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Law Firms Try to Hold On to 2020 Savings
A once-in-a-lifetime pandemic caused once-in-a-lifetime expense reductions that could forever alter the business of law. After those cost savings fueled double-digit profit growth for many firms in 2020, don't be surprised if Big Law leaders try to make some of those gains stick.
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Eleventh Circuit Flirts With Nominative Fair Use Test in Alan Parsons Project Trademark Case
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Equity In Broad and Flexible Fashion
Federal Circuit Wasn't Chicken to Grant Equitable Intervening Right in Poultry Processing Equipment Case A dispute between the two titans in the poultry processing equipment market led the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to construe the term "protection of investments" in 35 U.S.C. §252.
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How Does a Bankruptcy Litigator Move from One Law Firm to Another?
Chapter 11 work can be episodic and uneven, and while litigation skills are essential, it is also quite specialized. So, given these qualities, how does a bankruptcy litigator go about moving from one law firm to another, and what are the pitfalls?
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Criminal Liability of Executives and In-House Attorneys for Corporate Actions
Data breaches, while frequent in number and severity, remain big news events today. Even more newsworthy is when a corporate in-house attorney is criminally prosecuted in connection with his role in responding to a data breach event.
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Legal Tech: The Ethics of E-Discovery In a Remote Work Environment
Just as the pandemic has challenged every aspect of our lives, the shift to a remote work environment has significantly impacted e-discovery and the ethical obligations of attorneys in this ever-evolving technological and legal landscape.
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IP News
On March 12, the Federal Circuit granted Janssen Pharmaceutica's motion to dismiss Mylan Laboratories' appeal and denied Mylan's request for mandamus relief, holding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear Mylan's appeal.
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Can Parties Stipulate As to Whether An Apartment Is Rent-Stabilized?
Legal disputes as to the rent regulated status of an apartment are as old as rent regulation itself. On occasion, landlords and tenants have purported to "agree" in a lease or stipulation as to whether a unit is regulated. This article surveys case law as to how courts treat such agreements.
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Real Property Law
Owner Entitled to Cancellation of Notice of Pendency Upon Posting of Bond Mortgage Enjoys Priority Over Homeowners Association Lien for Common Charges Bona Fide Purchasers Protected When They Had No Notice of Alleged Fraud Failure to Inspect Premises Precludes Purchasers' Claim for Fraud Broker Conflicts of Interest Did Not Constitute Breach of Contract or Breach of Fiduciary Duty
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