LJN Newsletters

  • Commentary: Claims Filing Time Issues on Copyright Ownership from Everly Bros. Case

    Don and Phil Everly's flawless harmonies that resulted in a string of hits in the 1950s and '60s regrettably ended in acrimony. The Sixth Circuit recently issued a decision in a dispute between Phil's heirs and Don over copyright ownership of the No. 1 hit "Cathy's Clown," in which concurring Judge Eric E. Murphy raised important questions about when the statute of limitations should begin to run in copyright cases and whether courts have been correctly applying the law.

    July 01, 2020J. Alexander Lawrence

  • 7 Steps to Pivot Your Business Now

    With national shelter-in-place orders in place now for several months with information on resuming business in the new normal changing every day, lawyers must consider pivoting how they operate their businesses in today's sub-normal climate.

    July 01, 2020Kimberly Rice

  • Eminent Domain Law

    Condemnation Upheld Despite Benefit to Private Party

    July 01, 2020ssalkin

  • Shareholder Class Actions During, and After, COVID-19

    Given the current turmoil in the markets, an increasing number of plaintiffs are bringing shareholder class action suits, citing corporate statements about COVID-19. As first-quarter earnings season draws to a close, now is a good time to reflect on the shareholder class actions that have been brought to date related to COVID-19, and others potentially yet to come.

    July 01, 2020Margaret A. Dale and Mark D. Harris 

  • Counsel Concerns: Ice Cube's Big3 Suit Against League's Lawyers Ends Quietly

    Three-on-three basketball league Big3, co-owned by hip hop artist and actor Ice Cube, quietly abandoned a lawsuit accusing the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan of putting its lucrative relationship with the Republic of Qatar ahead of its attorney-client obligations to the fledgling sports project.

    July 01, 2020Dan Packel

  • Survey Says: Tips on Getting Over the Daubert Hurdle

    Surveys can provide useful evidence in litigation if they are conducted by a qualified expert employing reliable methods that survive a Daubert challenge. In the first of a series of articles drawing on our review of over 300 U.S. court rulings in cases involving surveys, including over 150 Daubert motions, we provide some suggestions for getting survey evidence admitted for consideration in court.

    July 01, 2020Rebecca Kirk Fair, Peter Hess and Vendela Fehrm

  • Update on Corporate Bankruptcy Tax Refund Litigation

    The bankruptcy trustee of a bank holding company was not entitled to a consolidated corporate tax refund when a bank subsidiary had incurred losses generating the refund, Tenth Circuit held.

    July 01, 2020Michael L. Cook

  • Real Estate Loan Workout: Exchange of Enhancements for Concessions

    As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a property owner might reach out to its lender for urgent, needed debt relief. The lender, which strives for a performing asset, an on-going relationship with its customer makes concessions. In exchange for these concessions, the lender should obtain credit and legal enhancements., which should also enable the lender to make concessions that are more meaningful to the property owner, its investors, its tenants and its business.

    July 01, 2020Richard S. Fries