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SCOTUS Passes on Bankruptcy Law Cases, Leaving Circuit Court Splits Image

SCOTUS Passes on Bankruptcy Law Cases, Leaving Circuit Court Splits

Corinne Ball

'Purdue Pharma' Looms Although four cases presenting important bankruptcy issues were teed up for the Supreme Court's consideration this term, the Court denied certiorari for each. Each of these petitions involve splits among the circuit courts of appeals, influencing choice of venue and the extent to which bankruptcy decisions are subject to meaningful appeal.

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How Should Law Firms Use Their Windfall of Profits? Image

How Should Law Firms Use Their Windfall of Profits?

Patrick Smith

After many firms experienced a highly profitable 2020 and sky-high demand levels in 2021, they found themselves with more cash than usual. While more than enough Big Law money has been lavished on associates and laterals recently, those aren't the only ways firms are spending their riches.

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Being Selective: How Companies May Best Protect Privilege When Cooperating With a Government Investigation Image

Being Selective: How Companies May Best Protect Privilege When Cooperating With a Government Investigation

Jonathan B. New, Patrick T. Campbell & Francesca Rogo

This article explores a key consideration for companies under government investigation: whether voluntary disclosure of privileged information in an effort to obtain cooperation credit waives the privilege vis-à-vis third parties in subsequent litigation.

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Pleading Alter Ego Liability In Commercial Lease Disputes

Efrem Z. Fischer & Edward E. Klein

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged commercial landlords to rely on various legal theories to protect their legitimate rights. As federal, state and local governments enact laws to protect tenants from evictions and/or the enforcement of personal lease guarantees, a landlord's counsel must seek avenues to press its clients' rights against any entity who may be liable for outstanding rent arrears due and owing under a commercial lease.

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State Attorneys General Issue Support for Bankruptcy Venue Reform Legislation

P.J. D'Annunzio

Attorneys general from 41 states, along with Puerto Rico and Guam, have issued a statement in support of legislation before Congress geared toward stopping corporations from venue-shopping bankruptcy cases.

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Report: Talent War Heating Up to 'Boiling Point' Image

Report: Talent War Heating Up to 'Boiling Point'

Andrew Maloney

Law firms are paying more for talent than ever before. But like other industries that've been hit by a so-called "Great Resignation," they're also hemorrhaging it like never before, and the result is a diminished return on investment that could reach a "boiling point" in the near future.

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Implications of Second Circuit Ruling on Fugitive Disentitlement Image

Implications of Second Circuit Ruling on Fugitive Disentitlement

Elkan Abramowitz & Jonathan S. Sack

Historically, the "fugitive disentitlement" doctrine has foreclosed challenges to criminal charges by a defendant who does not physically submit to a U.S. court's jurisdiction. As a consequence, to make even threshold challenges to an indictment, a defendant who lives abroad must leave home, waive the right to oppose extradition, and risk pre-trial detention in the United States.

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Five Things Law Firm Leaders Need To Do As People Return to the Office Image

Five Things Law Firm Leaders Need To Do As People Return to the Office

Mark Beese

While we all look forward to returning to normal, the normal we left in early 2020 remains elusive. For those who are leading teams (such as executive committees, practice and industry groups, client teams, administrative departments, and firm committees), the struggle is more complex.

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Lateral Market for Bankruptcy Lawyers Not Stifled By Chapter 11 Slowdown Image

Lateral Market for Bankruptcy Lawyers Not Stifled By Chapter 11 Slowdown

Dan Roe

After a year filled with filings, commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies fell off a cliff in 2021, causing bankruptcy lawyers to work on out-of-court restructurings or pivot to practices with overlapping skills such as real estate and commercial litigation.

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The Pandemic Job Market, Part 2: From Pandemonium to Institutional Recalibration Image

The Pandemic Job Market, Part 2: From Pandemonium to Institutional Recalibration

Jared Coseglia

The second part of our analysis of complexities of staffing in a post-pandemic job market in the data privacy, cybersecurity, and e-discovery/legal technology verticals covers all the hiring trends in Q3 2021 as well as what is coming in Q4 and beyond.

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