Development
July 01, 2020
Despite Proximity, Neighbor Lacked Standing to Challenge Alleged Zoning Violation
Neighbors Entitled to Remedy Against Landowner's SLAPP Suit
Area Variance Denial Overturned
New Strategies for Renegotiating Office Leases Post-COVID
July 01, 2020
Current circumstances present an opportunity for tenants to use new strategies to renegotiate or even terminate leases. This article looks at conventional legal strategies that may provide grounds for lease termination before turning to consider another, third, approach.
Small Business Reorganization Act and Subchapter V
July 01, 2020
The general purpose of Subchapter V was to streamline the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process for small businesses and individuals engaged in business to administer their bankruptcy estate in an efficient and less costly manner.
Commentary: Claims Filing Time Issues on Copyright Ownership from Everly Bros. Case
July 01, 2020
Don and Phil Everly's flawless harmonies that resulted in a string of hits in the 1950s and '60s regrettably ended in acrimony. The Sixth Circuit recently issued a decision in a dispute between Phil's heirs and Don over copyright ownership of the No. 1 hit "Cathy's Clown," in which concurring Judge Eric E. Murphy raised important questions about when the statute of limitations should begin to run in copyright cases and whether courts have been correctly applying the law.
7 Steps to Pivot Your Business Now
July 01, 2020
With national shelter-in-place orders in place now for several months with information on resuming business in the new normal changing every day, lawyers must consider pivoting how they operate their businesses in today's sub-normal climate.
Shareholder Class Actions During, and After, COVID-19
July 01, 2020
Given the current turmoil in the markets, an increasing number of plaintiffs are bringing shareholder class action suits, citing corporate statements about COVID-19. As first-quarter earnings season draws to a close, now is a good time to reflect on the shareholder class actions that have been brought to date related to COVID-19, and others potentially yet to come.
Counsel Concerns: Ice Cube's Big3 Suit Against League's Lawyers Ends Quietly
July 01, 2020
Three-on-three basketball league Big3, co-owned by hip hop artist and actor Ice Cube, quietly abandoned a lawsuit accusing the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan of putting its lucrative relationship with the Republic of Qatar ahead of its attorney-client obligations to the fledgling sports project.
Survey Says: Tips on Getting Over the Daubert Hurdle
July 01, 2020
Surveys can provide useful evidence in litigation if they are conducted by a qualified expert employing reliable methods that survive a Daubert challenge. In the first of a series of articles drawing on our review of over 300 U.S. court rulings in cases involving surveys, including over 150 Daubert motions, we provide some suggestions for getting survey evidence admitted for consideration in court.
