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Supreme Court Upholds Lanham Act Claim in Juice Wars
August 02, 2014
Pomegranate juice is the subject of an intense legal battle between POM Wonderful and Coca-Cola Co. In its Lanham Act challenge, POM alleges that Coke's juice product's name, label, marketing and advertising mislead consumers into thinking the product is mostly a pomegranate and blueberry juice when it in fact is mostly apple and grape juice.
The Co-Tenancy Clause
August 02, 2014
After <i>Kleban v. Ann Taylor</i>, when a mall or shopping center landlord is marketing space and offers a potential retail tenant a co-tenancy provision, the most applicable legal maxim is <i>caveat venditor</i>, let the seller beware. Landlords can suffer great unintended consequences from a co-tenancy clause that is negotiated as an accommodation to get a tenant into the space and then explodes years later.
Rainmaker or Hostage Taker?
August 02, 2014
Despite a surge in articles, blogs and white papers that focus on top trends in law firm business development and management, few have explored critical changes taking place within law firm management, particularly as they relate to the concept of the rainmaker.
Alternative Secretarial Approaches to Legal Support
August 02, 2014
Most law firms above 100 to 150 attorneys outsource many of their basic services. Mail, messenger, records and photocopy staff are now commonly supplied by a group of national and regional vendors. However, one key service that is not supplied by any vendor ' and in most of our individual business case analysis proved to be one of the most inefficient services that law firms supplied ' was that of secretarial support.
Coverage for Communications Costs
August 02, 2014
In complex litigation, public perceptions of the parties and the facts can have a significant effect on the ultimate size of the defendant's liability. For example, an early and compelling public recitation of facts favorable to the defense may dissuade some potential plaintiffs from joining the litigation.
Quick Tips for Rankings Success
August 02, 2014
Being singled out by one of the research-based legal rankings or directories can be a big client booster, whether it's a practice area or individual lawyers that are recognized. Here are some tips for making the cut.
Social Media Scene: Creating a Blogging Strategy When Blogging Isn't Your Business
August 02, 2014
Chances are that if you have started marketing yourself online, then you have a blog (or were told to have a blog). Here is what you need to know.
Commercial Alternative Lending
August 02, 2014
An impressive amount of attention and money have been foisted upon the relatively nascent alternative finance market. Is it good or bad?
Supreme Court Preserves Fraud-On-the-Market Presumption in Securities Fraud Litigation
August 02, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited decision in <I>Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.</I>, and the result was very much in line with the forecasts of those who predicted a kind of split decision.
Surviving the Medical Malpractice Claim
August 02, 2014
When a doctor or other health care provider learns that he or she is the subject of a medical malpractice suit, one of the first things the defendant will want to do is find the most top-flight legal representation possible. But how can the physician know which defense attorney is the right one for the case?

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  • Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
    “Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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