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UK Founder of Swiss Asset Management Firm Pleads Guilty in $164 Million Global Securities Fraud Scheme
Bit Parts
California Court of Appeal Finds Film Producer's Anti-SLAPP Free Speech Argument Is Valid Against Lawsuit By Investor No Implied Covenant to File Song Cue Sheets for Foreign Broadcast
Sixth Circuit Considers Rejection of a Filed Power Purchase Agreement
The provisions of the Bankruptcy Code sometimes conflict with other federal laws and regulations. The Sixth Circuit Court recently considered whether an energy company debtor could reject a power purchase agreement as an executory contract that had been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
IP News
Do Not Pass Go? U.S. Supreme Court to Review Federal Circuit's Finding of Justiciability
Digital Dive: The Not-Doing List: Focusing Your Strategic Marketing Plan
Sometimes, we over-engineer solutions. And most often, we don't need to.
Legal Tech: E-Discovery Lessons from the Presidential Impeachment Proceedings
Whether we realize it or not, e-discovery has found a central place in the news during the Trump campaign and presidency, and in particular, during the impeachment proceedings.
Development
Town Can Be Liable for Aiding and Abetting Discrimination
Case Notes
Miami Agrees to Settle Costly Island Development Dispute After Losing Key Ruling Breach of Lease By Subsidiary Does Not Justify Piercing Corporate Veil Tenant Not Entitled to Preliminary Injunction Requiring Landlord to Co-Operate
Lateral Partner Survey Casts Doubt on Compensation as King
In a survey conducted by Major, Lindsey & Africa, lateral partners put firm culture and practice support ahead of anticipated compensation when considering a new firm.
Court of Appeals Upholds Rent Overcharge Class Action
January 01, 2020
Can tenants maintain a class action against landlords asserting a pattern and practice of illegal conduct when the various plaintiff tenants have been injured by different forms of allegedly wrongful conduct?

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