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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.
Match Your Business Development Plan With Your Personality
July 01, 2020
It is critical that lawyers determine strategies that match their skills, personalities, and perceptions and experiences.
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.
Update on Corporate Bankruptcy Tax Refund Litigation
July 01, 2020
The bankruptcy trustee of a bank holding company was not entitled to a consolidated corporate tax refund when a bank subsidiary had incurred losses generating the refund, Tenth Circuit held.
Real Estate Loan Workout: Exchange of Enhancements for Concessions
July 01, 2020
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a property owner might reach out to its lender for urgent, needed debt relief. The lender, which strives for a performing asset, an on-going relationship with its customer makes concessions. In exchange for these concessions, the lender should obtain credit and legal enhancements., which should also enable the lender to make concessions that are more meaningful to the property owner, its investors, its tenants and its business.
How Cultivating Existing Client Relationships Can Boost Business Development
July 01, 2020
Strategic business development is critical to support firm growth, and CRM software is the backbone of a data-driven approach. It not only helps your firm prospect for future clients, but also helps you strengthen and expand existing client relationships.
Co-ops and Condominiums
July 01, 2020
Sponsor Correctly Calculated Reserve Fund Shareholder Did Not Breach Survival of Closing Affidavit
Recent Court Views on "Making Available" Controversy In Copyright Infringement
July 01, 2020
Federal courts have long disagreed over whether the unauthorized "making available" of a plaintiff's works to the public is sufficient to constitute copyright infringement under the U.S. Copyright Act. Two June District Court decisions demonstrated the differences between the views of the Fourth and Ninth Circuits.
Virtual Training & Mentoring for Summer and First Year Associates
July 01, 2020
Conscientious development of associates through training and mentoring enables them to become dynamic, professional, and ethical attorneys who provide high quality service that clients expect.
What TARP Investigations Can Teach Us About Stimulus Fraud
July 01, 2020
For more than 10 years, federal investigators have investigated criminal conduct in connection with the 2008 recession-era TARP program. From those investigations, U.S. Attorneys across the country brought cases and earned convictions for offenses spanning the federal criminal code. We can expect that these same agencies will use the same techniques and strategies to investigate crimes and bring cases involving fraud related to the COVID-19 stimulus packages.

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