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Jury Award in 'Walking Dead' Stuntman Fatality Suit
A Gwinnett County, GA, jury awarded $8.6 million to the family of a stuntman killed during the production of a Walking Dead TV-series episode in 2017.
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Business Crimes Hotline
Former Barbados Government Official Convicted on U.S. Money Laundering Charges Following Insurance Company of Barbados FCPA Settlement
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High-Street Retail in an Adjustment Phase
High-street retail is going through an adjustment period, but for properties that check the right boxes, there are still active buyers. In some cases, even bidding wars.
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UK Founder of Swiss Asset Management Firm Pleads Guilty in $164 Million Global Securities Fraud Scheme
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California Court of Appeal Finds Film Producer's Anti-SLAPP Free Speech Argument Is Valid Against Lawsuit By Investor No Implied Covenant to File Song Cue Sheets for Foreign Broadcast
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Sixth Circuit Considers Rejection of a Filed Power Purchase Agreement
The provisions of the Bankruptcy Code sometimes conflict with other federal laws and regulations. The Sixth Circuit Court recently considered whether an energy company debtor could reject a power purchase agreement as an executory contract that had been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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Do Not Pass Go? U.S. Supreme Court to Review Federal Circuit's Finding of Justiciability
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Case Notes
Miami Agrees to Settle Costly Island Development Dispute After Losing Key Ruling Breach of Lease By Subsidiary Does Not Justify Piercing Corporate Veil Tenant Not Entitled to Preliminary Injunction Requiring Landlord to Co-Operate
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Court of Appeals Upholds Rent Overcharge Class Action
Can tenants maintain a class action against landlords asserting a pattern and practice of illegal conduct when the various plaintiff tenants have been injured by different forms of allegedly wrongful conduct?
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