Columns & Departments
Development
Local Law Was Consistent With Comprehensive Plan Planning Board Lacked Authority to Waive Zoning Requirements
Columns & Departments
Real Property Law
Easement By Necessity Claim Raises Question of Fact Merger Doctrine Barred Breach of Contract Claim But Not General Business Law Claim Business Judgment Rule Did Not Bar Claim Against Homeowners Association Insufficient Necessity to Support Easement By Implication Claim
Features

Aligning with Client Expectations: Is Your Firm Walking the Walk In 2022?
The adage is true: Actions speak louder than words, and active participation and engagement are critical for fostering real change. Your clients demand it, your competitors are doing it, and your attorneys and staff want it. This is how we will be measured.
Features

DEI As a Competitive Advantage
An example of how understanding another person's life experience impacts how a practicing attorney can be a more effective advocate for their client.
Features

General Counsel Perspectives on Law Firm Marketing In 2022
Do you know what GC's want when it comes to evaluating law firms? Have you asked general counsel for their perspective on law firm marketing? If so, are you incorporating this feedback into your firm's marketing and business development efforts?
Features

Will the Lateral's Clients Move?
The promise of new client relationships is driving the vast majority of lateral partner movement today. Is there a way to accurately project which clients of the candidate will move?
Features

Tips for Building Authentic Referral Relationships
While many attorneys know referral partners are an integral piece of their career, they don't take the time to build authentic referral relationships. To their current and future detriment, they don't make quality referral relationships a priority.
Features

10 Ways to Optimize Your Virtual Presentation or Webinar
Even when the pandemic subsides, working from home will be remain a constant (at least part of the time) for many lawyers, clients, referral sources, and many others. So, we should continue to work on optimizing our virtual presentation and webinar skills.
Features

Artist's Talent Agencies Act Claim In CA Doesn't Bar Personal Managers' NY Lawsuit
What happens if a personal manager files a lawsuit in a court outside of California against a talent client who has raised a California Talent Agencies Act claim in California?
Need Help?
- Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
- Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.
MOST POPULAR STORIES
- Second Circuit Rejects Arbitration of Debtor's Asserted Discharge ViolationA bankruptcy court properly denied a bank's motion to compel arbitration of a debtor's asserted violation of the court's discharge injunction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held.Read More ›
- Reining in the Inequitable Conduct DefenseResponding to views from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and elsewhere about the unintended consequences of the current inequitable conduct doctrine, a divided <i>en banc</i> Federal Circuit decision issued on May 25, 2011 adjusted the standard of the materiality element to make this defense harder to establish.Read More ›
- Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTsA federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.Read More ›
- Attachment and Perfection of Security InterestsThis article addresses common attachment and perfection problems raised in recent cases, and provides suggestions on how secured parties can avoid these pitfalls.Read More ›
- 'Customary Operations' or A Vacant Building?Many times, courts are faced with the question of whether a loss location is 'vacant' under a commercial property policy when trying to determine if the building owner or lessee is conducting customary operations. This article explores various decisions across the United States as to what is considered 'customary operations,' thereby rendering the property 'vacant.'Read More ›