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Ensure Financial Health Ahead of an Economic Downturn
March 01, 2022
Proper planning is key to ensuring a company's financial health when facing an economic downturn. Although companies will come into such planning with different levels of financial health, the same considerations can be helpful in determining the best path forward.
FL Appeal Court's Memorabilia Trade Secrets Decision
March 01, 2022
Here's how attorneys unraveled the truth behind an entertainment-and-sports memorabilia trade secrets case that saw the lawyers uncover crucial details during discovery.
Sheppard Mullin's Suit Over Buyer's Deposit to Acquire Bankrupt Film Co.
March 01, 2022
A suit filed by the law firm Sheppard Mullin as plaintiffs reveals Chapter 11 acquisition talks fell through between the firm's client Cecchi Gori Pictures and a potential buyer comprising a trio of film producers.
Opportunities and Best Practices for Lenders In Financing Distressed Business Acquisitions
March 01, 2022
As distressed M&A activity inevitably heats up, strategic buyers and equity sponsors that have sat on the sideline for an extended period of time will likely have expanding interest in purchasing viable, but over-leveraged, businesses that are being sold out of bankruptcy.
The Coming Thaw for Distressed M&A: Opportunities and Best Practices for Lenders In Financing Distressed Business Acquisitions
March 01, 2022
This article focuses on the financing opportunities buying the business of a Chapter 11 debtor will create for lenders, highlights the benefits of financing bankruptcy acquisitions, and identifies some potential challenges and best practices to ensure that lenders minimize any risks and receive maximal protection for themselves.
Aligning with Client Expectations
March 01, 2022
We're well into 2022, and despite the flip of the calendar, COVID is still sweeping the U.S., it feels like not much has changed. Or has it?
Litigating Redesigns At the ITC
March 01, 2022
An overview of redesigns at the ITC, a discussion of the ITC's recent determination in Certain Audio Players and Controllers, and identifies some considerations to keep in mind when litigating redesigns at the ITC.
Fresh Filings
March 01, 2022
Notable court filings in entertainment law.
The DOJ Goes Phishing: The Rise of False Claims Act Cybersecurity Litigation
March 01, 2022
While the DOJ Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative is still in its early stages and cybersecurity regulations are evolving, whistleblower plaintiffs have already begun leveraging the FCA to pursue alleged noncompliance with government cybersecurity requirements.
Second Circuit Narrows Borrower's Ability to Pursue Class Damages In Federal Court for Failure to Timely Record Mortgage Satisfactions
March 01, 2022
The decision in Maddox v. Bank of N.Y. Mellon Trust certainly affords safeguards to lenders and mortgagees in that Maddox now narrows a borrower's ability to pursue class damages in federal court for lenders and services for failure to timely record mortgage satisfactions.

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