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How Will Courts Determine Business Expense Legitimacy Under SEC's New Disgorgement Authority? Image

How Will Courts Determine Business Expense Legitimacy Under SEC's New Disgorgement Authority?

Jorge deNeve, Michael Simeone & David Cohen

Answering that question will force defendants facing SEC enforcement actions to focus on demonstrating the legitimacy of expenses in developing their litigation strategies.

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Abbreviated Name Makes UCC Financing Statement Defective Image

Abbreviated Name Makes UCC Financing Statement Defective

Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. & Keri L. Costello

In In re Bryant, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia determined that a lender's UCC-1 financing statements were "seriously misleading" under the Georgia Commercial Code because the financing statements identified the individual debtor with his middle name abbreviated.

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USPTO Looking to Beef Up Its Own Trademark Protection Image

USPTO Looking to Beef Up Its Own Trademark Protection

Scott Graham

The agency announced that the Department of Commerce has applied to register the USPTO's marks in a bid to crack down on scammers who are impersonating the agency.

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Virtual Reality or the New Reality of Virtual Practice? Image

Virtual Reality or the New Reality of Virtual Practice?

Mark Sangster

In response to the worst period on record for cyber attacks, the ABA published Formal Opinion 498 to address practicing law outside of the traditional brick-and-mortar office environment. It reminds lawyers that while the ABA Model Rules permit virtual practice, they provide minimum requirements and recommendations for virtual practice, particularly in the areas of competence, confidentiality and supervision.

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Best Practices for Investigations In Remote Environments

Colin Jennings, David Meadows, Nicole Wells & John Winkler

The landscape of corporate investigations has changed dramatically in the last year. New regulations, new market pressures, new data sources and more challenging…

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Escape New York: Court Dismisses NRA's Chapter 11 As Improper Tactic to Avoid New York's Non-Profit Regulatory Scheme Image

Escape New York: Court Dismisses NRA's Chapter 11 As Improper Tactic to Avoid New York's Non-Profit Regulatory Scheme

Steven B. Smith & Silvia Stockman

This article explores the competing factors the Bankruptcy Court considered and the rationale underlying its decision to grant the drastic relief of dismissing the NRA's bankruptcy case.

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Attorney Competence In Technology Is In the Spotlight. Are You Competent? Image

Attorney Competence In Technology Is In the Spotlight. Are You Competent?

Tomas Suros

A summary of the key technology principles addressed in Formal Opinion 498, in which the ABA revised Model Rule 1.1 addresses virtual work environments and practices.

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Landlord & Tenant Law

NYRE Staff

Rent Act of 2015 Did Not Re-Regulate Deregulated Apartments Tenant Waiver of Claims for Lost Profits Upheld Landlord Not Liable for Tenant on Tenant Harassment

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U.S. IP Reform Needed to Prepare for AI Era Image

U.S. IP Reform Needed to Prepare for AI Era

Andrei Iancu & David J. Kappos

For the U.S. to maintain its technological edge, it must encourage Americans to make more discoveries in AI and other emerging technologies. This in turn requires providing strong IP rights to incentivize and protect the huge investments required to make those discoveries.

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Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations Image

Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations

Elkan Abramowitz & Jonathan S. Sack

This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.

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