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Legal Tech Needs Better Content, Not More Content

So why are marketers doing the opposite? An inside look at new survey results on legal technology marketing.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Corporate Tax Changes in New Tax Law

Taxation columnists David E. Kahen and Elliot Pisem write: Public Law 115-97, the “tax reform” legislation enacted last December, effected major changes to federal income tax law. While many of the changes are of relevance specifically to individuals, others affect all businesses, regardless of their form of organization, and some are particularly relevant to corporate taxpayers. David E. Kahen and Elliot Pisem are members of the law firm of Roberts & Holland.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Better Late Than Never

Franchising columnist David J. Kaufmann writes: For the first time ever, a New York court has held that late delivery of a franchisor's Franchise Disclosure Document, standing alone, will not trigger liability unless the subject franchisee is able to prove that it sustained damages as a result of late FDD delivery.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Business Divorce Cases of 2017 Focus on Oppression, Valuation and LLC Issues

New York courts last year decided an impressive array of business divorce cases involving closely held corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Litigation Won't Cure America's Opioid Epidemic

States and municipalities have brought over 200 lawsuits against opioid distributors and manufacturers in the United States, in response to the Opioid Epidemic. Using civil suits to solve this public health problem is not a proper function of the justice system. Opportunistic litigation diverts attention from the need for properly targeted public policy solutions.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Company Settled Claims and Then Asked Its Insurer to Pay. Ninth Circuit Confirms It Violated Its Insurance Policy

The Ninth Circuit found that an insurance policy's no-voluntary payment provision barred coverage for a settlement the insured had reached with its customer.
3 minute read

International Edition

Women make up a third of all partners as SRA stats show more than half went to state school

SRA survey shows rise in partners from state school backgrounds and slight increase in female representation at larger firms
3 minute read

International Edition

Women make up a third of all partners as SRA stats show more than half went to state school

SRA survey shows rise in partners from state school backgrounds and slight increase in female representation at larger firms
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Robot Lawyers in 2018? Fantasy, Reality and the Bright Future of Legal Technology

Amid these 'smart' toolsets, lawyers will not disappear, but they will do better work in the months and years to come, and they will do it faster and more efficiently.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Multi-Jurisdiction Shareholder Derivative Actions Redux

Corporate and Securities Litigation columnists Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale write: The principles set forth in 'Alvarez' create many opportunities for strategic litigation. The decision makes it abundantly clear that both plaintiffs and defendants will need to be extremely diligent at the outset of a lawsuit to utilize the advantage or defeat the threat of collateral estoppel.
8 minute read

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