Same-Sex Spouses Cannot Bar Paternity Suit, Says Court
Monroe County Family Court Judge Joan Kohout handed a lesbian couple a disappointing decision when she determined that a married same-sex couple cannot use a marital statute to block a man's paternity petition for the child he fathered with one of the spouses during the women's marriage.
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Counsel Concerns
A Philadelphia-based litigation funding company is suing a California law firm and its client over the alleged failure to repay funds loaned to help support the client during his copyright suit against musical artist Usher and various record labels.
Real Estate Sale-Leaseback: Making a Comeback
With the "Great Recession" coupled with the uncertainty of the announced convergence of U.S. and international accounting standards, some industry analysts predicted that real estate sale-leasebacks would be eliminated from the array of possible corporate fundraising strategies. That possible demise appears to be greatly exaggerated.
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The NLRB <i>McDonald's</i> Ruling and Franchisors
The NLRB general counsel's July 29, 2014, ruling that McDonald's is a joint employer of those who work for its roughly 14,000 franchised restaurants in the United States continues to send ripples through both the legal and business worlds.
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Marketing Tech: Five Steps to a Strategic Marketing Technology Budget
Drafting a technology budget that adds value to the firm is increasingly important, and following these five steps will go a long way in ensuring that is the case.
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With All Due Deference
In the courtroom, a business transaction, or on a ball field, a loss can also be a victory. Such is the case for employees in the matter of <I>Nielsen v. AECOM Technology</I>, decided by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2014.
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<i>Res Judicata</i> and Collateral Estoppel In Subsequent Arbitration Proceedings
It is not uncommon in the realm of reinsurance disputes ' where the reinsurance contracts at issue very often require an arbitral forum ' for a party that has been victorious on an issue or claim in an initial arbitration (or lawsuit) to attempt to preclude its opponent or a related party from re-adjudicating that same claim or issue in a subsequent arbitration.
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Obama Weighs In To Favor Net Neutrality
President Obama, saying he is fulfilling a promise he made during his 2008 presidential campaign, stepped onto the "net neutrality" battlefield on Nov. 10 by releasing a statement (complete with video) calling on theFCC to adopt rules that prevent Internet service providers from charging more for faster online access and that "protect net neutrality."
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Defining Protected Activity Under SOX
In <I>Nielsen v. AECOM Technology</I>, the Second Circuit became the latest circuit to hold that employees need not "definitively and specifically" identify a particular securities law or category of fraud in order to be protected from retaliation. This is a significant victory for employees.
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Unmanned Aircraft Opportunities and Risks
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) technology has reached critical mass. There are now very sophisticated aircraft that are easy to fly, cost less than a new television, and have the ability to record and broadcast video and other data. While this may sound like a classic American success story, there is a fundamental problem: Most of this activity is illegal in the U.S.
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