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Intellectual Property in M&A Transactions

John A. Lingl & Michael N. Spink

To best protect their companies' interests, corporate counsel should be aware of the IP implications of every M&A transaction, and should adopt a formal approach to identifying those assets and performing IP due diligence.

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Litigation and Social Media

Monica M. Moore

The increasing use of social networking sites has changed the discovery landscape again. This change, however, presents a positive and beneficial discovery tool for companies to use in litigation.

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DE Court Provides Important Guidance on Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Robert S. Reder

Although director and officer indemnification is not a new concept, there is limited judicial precedent interpreting DGCL ' 145. Thus, the recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision in <i>Hermelin v. K-V Pharmaceutical Company</i> is most welcome.

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The Leasing Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at recent litigation.

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Lease Due Diligence

Mark Morfopoulos

When negotiating a lease of a parcel that is subject to an REA, a practitioner must be aware that there are many ways that an REA can adversely impact a tenant. This article lists eight factors to consider when reviewing an REA.

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In the Spotlight: Renewing a Retail Lease

Glenn Browne

This article examines the topics that should be contemplated in an amendment to an existing lease, and also discusses the manner in which these issues may be addressed.

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Your Tenant Is in Default, But the Entity Does Not Exist

By Kevin Montee & Monica Sloboda

More often than you might think, landlords enter into leases with tenant-entities only to find later, when the tenant defaults under the lease, that the tenant-entity was never lawfully formed or did not exist at the time of entering into the lease.

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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An in-depth analysis of key decisions of note.

Features

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of two separate decisions of note.

Features

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When Taking Proprietary Information Is Not a Crime

Wendy H. Schwartz & Jennifer L. Achilles

In back-to-back decisions, the Ninth and Second circuits interpreted three different federal statutes '' the CFAA, the NSPA, EEA '' in ways that narrowed federal prosecutors'' ability to charge former employees for stealing proprietary information from their companies.

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