Credible Fraudulent Transfer Advocacy
Appellate courts continue to use common sense when disposing of constructively fraudulent transfer appeals, as recent decisions show.
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Searching for BRICS
John H. Hornickel
The worldwide patenting landscape is undergoing slow but inevitable tectonic shifts. During the first half of this century, the oligopoly of the United States, Europe, and Japan as the source of the vast majority of new ideas will be broken with the rise of innovation concentrated in other nations beyond the Trilateral, as the USPTO, EPO, and JPO are known.
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Intellectual Property: Currency of the New Economy
Keith Bergelt
This article considers the way in which the capital markets view IP assets and the means by which IP is emerging as the currency of the new economy.
Five Significant Inter-Generational Relations Blunders
Phyllis Weiss Haserot
Firms are struggling with generational divides because they make the blunders enumerated in this article.
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It's No Coincidence: The Successful Firms Have Strong Management and Leadership
Robert W. Denney
Nothing is as important to the success of a law firm as strong leadership at the top. Yet, in far too many firms, the partners are still reluctant to give anyone the CEO authority needed for effective management and leadership.
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Advancing Women in Law Firms
Jennifer Bluestein
This article lays the groundwork for those in power to learn how they can help women lawyers succeed.
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Forfeiture-for-Competition Agreements
Wayne N. Outten
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Mark R. Humowiecki
Law firms are constrained by professional ethics in how they address the issues of lawyer mobility. Rule 5.6 of the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility expressly prohibits lawyers from entering into agreements that restrict their right to practice, including covenants not to compete. The overwhelming majority of jurisdictions interpret the rule to preclude less direct restrictions on competition, including financial penalties known as 'forfeiture-for-competition' agreements.
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Movers & Shakers
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
News about lawyers and law firms in the franchising industry.
News Briefs
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
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Court Watch
Charles G. Miller
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Darryl A. Hart
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
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Quiznos Beats Class Action: Disclaimer Clauses Commonly Used By Most Franchisors Upheld as Fully Enforceable
Charles G. Miller
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Darryl A. Hart
Quiznos successfully beat back a class action challenging its supplier arrangements in <i>Westerfeld v. The Quiznos Franchise Company.</i> One important aspect of this decision is that the Eastern District of Wisconsin court had no problem dismissing a class action challenge to Quiznos' supplier arrangements on the basis that various disclaimer clauses commonly used by most franchisors were fully enforceable and effective to bar the franchisees' fraud and RICO claims.
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