The Role of the SEC In Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement
March 01, 2024
The SEC's cryptocurrency-related actions reached a new high in 2023, jumping more than 50% when compared to 2022. We expect the SEC's enforcement efforts in this area to continue at a high pace in 2024, even though whether or not cryptocurrency should be classified as a security or something else remains uncertain.
Landlord & Tenant Law
March 01, 2024
Illegality Defense Raises Questions of Fact
Good Guy Guaranty Not Released
Exchange of Texts Does Not Constitute Settlement Agreement
Landlord's Fraudulent Conveyance Claim Against Parking Lot Chain Avoids Dismissal
New Jersey Passes Privacy Law
March 01, 2024
The New Jersey law follows states, such as California, Texas, and Connecticut, who have enacted privacy laws, including broad laws addressing consumer data privacy, children's privacy laws, consumer health data privacy laws, and data broker laws.
Content-Licensing Payment Dispute Turns On Existence of Fiduciary Relationship
March 01, 2024
A recent New York federal court decision in a dispute between a broker that sublicenses program content and a broadcaster that sublicensed content from the broker considered the interaction of contract language and extra-contractual elements of the parties' relationship to determine whether a fiduciary relationship existed.
Are Recent Regulations Dooming Franchising?
March 01, 2024
In 2024, franchising may need to overcome and work around the recent government regulation that goes to the very heart of the franchising relationship and the way franchise businesses operate,
Third Circuit: Bankruptcy Code Mandates Appointment of Examiner In Chapter 11 Cases
March 01, 2024
The Third Circuit recently held in 'In re FTX Trading' that the plain text of Section 1104(c)(2) mandates the appointment of an examiner under the specified conditions set forth. As a result, the FTX decision will carry significant implications for large and medium-sized bankruptcy cases.
Generative AI and Law Firm Pricing
March 01, 2024
Generative AI, combined with client education, could signal the slow death knell of the billable hour.
How Current and Future Leaders in Legal are Adapting Their Communication Styles
March 01, 2024
Ari Kaplan speaks with Andrew J. Sherman, a partner with Brown Rudnick, and Ross Guberman, the founder and CEO of LawCatch and the developer of BriefCatch, a software platform designed to elevate legal writing.
Law Firms Are Rethinking Comp Systems to Recruit and Retain High Performers
March 01, 2024
No matter the approach, firms appear to have a common goal in mind when widening the ratio in pay for the highest and lowest-paid partners in order to better recruit and retain high performers.
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