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• Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes

  “Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.

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• Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough

  There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.

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• Do FL and CA Talent Agency Law Cover Social Media Influencers and Esports Talent?

  If the definition for "artist" under Florida's Talent Agencies Act applies to influencers and esports players, then likely a lot of unlicensed representatives are in violation of the state's statute — and the penalties are pretty serious.

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• Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It

  Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?

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• Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations

  This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.

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