Charles S. Modell
Many franchise agreements now require the franchisor and franchisee to meet face-to-face, with an independent mediator, before any adversary proceeding is initiated between them. Even without such a provision, many practitioners advocate mediation as a means of settling franchisor-franchisee disputes.
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Estate of Deceased Tenant Has Contract Right
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A look at three key cases.
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Charles G. Miller
The long-awaited decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in <i>Browning-Ferris Industries of California</i> set forth new guidelines under which a company could be determined to be a joint employer so that it would be subject to collective bargaining.
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Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
A Bridgeport, CT, restaurant's use of a logo with the letters BBQ against a flame backdrop has an out-of-state restaurant chain fired up.
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Michael L. Cook
"A corporate insider who personally guaranteed" the debtor's loan was not liable on a bankruptcy trustee's preference claim when the corporate debtor repaid its lender, held the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 6, 2015. Here's an in-depth analysis of the ruling.
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Analysis of a case in the Seventh Circuit in which a wire fraud and bribery conviction was upheld for a County Director In Illinois. Also, a look at a case out of the Second Circuit involving whistleblowing.
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Bill Piwonka
The changing data landscape and prevalence of new data sources continues to impact how e-discovery is addressed. I had the opportunity to discuss these impacts with Andrea D'Ambra, senior counsel for Norton Rose Fulbright, as part of a recent webcast. We compared and contrasted findings from Norton Rose Fulbright's Litigation Trends Annual Survey of in-house counsel and Exterro's 2015 Federal Judges' Survey. Following are the takeaways we discussed.
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Mark E. Felger
A forum selection clause in an agreement provides that the parties "irrevocably consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts in the state of Delaware." Does the provision constitute a waiver of a party's right to remove the case to federal court if the other party files suit in a Delaware state court?
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Alfred R. Paliani
The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) recently conducted its 2015 Inside/Outside Counsel Relationship Survey in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between lawyers in corporate legal departments and lawyers in law firms. The results are reported herein.
