LJN Newsletters

  • Parent Corporations and Their Subsidiaries' Liabilities: Guidelines

    In February 2007 the Illinois Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held as a matter of first impression that a parent corporation could be directly liable for its negligence to the estates of two employees of its subsidiary corporation. Forsythe v. Clark USA. The Illinois Court relied extensively on the unanimous 1998 opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in U S v. Bestfoods. Both courts limited the reach of their opinions by making explicit the common law principle that corporate shareholders are not generally liable for the acts and omissions of their subsidiaries in the absence of active involvement of the parent in those acts or omissions.

    June 26, 2008Stanley R. Weinberger

  • Erratum

    In last month's issue, the bio note for Darryl Vernon failed to mention that he served as counsel for tenants in Riverside Syndicate, Inc. v. Munroe. We apologize for the omission.…

    June 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Bit Parts

    Copyright Preemption/Unfair Competition
    Music Publishing/Contract Interpretation
    Rights in Band Names and Member Personas/Injunctive Relief
    Song Copyrights/Fair Use

    June 26, 2008Stan Soocher

  • Health Care Fraud Redux?

    At times in the past decade, health care fraud seemed to be the top priority of the DOJ. Although nationally it's now been eclipsed by corporate accountability, the DOJ has focused on health care fraud and abuse in two of the nation's largest federal prosecutors' offices: Los Angeles and Houston. The Central District of California and the Southern District of Texas ' supposedly fraud and abuse hot spots ' are setting up dedicated Medicare Fraud Task Forces based on a model that enjoyed great success in the Southern District of Florida.

    June 26, 2008Michael E. Clark

  • Malpractice Suit over The Source Comments Proceeds

    A Manhattan federal magistrate judge ruled that a client may proceed with a legal-malpractice claim against a law firm for failing to bring defamation claims on behalf of the client in a highprofile sexual harassment and discrimination case against hip-hop magazine The Source.

    June 26, 2008Anthony Lin

  • Real Property Law

    Analysis of recent rulings.

    June 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Commentary on the latest cases.

    June 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Development

    A look at recent rulings of importance.

    June 26, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Orphan Works Legislation: Real Time Bomb

    The federal 'Orphan Works' legislation (S2913 and HR5889) creates an entirely new law favoring the 'opt in' fundamentalists who prefer as many copyright formalities as possible, thereby increasing the likelihood that works will fall ' intentionally or unintentionally ' into the public domain. Some have characterized the import of the Orphan Works legislation as creating a new rateless compulsory license, or at a minimum a 'safe harbor' for libraries (such as the Library of Congress), museums, public broadcasters and universities, as well as commercial entities.

    June 26, 2008Christian L. Castle