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Movers & Shakers
News from Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP: James “Jim” Maxson, a leading practitioner in the life settlement industry, has joined the firm's Atlanta office. Maxson teams with MMM partner Ward Bondurant to co-chair a newly formed Life Settlements Group. Maxson was formerly Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Habersham Funding, LLC, a life settlement provider. Tony Roehl has rejoined the firm. Roehl spent a year with Nationwide Insurance as Assistant General Counsel in the office of the General Counsel supporting the commercial insurance group. He rejoins the firm with this additional experience and will continue to pursue his specialty practice in insurance regulatory, mergers and acquisitions and complex multi-state projects. Jason Cummings has joined the Insurance Group as an associate.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.