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Early Termination Provisions: A Landlord's Saving Grace … If Done Right
November 01, 2018
The focus of this article is the “early termination provision,” a lease provision that affords landlords the tactical advantage they need. Specifically, this article seeks to: 1) guide the practitioner through the pitfalls of a poorly drafted termination provision; and 2) advise the practitioner how to craft a proper and effective termination provision.
Only 30% of Workday Is Spent on Billable Hours, Report Says
November 01, 2018
U.S. lawyers are still spending too little of their workday on billable hours, a year after an eye-opening report found lawyers devoted only 29% — 2.3 hours — of each eight-hour workday to billable hours.
Bit Parts
November 01, 2018
<i>Friday the 13th</i> Screenplay Author's Copyright Termination Notice Found Valid<br>Infringement Suit over Justin Timberlake's “Damn Girl” Allowed to Proceed
Meritas' New Cybersecurity Standard Requirement Assures Legal Clients
November 01, 2018
Meritas, a nonprofit association of law firms, now requires its law firm members to follow a new cybersecurity standard. The reason for this new standard? Law firms' clients.
Valuation Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
November 01, 2018
This article focuses on the impact of tax reform on C corporations and looks at the significant and complex changes to pass through entities.
Second Circuit Rejects Use of Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition As Collection Tool
November 01, 2018
A bankruptcy court properly dismissed a creditor's involuntary bankruptcy petition “for cause” when it “would serve none of the Bankruptcy Code's goals or purposes … and [when] the sole [petitioning] creditor is not substantially prejudiced by remedies available under state law,” held the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in </i>In re Murray.</i>
Upcoming Events
November 01, 2018
TexasBarCLE 28th Annual Entertainment Law Institute<br>Annual Entertainment, Sports &amp; Media Law Institute
Which Financial Representations Will Justify a Discharge Objection after Lamar, Archer?
November 01, 2018
The Supreme Court's decision in <i>Lamar, Archer &amp; Cofrin, LLP v. Appling</i> has significantly constricted the range and nature of statements that will support a successful objection by a creditor to the discharge of a debt that was obtained by the statements in question. This constriction could have a very real impact on how entities that loan money or provide services on credit review and collect information regarding a borrower's creditworthiness.
IP News
November 01, 2018
Obviousness Determination Can Be Different for Apparatus and Method Claims<br>Petitioner “Bears the Burden” On Demonstrating Real Parties in Interest
Business Crimes Hotline
November 01, 2018
Petrobras Pays $853.2 Million to U.S. and Brazil Authorities to Settle FCPA Charges

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