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In-depth analysis of a ruling that said prohibition on signs did not violate the First Amendment.
Jonathan Bick
During the last week of December 2015, several law firms in New Jersey were the victims of non-trivial data breaches. Each firm was a victim of "man-in-the-middle" attacks, whereby a hacker first acquires access to a firm's server, then, using said access, the hacker redirects all e-mails associated with the firm's server to a hacker's server and subsequently changes payment information and other information in those e-mails to defraud the firm and others working with the firm.
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Alan Friel
Many companies that have had disputes with developers have been surprised to discover that the agreements signed, often without input from legal, failed to hold developers to measurable standards, give the company ongoing interest in deliverables, or provide meaningful remedies to problems that arise.
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Chris Wightman
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Juan Bonifacino
More than ever before, public companies are finding proxy season to be an important opportunity to engage with governance-focused shareholders through proxy statements, investor presentations, and direct face-to-face engagement to provide them with the information they need to protect their investments.
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Brian L. Shaw
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Allison B. Hudson
Recently, the Third Circuit provided guidance on "how to conduct a balancing of the stay factors." While the court's analysis was not a shocking revelation, it provides significant guidance on the most effective way to avoid losing appeal rights to the hard-to-pin-down doctrine of equitable mootness.
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Laura Seltzer-Duny
Put yourself in a perspective client's shoes. You're in a bind and need a lawyer. What's the first thing you do? You ask someone you trust for a recommendation and visit the lawyer's website to learn more about him or her before making an initial call or appointment.
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Nicole M. Zayac
Much has been written lately about this recent business concept that appears to be changing the way people work, and the nature of traditional jobs. Some of these companies have already become familiar household names ' Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and TaskRabbit ' and new companies that embrace this business model continue to emerge.
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Lawrence J. Cutler
New Jersey has now embedded ADR not only in its legal lexicon, but in its way of resolving matrimonial disputes; NJ Rules of Court provide that methods of CDR "' constitute an integral part of the judicial process, intended to enhance its quality and efficacy.
Jonathan S. Feld, Kara B. Murphy
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Julia K. Kadish
Last year, DOJ Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates issued "Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing" (the "Yates Memo"). It announced the DOJ's corporate cooperation policy requiring disclosure of "all relevant facts about individual[s]" before the DOJ will consider awarding the company any credit for cooperation. Does this change corporate privilege?
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Kristen N. Wilson
A tenant's ability to finance its leasehold improvements is an important negotiated term of a retail lease. In an arrangement often referred to as a "turnkey" build-out, the landlord delivers the keys for a completed premises to the tenant when the construction of both the base building and the tenant-specific improvements are complete.
