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Update on Business Bankruptcy Legal Fees and Professionalism Image

Update on Business Bankruptcy Legal Fees and Professionalism

Michael L. Cook

A review of recent cases shows that poor billing judgment and unreasonable billing have been with us for decades.

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TikTok Dances Around Another Copyright Infringement Suit

Angela Morris

The Texas lawsuit alleged that the social video app and parent company ByteDance Ltd. copied software code, and deleted or altered copyright management information in the code, and then used the code in the app that has 175 million downloads.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Don Everly Prevails Over Late Brother Phil's Family Following Trial on Authorship of Everly Brothers' 1960 Hit "Cathy's Clown" Split Decision on Secondary Liability Claims Against Harry Fox Agency in Music Licensing Lawsuit Over Spotify Streaming of Eminem Compositions

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Preserving the Privilege In the Corporate Setting

Jonathan S. Feld & Kevin Connor

Assessing the risks and liabilities of a potential transaction requires frank and open communication between the parties, including legal counsel. Understanding the scope and limitations of this privilege in transactional settings and who "holds" it is vital to its preservation.

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Spring Forward: Three Insights from Women Who Win in Business Development

Holly Barocio

While the mastery of business development fundamentals applies to all lawyers, women business developers possess unique characteristics and face unique challenges in comparison to their male counterparts.

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Negotiating with Small Office Tenants on Pandemic Issues

Erika Morphy

Small businesses make up the backbone of the commercial office sector. Until recently, by virtue of their small size, they had little sway with landlords when it came to renegotiating or negotiating a lease. Then the pandemic happened.

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How to Motivate Attorneys to Be Successful Rainmakers

Jaimie B. Field

How to motivate attorneys to do rainmaking activities has become a critical question during the pandemic because the usual avenue that the predominance of attorneys used to build books of business of in-person networking had been eliminated for almost 15 months.

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When Does Content of a Debtor's Bar Date Notice Satisfy Due Process?

Francis J. Lawall & Kenneth A. Listwak

The Third Circuit recently examined whether the content of a debtor's bar date notice satisfied due process, so as to discharge unknown litigation creditors' claims against the company after confirmation of the debtor's Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.

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IP News

Howard Shire & Shaleen Patel

Federal Circuit Invalidates Parts of VoIP Patent

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New York Federal District Court Dismisses Investor Lawsuit Over Tencent Music IPO

Stan Soocher

In December 2018, China-based titan Tencent Music Entertainment launched a U.S. initial public offering (IPO). But the IPO resulted in an investor's class action suit alleging TME violated federal securities laws. This is part of a trend of increasing such securities suits against foreign companies, though the U.S.

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