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Franchisers: Watch Out for Fraud When Using a Franchise Broker
February 01, 2025
Because franchise brokers have been historically free from making any type of disclosures about their pre-exiting relationship with the franchise companies they are marketing to the prospect, the prospect often feels that the broker is working for them, when in fact, the broker has a financial incentive to make a sale.
U.S. Trustee, Insurers, Object to J&J’s $10B Talc Bankruptcy Plan
February 01, 2025
The objections, filed ahead of a key hearing on whether to confirm the Chapter 11 plan, cite the Supreme Court’s decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, which invalidated nonconsensual releases in the $6 billion bankruptcy plan granted to Purdue’s founders, the Sacklers.
AI Trainers Exposed to ‘Deeply Unsettling’ Content File Suit for Unsafe Working Conditions
February 01, 2025
Contract workers who say they suffered severe psychological harm by being exposed to “deeply unsettling” and traumatic scenarios used to train generative artificial intelligence models filed a class action complaint on January 17 against three Bay Area firms for alleged negligence and unsafe working conditions.
In-House Lawyers Are Focused on Employment and Cybersecurity Disputes, But Looking Out for Conflict Over AI
February 01, 2025
Employment and labor and cybersecurity, data protection and data privacy remain top of mind for in-house lawyers focused on litigation. Still, there’s mounting concern about the threat of large damages verdicts.
Trump Looks to Sell Fed Offices to Private Sector While Demanding Full RTO
February 01, 2025
The Trump administration wants to sell two-thirds of the government’s office stock to the private sector. The actions could have a significant impact on the DC property market. Many landlords depend on the government as an anchor tenant. If the space is suddenly cut loose, it could fall in value and leave owners without many options.
Players On the Move
February 01, 2025
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
Third Circuit Orders SEC to Clarify How Securities Regs Apply to Digital Assets
February 01, 2025
In a 72-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit directed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to clarify for Coinbase Global Inc. “how and when the federal securities laws apply to digital assets” like cryptocurrencies and tokens.
Amazon-Backed AI Company Agrees to ‘Guardrails’ On Using Copyrighted Lyrics to Train Claude AI Product
February 01, 2025
Music publishers have reached a partial agreement with Anthropic that requires the Amazon-backed artificial intelligence company to implement “guardrails” around its use of copyrighted song lyrics to train its flagship product, Claude.
Real Property Law
February 01, 2025
Mortgagee’s Claim Time-BarredEasement By Prescription EstablishedHearing Necessary for License FeeQuestions of Fact About Right to Park Over Servient LandMonuments Take Priority Over Metes and Bounds Description
New York Bankruptcy Judge Allows Case Against Crypto CEO to Move Forward
February 01, 2025
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that a lawsuit, in which the plaintiff alleged that Alex Mashinsky, the founder and ex-CEO of Celsius Network, caused the insolvent crypto lender to incur billions of dollars in damages, can move forward because the terms of the agreement to stay stated that it would be lifted when the litigant’s criminal trial ended.

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