LJN Newsletters

Discussion of five major cases.

Over the past two years, the author has been involved in three merger situations and iscurrently working on two more. He has worked closely with the managing partners and committees of these firms and has come away with the six factors that he believes determine the success or failure of law firm merger discussions.

In a unanimous opinion in Universal Health Servs. v. United States ex rel. Escobarr, 195 the Supreme Court recently provided a new framework for assessing false certification liability under the False Claims Act (FCA).

Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation and its successor in interest, Phoenix Entertainment Partners, filed more than 150 Lanham Act suits throughout the country. The suits alleged that defendants had committed trademark infringement by making unauthorized copies and performing commercial karaoke files containing Slep-Tone's registered trademark "Sound Choice" and graphically displayed trade dress.

States are scrambling to shore up sales tax revenues that are eroding because of e-commerce sales. A new approach to sales tax collections involves information reports on customers' online purchases. This approach may create potential legal claims against many online companies for giving too much information about customers to state tax agencies or even to the customers themselves.

Growth in solar-generation capacity has not been evenly distributed across the country, as some states' policies and laws are solar-friendly, while those in other states pose barriers. One such barrier in many states is the lack of access to financing.

Analysis of a fraud case out of Georgia.

Entertainment companies routinely enter into international transactions that involve intellectual property (IP) rights. What is the impact of the United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union (EU) on these IP rights, specifically on patent and trademark rights.