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New York Court Of Appeals: No Due Process Violation Where Municipality Fails To Give Property Owners Notice Of Buyback Rights In A Tax Lien Foreclosure Sale
On February 21, 2012, New York state’s highest court unanimously refused to extend due process protection to property owners challenging a tax lien foreclosure sale on grounds that they did not receive notice of their repurchase rights. Consequently, New York property owners, who were unapprised of their repurchase rights, will be unable to challenge the foreclosure on that basis.
United States Litigation
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Reed Smith
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Defining Words Appearing In Construction Of A Claim Term, Not The Claim Term Itself, Also Requires Following The Intrinsic Evidence
In Advanced Fiber Technologies (AFT) Trust v. J&L Fiber Services, Inc., No. 11-1243 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2012), the Federal Circuit revised the district court’s construction of a term appearing only in the court’s construction of a claim term, and therefore vacated SJ of noninfringement.
United States IP
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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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Do Asbestos Rip-Out Claims And The "Abandoned Materials" Policy Exception Neutralize The Impact Of The Completed Operations Aggregate?
In an effort to avoid the impact of the completed operations aggregate limit, policyholder counsel sometimes attempt to characterize claims as (1) rip-out exposures, or (2) as relating to "abandoned or unused materials," so as to come within a common insurance policy carve-out from the Completed Operations Hazard.
United States Insurance
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Duane Morris LLP
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