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Brexit and IP: Finally Some Real News, and What It Means for Attorneys
Much has been written about what will happen to EU-wide IP rights after Brexit — and whether, and how, the protection given by those rights will be maintained in the UK. Finally, we have some clarity about what is going to happen.
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Cooperatives and Condominiums
Triable Issue of Fact About Association Liability for Flooding<br>Unit Owner's Representations Cannot Be Used to Contradict Express Terms of Proprietary Lease
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Focusing on Client Retention May Mean Restructuring the Firm
<b><i>Law Firms Should Double Down on Their Existing Clients By Focusing on Client Satisfaction and Retention Rates Rather Than Billable Hours and Origination Credits</b></i><p>New client acquisition can cost 15 times more than retaining an existing client, and yet most lawyers spend their limited and valuable time chasing new clients.
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Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Declaratory-Judgment Action Based Under Rule Against Piecemeal Adjudication<br>Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Finding Despite Defendant's Discovery Violation
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SCOTUS Recap: What Lies Ahead for the Lower Courts' Tests for “Non-Statutory Insiders”
Ultimately, <i>Village at Lakeridge</i> is noteworthy for what the Supreme Court did not decide. In granting <i>certiorari</i>, the Supreme Court declined to address whether the lower courts' various “non-statutory insider” tests should be refined. As concurrences from Justices Sotomayor and Kennedy emphasized, though, that issue is ripe for increased scrutiny.
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Business Crimes Hotline
Singapore Passes Deferred Prosecution Legislation
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Goodbye 'Yellowstone' Road
<b><i>Is This The End of the 'Yellowstone' Doctrine?</b></i><p>Recently, New York's Appellate Division, Second Department, acknowledged that commercial landlords may employ a strategy that prevents tenants from exercising Yellowstone rights, which enjoin the landlord from terminating the lease or commencing a summary proceeding.
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<i>E-Discovery:</i> Streamlining the Admissibility of ESI: Amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 902
The new provisions of F.R.E. 902 bring the rule into the digital age, streamlining the process of authenticating electronically stored information and admitting it into evidence.
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Slip-and-Fall Victim Cannot Recover from Landlord or Tenant
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