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The Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Proposition 8 and DOMA

Questions posed by the Supreme Court may portend rulings not on the merits.

What is the enforceability of nursing home arbitration clauses? A look at federal and state rulings.

Contracts may represent the most important assets of a corporation. The counterparties to those contracts, wary of changes in the identity of the corporation that could follow an M&A transaction, usually seek to restrict those changes by negotiating anti-assignment clauses.

LegalVIEW Data Shows Litigation Up, Legal Spend Down

The two hottest litigation areas these days are wage-and-hour and regulatory/compliance cases. But that isn't translating into more legal spending by corporate law departments.

The Final Countdown

The year 2014 ushers in the most significant changes to date: the implementation of Health Benefit Exchanges (Exchanges) and employer "shared responsibility" provisions. Here's what you need do now.

The EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan

For General Counsel looking for a cost-effective way to reduce risk and to stay off the EEOC's radar, knowing what the EEOC's national priorities are and conducting a self-audit in these six areas is a good start.

SOX Prohibition on Loans to Officers and Directors

On March 4, 2013, the SEC issued a no-action letter in response to a request for interpretive guidance regarding the applicability of Section 402 to a program that would allow directors and executive officers to obtain credit utilizing equity grants made by a public company issuer. Here's what this means.

Movers & Shakers

Who's going where; who's doing what.

The Repair and Maintenance Gap

Many commercial leases have what can be called a "repair and maintenance gap." This gap is created when the lease specifies certain repairs and maintenance for which each of the tenant and the landlord are responsible, but then is silent on others.

In the Spotlight: The Assignment Provision

Tenants are accustomed to negotiating assignment provisions heavily as they relate to a third-party transfer. However, the effects that such provisions can have on a tenant's corporate autonomy are often overlooked.

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When Is a Repair Structural or Nonstructural Under a Commercial Lease?
A common question that commercial landlords and tenants face is which of them is responsible for a repair to the subject premises. These disputes often center on whether the repair is "structural" or "nonstructural."
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Beach Boys Songs Written Decades Ago Triggered Current Quarrel With Lawyers
There's current litigation in the ongoing Beach Boys litigation saga. A lawsuit filed in 2019 against Nevada residents Mike Love and his wife Jacquelyne in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada that alleges inaccurate payment by the Loves under the retainer agreement and seeks $84.5 million in damages.
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Supreme Court Rules Rejection of Trademark License Does Not Rescind Rights of Licensee
Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC The question is whether a debtor's rejection of its agreement granting a license "terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor's breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law."
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Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
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Recently Introduced Bill Would Limit ITC 'Domestic Industry by Subpoena'
Patent infringement disputes in the United States are not only heard in district courts. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) also decides high-stakes intellectual property disputes — with the remedy for the IP rights holder not being damages, but rather an exclusion order that can block a competitor's importation of infringing articles into the U.S. That remedy can be incredibly powerful for companies engaged in stiff competition in the U.S. market.
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