Features
Patrick Smith
It's a deal that provides a potential look into a future where esports, like traditional sports before them, provide a potentially lucrative practice area for firms that want to plant a flag in that plot.
Features
Harry Sandick
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Ian Eppler
In recent decades, federal fraud prosecutions have relied on the theory that a defendant can fraudulently deprive a victim of the intangible "right to control" its assets, even if the victim is not deprived of any tangible money or property. While this theory has been repeatedly affirmed by the Second Circuit, it is incompatible with a series of recent Supreme Court cases in which the Court has narrowed the scope of federal white-collar criminal statutes by adopting narrow definitions of the term "property."
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Andrew C. Kassner
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Joseph N. Argentina Jr.
When does a tax liability claim arise in a bankruptcy case? The issue was recently addressed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware which ruled that federal income taxes for the year in which a debtor files for bankruptcy are entitled to priority treatment as administrative expenses when the end of the taxable year occurred after the bankruptcy petition date.
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Warren A. Estis
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Alexander Lycoyannis
As rent defaults skyrocket in 2020, practitioners reviewing the default provisions in their clients' commercial leases must ask themselves a crucial question: Does the provision set out a conditional limitation or a condition subsequent?
Columns & Departments
Stewart Sterk
Servient Owner May Not Alter Easement Located By Terms of the Grant
Referee Must Be Appointed Before Partition
Sale of Shares In Corporate Owner Did Not Trigger Right of First Refusal
Features
Shaia Araghi
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Kyle Janecek
Users have become increasingly concerned about the privacy of videoconferencing platforms, due to exposure of information from security breaches. We examined the privacy policies of six prominent applications to determine their compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Columns & Departments
Stewart Sterk
Commercial Tenant Liability Terminated When Landlord Terminated Related Contracts
Overcharge Claim Barred By Statute of Limitations
Features
Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr.
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Keri L. Costello
In re Smith
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit recently joined the majority of circuit courts of appeals in finding that a creditor seeking a judgment of nondischargeability must demonstrate that the injury caused by the prepetition debtor was both willful and malicious under Section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Columns & Departments
Stan Soocher
Artist's Parents Get Dispute With Manager Sent to Arbitration
Reasons for Approval of Pro Hac Vice Application in Music Litigation
Third Circuit Knocks Down Right of Publicity Claim Over Character in Gears of War Video Game
Features
Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Law firms in every segment of the market are hiring cybersecurity and privacy laterals and launching new practices, as more of their clients become aware of their vulnerabilities while working remotely.
