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Baron Cohen Lawyers on Winning Ruling In Judge Moore's Defamation Suit
In a defamation suit brought by former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, a Federal District Judge recently ruled that a release Judge Moore signed prior to his appearance on the satirical Showtime series Who is America? barred precisely the sorts of claims he was bringing. In this Q&A, Baron Cohen's attorneys discuss the case.
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Olympic Swimmer's Counsel on Client's Legal Concerns
When 2020 came and went without the Tokyo Olympics, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lawyer Alan Fertel watched as many of the sponsorships and deals he'd negotiated for one of the world's fastest swimmers — now Tokyo Olympics Gold medal winner Caleb Dressel — expired.
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Frustration-of-Purpose Use In Commercial Leases During the Pandemic
The use of the frustration-of-purpose doctrine to absolve commercial tenants of their obligation to pay rent could signal headwinds for the commercial real estate market — and the economy more generally.
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Real Property Law
License to Enter Neighbor's Property Reversed Partnership Lacked Authority to Convey Property Questions of Fact About Whether Easement Extinguished By Adverse Possession Purchaser Acquired Deed By False Pretenses Broker Failed to Establish Agreement to Pay Commission
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The Future of Litigation Workflow: Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade
Hear what a cross-section of law firm leaders say about how the pandemic has impacted litigation in the short- and long-term.
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Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade
A Q&A with a cross-section of law firm leaders to understand how the pandemic has impacted litigation in the short- and long-term.
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Sorting Through the Trump Financial Documents: How Prosecutors Will Search for Clues
A Q&A with Bobby Malhotra, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles
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Ninth Circuit's Mixed Ruling In TMZ/Starline Arbitration Dispute
A California federal appeals court panel refused to broaden disclosure requirements for alternative dispute resolution organizations and called for court precedent to be revisited in a case over a soured partnership between entertainment news company TMZ and a Los Angeles celebrity tour bus company.
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Will Delta Variant of COVID-19 Impact Commercial Real Estate Recovery?
The new Delta variant of COVID-19 is speeding across the country, raising the question of whether the assumptions earlier this year of an economic rebound — some even predicted a super bounce — were premature.
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Development
ZBA Did Not Have to Act Unanimously Activist Not Entitled to Nullification of Cover Letter Community Board Included With Its Recommendations DOB's Approval of Homeless Shelter Upheld Area Variance Upheld
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