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Relationship Building, Part 3: Time Considerations
November 02, 2015
Attorneys are very busy people, often logging their time in six-minute increments. Where do they 'find' the time to get and stay in touch with everyone AND have the much-needed downtime?
Verdicts
November 02, 2015
Case involving a question for the FL high court: Is an attorney fee cap permissible?
The Equitable Mootness Doctrine
November 02, 2015
Over time, equitable mootness, a court-created doctrine, had been consistently applied and embraced by appellate courts. The doctrine, as it has been applied, provides that appeals from orders confirming Chapter 11 plans will be considered moot ' and thus not subject to appellate review ' if: 1) a plan has been substantially consummated; and 2) granting appellate relief would unravel the plan or be inequitable to third parties relying on the order confirming the plan. Based on, and consistent with, decisions such as that of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Chateaugay , 94 F.3d 772, 776 (2d Cir. 1996), and the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in In re Continental Airlines , 91 F.3d 553, 560 (3d Cir. 1996) ( en banc ), the equitable mootness doctrine has been read broadly to create a presumption that if a plan has been substantially consummated, appeals of the confirmation order are equitably moot.
In the Marketplace
November 02, 2015
Who's doing what; who's going where
Upcoming Events
November 02, 2015
TexasBarCLE 25th Annual Entertainment Law Institute
NV Fantasy Sports Ruling Comes Amidst NJ's Betting Bid
November 02, 2015
Nevada's recent crackdown on fantasy sports operations could have a beneficial effect on New Jersey's latest bid to legalize sports betting, according to lawyers involved in the gaming industry.
NJ Supreme Court Decision Defines the Parameters of Acceptable Precedent in Bad-Faith Claims
November 02, 2015
A recent ruling out of New Jersey represented a small but significant step in designating the bounds of permissible precedent under the "fairly debatable" standard, offering a measure of clarity to an area of the law still largely undefined in many 'jurisdictions.
Anticorruption Enforcement in Brazil
November 02, 2015
Brazil's push to fight corruption has been steadily gaining steam over the last year, as the wide-ranging Petrobras scandal has continued. Now the Petrobras scandal may become increasingly multinational as prosecutors have announced a U.S. 'connection that could make the DOJ and SEC active 'participants.
IP News
November 02, 2015
Federal Circuit: The PTAB Determination of the Timeliness of an IPR Petition Is Part of the Initial Decision to Institute an IPR, and Is Not Reviewable on Appeal <br>Federal Circuit: Laches Is an Affirmative Defense to Patent Infringement Codified in 35 U.S.C. '282
Case Notes
November 02, 2015
In-depth analysis of two major rulings.

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