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White-Collar Practitioners Weigh In On Defending Trump Indictments

Brad Kutner

They say every defendant deserves an attorney, and that surely includes a former president, but how does a lawyer defend someone facing multiple indictments in multiple districts all while they're running a campaign to return to the White House? Several white-collar defense attorneys who spoke with Business Crimes Bulletin's ALM sibling The National Law Journal have some ideas.

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Novel Issues of Chapter 11 Mass Tort and Complex Claims Cases Impact Claims Against Unrelated Debtors Image

Novel Issues of Chapter 11 Mass Tort and Complex Claims Cases Impact Claims Against Unrelated Debtors

Francis J. Lawall & Brenden S. Dahrouge

Chapter 11 cases involving mass tort and complex personal injury claims often require the resolution of novel legal issues that stretch the bounds of existing precedent. As these cases evolve, they can also impact claims against other debtors unrelated to the case at hand through court-approved injunctions, releases or settlements.

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable court filings in entertainment law.

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Joyce L. Nadipuram

Federal Circuit Clarifies Motivation to Combine to Achieve the Claimed Invention and Holds IPR Petitioner Must Be Given Opportunity to Reply Where Patent Owner First Proposes Claim Construction In a Response

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights

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After Dismissal of J&J's Second Talc Bankruptcy, Plaintiffs Lawyers Call for Consolidated Trials Image

After Dismissal of J&J's Second Talc Bankruptcy, Plaintiffs Lawyers Call for Consolidated Trials

Amanda Bronstad

With the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's second talc bankruptcy, plaintiffs lawyers are doubling down on their plans to pursue trials across the country.

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Development

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Specific Performance Available for Breach of Contract to Convey Air Rights Challenge to Site Plan Approval Dismissed for Failure to Join a Necessary Party NYU's Challenge to Zoning Amendment Dismissed for Lack of Standing Town's Construction of Its Ordinance Was Irrational Condition on Special Permit Renewal Invalidated As Unreasonable

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Real Property Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Buyer Entitled to Return of Deposit Because Estoppel Certificates Were Inadequate City Had Authority to Extinguish Interest of Delinquent Taxpayers After Four Month Redemption Period Expires Survival Clause Includes No Expiration Date Easement Not Invalid for Fraud

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Co-ops and Condominiums

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Co-Op Purchaser Not Entitled to Cancel Contract Appointment of Receiver to Collect Rent Owed to Defaulting Commercial Unit Owner Upheld

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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable court filings in entertainment law.

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