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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cityandstateny.com | Brian Moriarty
By Brian Moriarty January 17, 2025 11:43 AM ET In the last two years, more than 80 individuals experiencing chronic homelessness in New York City—many with untreated mental health needs—have successfully transitioned from living in public spaces directly into an apartment of their own through Street to Home, a pilot program launched by Volunteers of America-Greater New York (VOA-GNY) in partnership with the City of New York.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
businesslawtoday.org | Brian Moriarty
To the uninitiated, the combination of patent and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) law applicable to life sciences deals may seem needlessly technical and perhaps a subject best glazed over. What could go wrong? A lot. Consider the saga of the heart drug Angiomax. After the product was approved, the owner sought to extend the term of its patent by four years. Two months later, its lawyer prepared and filed the papers—seemingly within the statutory deadline of sixty days from drug approval.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
morningstar.com | Kunal Kapoor |Nizar Tarhuni |Brian Moriarty
Kunal Kapoor: Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the second episode of our LinkedIn Live series where we’re going to talk about the convergence of public and private markets. Now, if you’re like me, I know what you’re thinking: Thank God, this is not another conversation about whether the Fed is going to cut rates by 25 or 50 basis points. We’ll all find that out in an hour or two, and then we can get back to our lives.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Brian Moriarty |Timothy Meagher |Daniel Fleisher
Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds’ attorneys explain the risk of using AI to change original images, and practical steps to take in copyright search to help avoid misuse.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
morningstar.com | Brian Moriarty |Ryan Jackson
State Street and Apollo Global Management filed to launch an actively managed exchange-traded fund that invests in public and private credit, the first ETF of its kind. The announcement raised a flurry of questions while the SEC decides whether to approve SPDR SSGA Apollo IG Public and Private Credit ETF. Here’s what you need to know about the filing and what it means for investors and the ETF industry. This fund aims to invest in public and private credit in one ETF portfolio.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
irei.com | Brian Moriarty
Capital Group’s plans to partner with KKR in launching two interval funds in 2025 is only the latest sign of interest from two well-known asset managers in this increasingly popular structure. To help investors navigate interval funds’ strengths and weaknesses while considering their role in a portfolio, Morningstar manager research analysts recently published an extensive guide to interval funds. This column draws from that report to help investors make informed decisions about interval funds.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
morningstar.com | Brian Moriarty
Capital Group’s plans to partner with KKR in launching two interval funds in 2025 is only the latest sign of interest from two well-known asset managers in this increasingly popular structure. To help investors navigate interval funds’ strengths and weaknesses while considering their role in a portfolio, Morningstar manager research analysts recently published an extensive guide to interval funds. This article draws from that report to help investors make informed decisions about interval funds.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
law360.co.uk | Brian Moriarty
ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Brian Moriarty (February 15, 2024, 5:41 PM EST) -- The jury in the recent Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg case decided that a tattoo of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis inked by celebrity artist Kat Von D was not substantially similar to a copyrighted photo of Davis taken by professional photographer Jeffrey Sedlik.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
law360.com | Brian Moriarty
ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Brian Moriarty (February 15, 2024, 5:41 PM EST) -- The jury in the recent Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg case decided that a tattoo of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis inked by celebrity artist Kat Von D was not substantially similar to a copyrighted photo of Davis taken by professional photographer Jeffrey Sedlik.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
morningstar.com | Brian Moriarty
It is no secret that the income landscape has changed. Interest rates have increased from practically zero across the developed world (even negative in some cases) and have broadly reset at the 4.0%-5.5% level, depending on the country. Bond yields have anticipated these rises and increased, too, with 4%-5% yields generally available across the curve. Riskier bonds, like high yield, have increased from as low as 4% in 2022 to around 9% today.
