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The property narrowly escaped a foreclosure auction late last month when the business filed for bankruptcy a legal maneuver that prevented the auction from going forward.
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"The winner cannot blog, social network, talk to press, write about, take pictures or record during the experience in any way due to security regulations, " reads the auction's legal terms.
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So far that has been little use in Britain, where legal battles have long delayed the auction of 4G frequencies.
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the three airports, joined the lawsuit, claiming the FAA lacks the legal authority to conduct the slot auction.
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The botched auction has led to a legal free-for-all.
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Sale of the assets occurs in parallel to the claim process, and while the sale usually occurs via an auction there are no formal legal requirements for how the assets are monetized.
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But a legal wrangle over the rules has delayed the auction by a year an infinity in Internet time and Finland has got a head-start on Britain by simply giving its licences away.
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What's more the regulator may be more concerned about the submissions from the telecoms operators who are at war over how the auction should operate and muttering about legal action if it doesn't work the way they think it should.
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At this week's moment of maximum intrigue, Mr Chernomyrdin tried to delay the Norilsk auction, but was persuaded that he lacked the legal powers to do so at such short notice and besides, the government needed the money.
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Friday's auction of 70 masks fetched some 930, 000 euros after a legal challenge to stop the sale failed.
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