LJN Newsletters

  • Components of Transactions for Acquiring Professional Sports Teams

    Sports team acquisitions have garnered headlines over the past few years, with several recent team prices ranging in the billions of dollars. Not long ago, sports franchises were run like small businesses, with any net profit generated being an additional, but not always expected, benefit. Today, given rising acquisition costs and the lucrative revenue opportunities teams offer, they are run as sophisticated enterprises with the purpose of yielding profit for their well-heeled investors.

    November 30, 2015Jared F. Bartie, Daniel A. Etna and Irwin A. Kishner

  • The Annual State of the Firm Report

    As the year draws to an end, many of the more enlightened law firm managing partners and members of the executive committee assess the results of the current year and begin to develop plans for the coming year.

    November 30, 2015Joel A. Rose

  • Seven Signs You Should Be Thinking About a Rebrand

    Just because you want a new "look and feel" doesn't mean you should enter into a lengthy, complex and potentially expensive rebranding project. There are a number of "signs," though, that might indicate you should consider rebranding or at least refreshing your firm's brand.

    November 30, 2015John Buchanan

  • Wage and Hour Red Flags

    In today's litigious environment, many California employers, despite their best intentions, are frequently hit with costly wage and hour claims and lawsuits by their employees, as well as the Labor Commissioner's own enforcement agency. This article discusses some of the more common mistakes occurring in this minefield, and strategies to consider when such claims are filed.

    November 30, 2015George F. Camerlengo

  • Drafting a DST Master Lease

    In a follow-up to their article published in the May Issue, the authors discuss some considerations for drafting master leases for DSTs utilized in like-kind exchanges.

    November 30, 2015Marisa Byram, Michael Donovan and Andrea Patton

  • Development

    Discussion of three major rulings.

    November 30, 2015ljnstaff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • IP News

    Federal Circuit Affirms Anticipation of Claims
    Federal Circuit: No Jurisdiction Over Appeal By Interested Third-Party Attorneys When Underlying Case Had Settled
    In IPR Appeal, Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB Determination of Nonobviousness

    November 30, 2015Howard J. Shire and Brent T. Hagen

  • The Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act

    Part One of this article described the genesis of the uniform acts ' UPMAA and UPAA ' and compared New York law with the Acts. Part Two reviewed other differences between New York law and the UPMAA and UPAA. The third and final part herein discusses variations in the acts.

    November 30, 2015Matthew A. Feigin

  • Court Watch

    Unauthorized Use of Registered Mark
    Claims in Curves Franchisee Dispute

    November 30, 2015Lauren Sullins Ralls

  • Lessons from the $148M Fraud by Dole's GC and CEO

    Last month, we discussed the fact that the Delaware Chancery Court ordered Dole Food Co. Inc. CEO David Murdock and COO and General Counsel C. Michael Carter to pay Dole shareholders $148 million for fraud in connection with the company's 2013 take-private deal. The Aug. 27 decision is one of the largest awards ever to shareholders in a deal-related lawsuit. We conclude this discussion herein.

    November 30, 2015Karen Brunton Bloom, Evelyn Cruz Sroufe and Luis R. Mejia