, 2023 conference at John Cabot University in Rome titled “Cultural Patrimony and the Legislative System:  Italy and the USA in Comparison.”  Read More

Data Privacy and the Risk of Exposure

By All, Corporate, Featured, Intellectual Property, Advertising, Art and Fashion Law, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation, Privacy and Cybersecurity

If you took an Uber to meet your Bumble date and later split the tab on Cash App, you just used at least three Application Programming Interfaces or APIs.  In addition to sharing data with your date, you probably shared some of your data with Uber, Bumble, and Block, the parent company of Cash App.  Uber may share data with other third parties such as business partners or websites that integrate with Uber APIs.   Cash App may share data with other third party companies to deliver Cash App services.  Bumble may share data about users’ age, gender, and location to marketing service providers, like Meta.  Read More