LJN Newsletters

  • The Illinois Department of Human Rights has drafted rules for the implementation of the new amendments. Below is a list of questions employers should be able to answer before integrating any new AI tool into their business in order to avoid costly penalties for violations of the new rules.

    April 30, 2026Laura A. Balson and Cyle R. Catlett
  • At a recent trade secret conference, several speakers highlighted a problem with a common industry practice related to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). In particular, NDAs are often drafted such that they (and the confidentiality obligations therein) expire after a set term, but there is a very real risk that doing so may inadvertently destroy trade secret status of information disclosed pursuant to the NDA.

    April 30, 2026Zachary L. Garrett and John D. Murnane and Stephen Krachie
  • Certain substantive aspects of trademark law and practice are now meaningfully different between the UK and EU, and procedural differences that were already present are now more pronounced. These changes raise important considerations for entertainment businesses operating across Europe.

    April 30, 2026Roger Lush and Lara Elder
  • A Q&A with litigator Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn who stepped in as lead counsel to represent a coalition of states against Live Nation after lawyers from the DOJ announced mid-federal-trial that they had reached a settlement in the federal government’s antitrust monopoly case against the live entertainment giant and its ticketing arm Ticketmaster.

    April 30, 2026Ross Todd
  • The growth firms are enjoying right now has expanded the cost base — talent, technology, real estate — faster than the operating model has adapted to support it. That gap is not closed by another lease, another mandate, another lateral, or another tool. It is closed by deliberately rebuilding the operating system for the firm that actually exists, rather than the one that existed in 2019.

    April 30, 2026Patricia Nagy
  • Guaranty In Effect Until Tenant Vacates, Even Though Tenant Remained In Possession Under New LeaseDHCR’s MCI Increase Approval UpheldTenant Entitled to Renewal Lease Despite Terms of Settlement AgreementCounterclaims for Constructive Eviction and Failure to Make Repairs Survive Summary Judgment

    April 30, 2026New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
  • A sampling of daily headlines is apparently driven by law firms eager to attract lateral partners, to recruit young lawyers, and to please current partners. One wag also recently described this public bragging as a “sedative” to quiet troublesome partners. Does the profession want or even need this kind of publicity? The answer should be no.

    April 30, 2026Michael L. Cook