Recognizing that this is a time of innovation, one way law firms can 'prepare for a future we can't yet see' is through leveraging two key levers: the need for empathy and iteration.
January 01, 2023Alaa Pasha
A bankruptcy court preliminary injunction should be reviewable as of right because of Supreme Court precedent, the rulings of other courts and common sense.
January 01, 2023Michael L. CookThe recent implosion of FTX Trading leaves investors and their advisers wondering whether any crypto investment is safe. There have been dozens of cryptocurrency-related fraud schemes in recent years including Ponzi schemes and investment schemes using crypto and the blockchain to facilitate the fraud scheme.
January 01, 2023Melissa Davis and Mark ParisiIn Europe, the patent system is changing and will offer to companies a new patent protection and a new patent court. It should start in April 2023, with a sunrise period starting in January 2023.
January 01, 2023Marianne Schaffner and Thierry LautierFirm leadership must think about their talent (and that means all their talent) differently than they do today: as a core business asset whose managed value can make or break the firm's success.
January 01, 2023Jennifer Johnson and Haley RevelAdministrator's Deed Divested Distributees of Ownership Interest No Rescission of Deed When Mistake Was Not Mutual Restrictive Covenant Did Not Bar Educational Use Issues of Fact About Mortgagee's Knowledge of Fraud Precludes Summary Judgment No Private Right of Action to Enforce Food Cart Regulations
January 01, 2023NYRE StaffAmid the seismic shift of law firms joining the digital revolution, five key trends are emerging that will help shape how clients interact with firms and determine who their representation will be in the coming year.
January 01, 2023Alexis SikorskiThe Massachusetts Appeals Court recently reversed a judgment in favor of a landlord in a tenant default matter, finding that a provision of a commercial lease that accelerated the remaining rent as liquidated damages is unenforceable as a penalty. The opinion "brings uncertainty to thousands of existing commercial lease agreements."
January 01, 2023Allison DunnA look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
January 01, 2023ELF StaffMany practitioners have been speculating as to how courts will address the potential remedy for the unconstitutional U.S. trustee fees imposed against Chapter 11 debtors pending in U.S. trustee districts under the 2017 amendment to 28 U.S.C. Section 1930.
January 01, 2023Francis J. Lawall and Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith
