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.
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
With the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's second talc bankruptcy, plaintiffs lawyers are doubling down on their plans to pursue trials across the country.
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
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
Dispute Over Jay Livingston Songwriter Contracts Sent to Arbitration
MeTV Viewers Aren't "Subscribers" Under Video Privacy Protection Act
TV Series Production Contract Is Assignable In Bankruptcy
At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll had already worked for months to write the language for such provisions. Kotagal was developing legal language for contract provisions that Hollywood's elite could use to require studios and other partners to employ diverse workers on set.
The law firm office cannot remain unchanged, as if frozen in time set to some date prior to the onset of pandemic, when the terms and meaning have all changed. In fact, the office must now provide benefits or an experience the lawyers and staff cannot get at home.
The legal implications of branding generally arise initially for companies during the process of selecting a company name and any initial product or service names. For drug development companies, however, careful consideration should also be paid to the implications of branding a clinical trial.
'Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel is a continuation of the discussion of client expectations and the disconnect that often occurs. And although the outside attorneys should be pursuing how inside-counsel actually think, inside counsel should make an effort to impart this information without waiting to be asked.
