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Business Crimes Hotline
Canadian Clean Fuel Technology Company and Former CEO Pay $4.1 Million to Settle China Related FCPA Case
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Faster, Shorter, Smarter, Better: Strategies for a New Era of Bankruptcy
Faster, Shorter, Smarter, Better Among other trends, practitioners are increasingly using pre-packaged and pre-negotiated cases, drafting clearer and more concise pleadings, employing smarter deposit management practices, and harnessing improved technology — strategies for a new era of bankruptcy.
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Development
Mining Prohibition Not Pre-Empted By State Law and Not In Violation of SEQRA Dog Training Facility Not a Customary Home Occupation,br> Landowner Not Entitled to Variance When Hardship Is Not Unique to the Parcel ZBA Did Not Consider Statutory Variance Factors
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Case Notes
Defense Based on Federal Law Cannot Confer Federal Jurisdiction
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In the Courts
New York Brokerage and Two Executives Ordered to Pay $1.58 Million for Misleading Investors In High-Yield Securities Case
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Same Class, Different Recoveries — No Bar to Plan Confirmation
Equal treatment of claims in the same class within a plan of reorganization is an important creditor protection in Chapter 11. However, is it possible to provide certain benefits to some creditors within a single class and not others without running afoul of the Bankruptcy Code? In a recent ruling on an issue of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit certainly made clear it thought so.
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Legal Tech: A Closer Look At 3 Summer Cases Concerning Lost Data
Summer 2019 put some interesting case law into the books. We'll take a look at three cases having to do with lost data and whether spoliation sanctions were levied.
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Co-ops and Condominiums
Action Dismissed When Unit Owners Did Not Allege Wrongful Actions Outside Scope of Board Member's Duty As Board Member
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IP News
More Than a Recitation of Hooke's Law Needed for Patent Protection A Claim for a Chair Limits the Claim to a Chair
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Changes in Lot Number: When Does a Purchaser Have a Duty to Inquire?
Block and lot indexes prevalent in New York City were designed to make title searches simpler than those necessary under the grantor-grantee index system prevalent in many other areas of the state and country. Suppose, however, block and lot numbers change over time. To what extent are purchasers on notice of deeds recorded under a block and lot number different from the one prevalent at the time of purchase?
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