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Followup: PBS Wins Verdict In Suit By Fired TV Show Host Tavis Smiley Image

Followup: PBS Wins Verdict In Suit By Fired TV Show Host Tavis Smiley

Katheryn Tucker

It was a trial to remember for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner Grace Speights, lead defense attorney for PBS against Tavis Smiley, former long-running…

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Los Angeles Federal Judge Tosses Out Jury's Infringement Verdict Against Katy Perry in "Dark Horse" Song Case Sales Agreement for Film Assets of Distributor in Bankruptcy Doesn't Affect Separate Lender for One of Debtor's Movies

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Supreme Court Defers to State Law on Ownership of Tax Refund

Michael L. Cook

High Court Rejects Application of Bob Roberts Rule Federal courts should "turn to state law to resolve" a "fight over a tax refund," held a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Rodriquez v. FDIC (In re United W Bancorp., Inc.)

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Conducting Internal Investigations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jacqueline C. Wolff, Scott T. Lashway, & Matthew M.K. Stein

In times of crisis, criminal activity — particularly crimes involving theft and fraud — tend to spike. There is no reason to believe that the Covid-19 pandemic and the unrest in the financial markets will be any different. An important difference for company counsel, however, will be in how the malfeasance, negligence or wrongdoing can be investigated.

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Expect Flurry of Bankruptcy Filings With Coronavirus Slowdown

Lidia Dinkova

Potential Clients Are Reaching Out to Bankruptcy Attorneys to Assess the Need for Business Filings Bankruptcy attorneys expected to get calls as the coronavirus pandemic swiftly slowed the economy — and they were right.

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What a Difference 3 Months Can Make

Lisa Brown

The coronavirus has brokers guessing as to how this will affect leasing in the short term, and a report says leasing activity is likely to have a degree of decline in transaction volumes compared to pre-crisis expectations

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Force Majeure and the Doctrine of Impossibility

John Kelly

The COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in landlords and tenants closely reviewing a clause in their lease that was long considered unimportant boilerplate. Yes, we are referring to the "force majeure" provision.

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Recovery Models for e-Discovery and Litigation Support Services that Make an Impact Image

Recovery Models for e-Discovery and Litigation Support Services that Make an Impact

Nathan Curtis

In 2019, Mattern went to the market to conduct its first deep dive into e-discovery and litigation support cost recovery in the 2020 e-Discovery and Litigation Support Cost Recovery Survey. Some of the results surprised us.

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Venue Reform in Corporate Bankruptcies

ssalkin

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a bill that aims to limit where distressed companies can file bankruptcy, making it harder for companies to file outside of the jurisdiction where they are headquartered or have most of their assets. The Bankruptcy Strategist asked Robert J. Gayda, a partner in Seward & Kissel's Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Group who represents a clients in all aspects of restructuring, about his thoughts on proposed venue reform in corporate bankruptcies.

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Coronavirus 'Brutal' for Real Estate Transactions as Lenders Hit Brakes on Financing Image

Coronavirus 'Brutal' for Real Estate Transactions as Lenders Hit Brakes on Financing

Lidia Dinkova

Much like other everyday activities, real estate transactions are coming to a halt because lenders are holding back over the coronavirus pandemic.

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