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Franchisors have historically struggled with whether to include provisions calling for mandatory arbitration of all franchise disputes in their franchise agreements. One of the main complaints about arbitration from franchisors and franchisees alike ' and a reason many franchisors opt not to include arbitration provisions in their franchise agreements ' has been the lack of an effective appeal process.
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Moore's Law revealed the fundamental question we all ask when faced with a new technology: should I <i>purchase</i> that device? The fact is, we don't know. The period of exponential improvement which we are all now familiar with has shown time and again that there will be some breakthrough in technology over the next several months that delivers a product to me that is better, cheaper and faster.
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Junior Mortgagee Fails in Effort to Require Senior Mortgagee to Sell Security Separately <br>Time of the Essence Notice Ineffective When Served Before Initial Closing Date<br>Seller Not Entitled to Vendor's Lien
Tax experts and lawyers for both online and brick-and-mortar retailers last month urged Congress to pass Internet sales tax legislation ' but they couldn't agree on what the bill should look like.
When is a sale a sale? This question is much more than semantics or a deep philosophical debate that college accounting majors have over a nice cold keg of Mountain Dew. Many an executive or business owner has gone to jail over this issue.
Over the past decade a lot of effort and debate has gone into answering the question: How do we reduce the amount of data we need to review related to the production of documents? Solutions have focused on reviewing documents to produce, while incoming productions have been largely ignored.
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Corporate counsel may be surprised to learn that, under certain circumstances, plaintiffs in shareholder litigation have gained access to privileged materials upon a showing of "good cause" under the fiduciary exception. This article discusses the basis for the fiduciary exception, the factors involved in the good-cause analysis, and the circumstances under which courts have turned over privileged materials to plaintiffs.
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ICM Partners Escapes Personal Jurisdiction in Film Suit in Washington State<br>In Suit Against Sony Music, Toto Is Denied Access To Apple/UMG Agreements<br>Rulings in Advance of Beastie Boys' Trial Against Monster Energy
This year I thought it would be interesting to do some testing on TREC data to determine the best way to start a computer-assisted review project.
Policing and enforcing trademark rights in social media requires a brand owner to reexamine some of the basic premises about infringement. In the infringement context, trademark maintenance has generally been interpreted as an obligation to prevent any uses that are inconsistent with the brand's image. However, social media has altered this fundamental assumption.