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New York District Court Rules that Chapter 15 Recognition Is Not Prerequisite to Enforcement of Foreign Bankruptcy Judgment under Principles of Comity Image

New York District Court Rules that Chapter 15 Recognition Is Not Prerequisite to Enforcement of Foreign Bankruptcy Judgment under Principles of Comity

Dan T. Moss & Mark G. Douglas

It has been generally understood that recognition of a foreign bankruptcy proceeding under Chapter 15 is a prerequisite to the enforcement by a U.S. court of an order or judgment entered in such a foreign bankruptcy proceeding under the doctrine of "comity." A ruling recently handed down by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York directly challenges that principle.

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The Yates Memo is Here to Stay: Signs of Increasing Efforts to Hold Individuals Criminally Liable for Corporate Wrongdoing Image

The Yates Memo is Here to Stay: Signs of Increasing Efforts to Hold Individuals Criminally Liable for Corporate Wrongdoing

Carolyn H. Kendall & Yune D. Emeritz

It is axiomatic that companies cannot do wrong without the actions of individuals. However, the trend over the past few decades, with a few exceptions, has been that individuals generally were not prosecuted for their roles in corporate wrongdoing that harmed the public welfare. However, there appears to be a recent escalation in prosecutions of corporate executives.

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Voice of the Client: Hearing the Client Through the Noise Image

Voice of the Client: Hearing the Client Through the Noise

Jennifer Simpson Carr & Amy Knapp

At the end of the day, a lot of noise is created in the effort to hear the voice of the client. We propose that while these efficiencies and innovations in law are valuable, the clients keep asking for something different: a lawyer who deeply understands their business and their specific issue — at the time they need it.

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State Report: NY Creates Nation's First Regulatory Cybersecurity Division Image

State Report: NY Creates Nation's First Regulatory Cybersecurity Division

Dan M. Clark

New York's financial regulatory agency has created a first-in-the-nation cybersecurity division to place special focus on protecting the state's consumers and industries from digital threats.

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Safe Harbor Shields Shareholders In Tribune Fraudulent Transfer Litigation Image

Safe Harbor Shields Shareholders In Tribune Fraudulent Transfer Litigation

Michael L. Cook

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a litigation trustee's motion for leave to file a sixth amended complaint that would have asserted constructive fraudulent transfer claims against 5,000 Tribune Company shareholders. The safe harbor of Bankruptcy Code §546(e) barred the trustee's proposed claims.

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Antitrust Issues Grow Out of Esports' Success Image

Antitrust Issues Grow Out of Esports' Success

William Stark, Steve Walkowiak & Katie Tipper-McWhorter

As esports continues its meteoric growth, its antitrust exposure also grows. Soon, the competitive video game industry must address its increasing market share, either voluntarily or in the form of lawsuits and regulations imposed from the outside.

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Competitive Intelligence: How Client Intelligent Is Your Firm? Image

Competitive Intelligence: How Client Intelligent Is Your Firm?

Stacy Rowe

<i><b>Ready, Set, Benchmark! </i></b><p>Underlying great client service is a strong understanding of the client's business and goals. There are many barriers to success when it comes to helping lawyers develop a strategic client mindset. So, how do you break down these barriers to create a Client Intelligent Law Firm?

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Best Ways To Expand Key Client Relationships from the Lawyer and Firm Perspectives Image

Best Ways To Expand Key Client Relationships from the Lawyer and Firm Perspectives

Julie Savarino

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i>

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Stanford Is Serving 11 Flavors of NPE Image

Stanford Is Serving 11 Flavors of NPE

Scott Graham

Stanford Law School made available to the public a database of every patent lawsuit that's been filed since 2007.

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How to Respond to a Search Warrant Image

How to Respond to a Search Warrant

Marjorie Peerce & Mark S. Kokanovich

Imagine you are in-house counsel, working on a transactional document, when you receive a breathless call from a manager at one of your warehouses that a search warrant is being executed on the premises. What do you do?

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