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Former Franchisee Held in Contempt; Attorneys Have Trouble With Fee Request
Forum Selection Clauses Are Alive and Well

A look at a Ninth Circuit ruling in a case involving the sale of unregistered securities.

Restaurant lease agreements represent a highly unique subcategory in commercial leasing. This article highlights a variety of lease provisions that are particularly germane to restaurant tenants.

Consider this situation: In the midst of a matrimonial proceeding, an undisclosed fact comes to light ' the client was previously religiously married and obtained a religious divorce, but never obtained a marriage license or civil divorce. What now?

This past summer, the NLRB reversed over 30 years of precedent and adopted a new, more expansive and ambiguous standard for determining joint employer status. The new standard promises to entangle businesses with only tenuous links to another employer's workforce in a morass of collective-bargaining obligations and unfair labor practice liability for workforces over which they exercise no actual control.

Being a test case can make you a hero, your name immortalized in case cites as you bask in amici gratitude.

Frivolous lawsuits. Sneaky discovery decisions. Unreasonable motion practice. "Rambo" litigators. If you are a defense attorney, you likely encounter one or more of these abusive litigation tactics on a monthly ' if not a weekly ' basis. How can they be addressed?

When a corporation finds itself in troubled financial waters, litigation by shareholders and creditors often follows. Increasingly, such litigation takes the form of a class action suit commenced against the company, followed closely by a derivative action against the directors and officers. This may lead to significant ethics challenges for the attorneys involved.