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The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles has scored a partial victory in its legal battle with the City of Los Angeles, as the court ruled to overturn one of two ordinances that landlords said imposed excessive financial burdens and conflicted with state law. The California Court of Appeal ruled that the city’s Relocation Assistance Ordinance — which required property owners to pay tenants relocation fees after lawful rent increases on units exempt from rent control — was preempted by the Costa‑Hawkins Rental Housing Act, according to a press release via Business Wire. The court found that the ordinance undermined…

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Though antitrust charges are in play in the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into the NFL’s deals with services like Amazon Prime and Netflix, experts say they don’t see a strong federal case against the league’s broadcasting practices, as focus may shift to updating a decades-old law governing how sports leagues negotiate television deals.Read More

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