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Fresh Filings

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.

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Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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Does the Corporatization of Big Law Mean the End of the Law Firm Partnership? Image

Does the Corporatization of Big Law Mean the End of the Law Firm Partnership?

Lisa Shuchman

By definition, equity partners are law firm owners and investors, share in the profits, and are collectively responsible for overall strategy and management. Yet, when only a handful of people are involved in a monumental decision such as a merger, it’s clear that the definition of “partnership” has changed.

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Post-Bankruptcy Regulatory Compliance Claims Against Corporate Officers Stand after ‘Caremark’ Claim Challenge Image

Post-Bankruptcy Regulatory Compliance Claims Against Corporate Officers Stand after ‘Caremark’ Claim Challenge

Kaan Ekiner & Mark E. Felger

Although alleged oversight claims are not uncommon, this case was unusual because the claims were not asserted derivatively by shareholders. Given the informational advantage enjoyed by the plan administrator, it was not surprising that the court found the complaint adequately pleaded Caremark claims against the named director defendants and two of the company’s officers.

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Cross-Selling Is Vital for Law Firms; Marketing Can Help Overcome Roadblocks Image

Cross-Selling Is Vital for Law Firms; Marketing Can Help Overcome Roadblocks

Ryan Harroff

Cross-selling is vital to law firm growth. Marketing and business development leaders inside firms can help with that growth by encouraging different teams to work together, rather than sticking to their own respective practice areas.

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Co-ops and Condominiums

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Co-Op Board Not an Entity Amenable to Suit

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ACC Panel: Internal Investigations About Protection, Not Checking Boxes Image

ACC Panel: Internal Investigations About Protection, Not Checking Boxes

Trudy Knockless

At this year’s Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, a panel of experienced in-house counsel walked through the high-stakes realities of internal investigations. The panel stressed that investigations are less about checking boxes and more about protecting people, reputations and companies.

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Law Firm Leasing Keeps Growing; Accounts for 10.5% of All U.S. Office Leasing Image

Law Firm Leasing Keeps Growing; Accounts for 10.5% of All U.S. Office Leasing

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

With law firm leasing staying strong during the third quarter of 2025, the legal sector accounts for 10.5% of total U.S. office leasing for the first three quarters of the year, more than double the level in 2018, showing the strength of the legal leasing market, a new Savills Q3 report finds.

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Pre-Negotiation Agreements Can Protect Lender’s Interests In Distressed Commercial Real Estate Loan Image

Pre-Negotiation Agreements Can Protect Lender’s Interests In Distressed Commercial Real Estate Loan

Jeffrey B. Steiner & Scott A. Weinberg & Joel C. Haims

Representing a lender during the workout of a troubled commercial real estate loan requires an attorney to protect the client from unanticipated consequences and material miscalculations. In addition to negotiating and documenting the prospective workout agreement, an attorney must preserve the client’s rights and remedies during business-level negotiations to protect against prejudice in the event a final agreement cannot be reached and remedies must be pursued.

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Seventh Circuit Addresses Proof Burden For §114(b) Sound Recording Infringement Image

Seventh Circuit Addresses Proof Burden For §114(b) Sound Recording Infringement

Stan Soocher

It’s a fundamental copyright principle that a song and a sound recording of that song each have their own copyright protection. But that protection isn’t equal.

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