LJN Newsletters

  • Rulings on COVID-19 Defenses In Commercial Real Estate

    Despite some new variants and a possible resurgence in the fall, the pandemic closures seem to be finally coming to an end. And with it, so too have most of the COVID-19 defenses in court cases involving commercial leases. However, all may not be foreclosed for a commercial tenant, particularly where a tenant is able to point to a specific provision of its lease that could excuse its obligation to pay rent during the closure of its business.

    September 01, 2022Massimo F. D'Angelo and Gregory Wong

  • Law Firms May Make 'Course Corrections' to Battle Inflation

    If inflation remains at current levels, law firm billing rate increases won't be able to keep pace. But firm leaders may make other "course corrections" to capture profits through the end of 2022, analysts say, by utilizing leverage and alternative pricing models and making additional investments in technology.

    September 01, 2022Andrew Maloney

  • Bit Parts

    Brian Wilson's Ex-Wife Wins Remand Back to State Court of Her Claim to Share of Revenues from Sale of His Song Catalog

    September 01, 2022Stan Soocher

  • Eminent Domain Law

    Claimants Failed to Establish That Property Would Have Been Rezoned Increased Award Proper Where Prior Regulation Might Have Constituted a Taking

    September 01, 2022NYRE Staff

  • New Securities Suits Up Slightly, Despite Stock Drops

    Given the recent stock market carnage, one might expect that the courts were flooded with a fresh batch of securities suits. Stock drops, after all, are one necessary ingredient of stock drop suits. But according to Cornerstone Research's mid-year assessment of new filings, the number of new class action securities cases filed in the first half ticked up only slightly compared to the first half of 2021.

    September 01, 2022Ross Todd

  • Text Messages In E-Discovery

    This article looks beyond conspiracy theories and Secret Service slip-ups — or subterfuge, depending on one's perspective — to take a look at the law and technology of texts in e-discovery.

    September 01, 2022David Horrigan

  • IP News

    Federal Circuit Affirms District Court's Decision That an Artificial Intelligence Software System Cannot Be Listed as an Inventor on a Patent Application Federal Circuit Affirms District Court's Partial Award of Attorney's Fees

    September 01, 2022Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Abhishek Bapna

  • Protecting a Trademark Licensor's Rights In a Bankruptcy Case

    A recent bankruptcy case from the District of Delaware underscores the need for a trademark licensor to be alert to filings made in its licensee's bankruptcy case that may require prompt action by the licensor to protect its valuable rights under a license agreement.

    September 01, 2022Alfred S. Lurey

  • Tips to Minimize Malpractice Claims

    So long as humans are practicing law, mistakes will happen; but well prepared attorneys are proactive and take the affirmative steps to put themselves in a position to minimize the danger to the client and the case.

    September 01, 2022Michael R. McAndrew