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Client Retention: Grabbing the Low-Hanging Fruit

Yuliya LaRoe

This article explores the importance of client retention, strategies to nurture client relationships, and how to leverage those relationships for business development.

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New York's Good Cause Eviction Law: An Overview and Impact Analysis

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The effectiveness of the Good Cause Eviction Law will largely depend on its implementation and the local adaptations that municipalities outside New York City decide to enact. Both landlords and tenants should stay informed about the specifics of how this law is applied in their respective locales and how it will be interpreted and handled in the judicial system.

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The Future Viability of 105(a) Injunctions Following the Supreme Court's Decision In 'Purdue Pharma'

Theresa A. Driscoll

Until now, a successful reorganization assumed the debtor could confirm a plan with nondebtor releases and injunctions based on less than full creditor consensus. Now that nonconsensual releases in Chapter 11 plans are no longer permitted, will debtors have a more difficult time obtaining a 105(a) injunction?

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What Financial Questions Should You Ask Your Client?

Bryce Sanders

If you open the door to helping clients with financial planning, it can also make sense that a law firm might address the same concerns internally. In that case, the financial planning questions a forward-thinking attorney might ask of a client are also questions that attorney should be considering in their own life.

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Louisiana Federal Court Delivers Ruling on Worldwide Rights in 1960s Party-Rock Song Copyright Image

Louisiana Federal Court Delivers Ruling on Worldwide Rights in 1960s Party-Rock Song Copyright

Stan Soocher

"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)," a hit record for the Swingin' Medallions in the 1960s, became an enduring party-rocker from that era. Today, rights in the "Double Shot" musical composition are at the center of litigation in Louisiana federal district court.

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Post-Bankruptcy Petition Lease Claims Don't Automatically Result In An Administrative Expense Claim for Unpaid Rent Image

Post-Bankruptcy Petition Lease Claims Don't Automatically Result In An Administrative Expense Claim for Unpaid Rent

Andrew C. Kassner & Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

If a commercial landlord desires to request post-bankruptcy petition rent and enforcement of other terms of the lease, they should immediately make formal demand for rent and compliance

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SEC Crypto Enforcement Actions Raise More Questions Than Answers

Ladan Stewart

A decision in the SEC's enforcement case against Ripple Labs was hailed as vindication for the industry's position that the SEC lacks the proper legal authority to regulate crypto. However, several conflicting rulings followed. So where does the crypto industry go from here? The answer is not so simple.

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Supreme Court Upholds Names Clause in Trademark Law, Emphasizing Historical and Traditional Foundations Image

Supreme Court Upholds Names Clause in Trademark Law, Emphasizing Historical and Traditional Foundations

Howard J. Shire & Justin Tilghman

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the Lanham Act's provision that prohibits the registration of trademarks consisting of or comprising the name of a particular living individual without the individual's written consent.

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Protecting Trademarks and Brands Against Sophisticated AI-Driven Scams and Schemes

Damon Whitaker, Jill Chalmers, Matt Minder & Steve Trubac

Attorneys and companies alike are witnessing a paradigm shift occurring during the protection of intellectual property assets, encountering more sophisticated solicitations designed to appear as official correspondence from the USPTO, and outright scams utilizing information publicly available through the USPTO for pending trademark applications and existing registrations.

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Cap Rate Misery Impacts CRE Investors

Joseph J. Ori

The low cap rate regime became a game of musical lifeboats on the Titanic and the big question was, who would get stuck without a lifeboat as the mighty ship sank?

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