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Quarterly State Compliance Review

Sandra Feldman

This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect between Aug. 1 and Oct. 1, 2015, including amendments to Delaware's corporation and LLC laws. It also looks at some recent cases of interest, including two decisions from Delaware's Chancery Court.

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Law Firm Profile: 'Law Firm with a View'

Susan Hansen

A look at Summit, and what it has achieved.

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New York City Adult-Use Zoning Held Unconstitutional

Stewart E. Sterk

Litigation over New York City's adult use zoning regulations has been ongoing since the city's first effort ' in 1995 ' to use its zoning power to restrict adult uses. In the latest chapter in the long-running saga, the First Department, has declared unconstitutional the city's most recent amendments of its adult-use regulations.

Keys for Successfully Mediating Franchise Disputes

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.

Landlord & Tenant

ljnstaff & Law Journal Newsletters

Estate of Deceased Tenant Has Contract Right

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Development

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at three key cases.

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NLRB Changes Rules for Determining Joint Employers

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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Restaurant Chain Accuses CT BBQ Restaurant of Trademark Violation

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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Ninth Circuit Insulates Corporate Insider from Preference Liability

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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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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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