A federal appeals court last month sided with actor Michael Keaton in a breach of contract suit brought against him by the producers behind his box office flop "Merry Gentleman.
August 30, 2015Mike Sacks
Because family law attorneys share a deep understanding of many of their clients' legal matters, and many attorneys have experienced the same challenges faced by their clients, what role, if any, does this identification play in the practice of family law?
August 27, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Analysis of a ruling in which the judge ordered a $2.9 Million payment to a company to offset embezzlement.
August 02, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The standard law firm model that has been in effect for the better part of the last 20 years is becoming less viable, and the way law firms are run is undergoing a subtle, yet significant change, driven largely by information.
August 02, 2015Hank Grezlak and Gina PassarellaA look at a case in which, following his earlier guilty plea to a single count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), former PetroTiger CEO Joseph Sigelman was sentenced to a three-year term of probation.
August 02, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recently, the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 released its 2012-2014 Final Report and Recommendations in which the Commissioners implicitly rejected the contrary reading of "cause" tendered by the Third Circuit in In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, and both cited and seemingly applied, to some degree, in In re Fisker Automotive Holdings, Inc.
August 02, 2015Christopher M. Cahill and George W. KuneyAnalysis of a case involving attorney fees.
August 02, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Aereo Inc.'s copyright dispute with the major television broadcasters didn't pan out as the now-bankrupt streaming service had hoped. But after Aereo lost at the U.S. Supreme Court, competitor FilmOn X continued to fight. Now, a Los Angeles federal judge has moved FilmOn closer to winning its battle with broadcasters.
August 02, 2015Scott FlahertyIn the battle for leverage among powerful players, all too often, women end up as the losers. Here is one reason why.
August 02, 2015Doug RichardsonThe Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently held that payments made to investors in the two-tiered securitization structures commonly employed in commercial CMBS transactions are largely protected from fraudulent or preferential transfer claims by the securities contract safe harbor set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 546(e).
August 02, 2015Shmuel Vasser and Shana White