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New York Law Journal

Ethics, and Disparaging ('Badmouthing') Clients

Ethics and Criminal Practice columnist Joel Cohen writes: We are lawyers and are obligated to treat our clients (and former clients) with a certain degree of respect in communicating with third parties, however difficult that may sometimes be.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

How Can a Successor Licensee Benefit From Ambiguous Terms in an Existing License?

Technology Law columnists Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss a recent decision which held that the ambiguous term of a license meant that the licensee could not prevent the licensor from negotiating and executing a term sheet with a successor licensee, during the final year of the license.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

The DOJ's Challenge to the AT&T/Time Warner Deal

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte discuss the key issues the D.C. District Court is likely to consider in assessing the DOJ's antitrust case against AT&T/Time Warner.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Where Moral Rights May Conflict With the Removal of Confederate Statues

Jana S. Farmer and Adam Bialek examine, through an intellectual property lens, the current debate over the issue of confederate or other controversial monuments, specifically addressing the question: Do the creators of confederate monuments or their heirs have a say in whether these works stay or go under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990?
24 minute read

National Law Journal

Who Are the Supreme Court's Biggest Feeder Judges?

The path to a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship runs disproportionately through the chambers of certain circuit judges, many of whom sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and almost all of whom are white men.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

The Data Defenders: How Firms Focused on Privacy and Security Make Their Living

Tackling some of the newest and most perilous legal risks, these law firms are defining and protecting life in the information age.
12 minute read

The American Lawyer

What Does 'Weinstein Effect' Mean for Law Firms Facing Gender Discrimination Claims?

While Big Law has avoided being rocked by sexual misconduct claims in recent months, the steady stream of revelations in other industries has heightened the risks associated with a potential claim against a law firm.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Looks On as 'New Law' Gets Closer to Clients

A deal to outsource a portion of DXC Technology Co.'s legal department to UnitedLex Corp. may have long-term effects for law firms.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Labor Law Issues, DACA Rescission Challenges

Eastern District Roundup columnists Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan discuss representative EDNY rulings handed down recently, including decisions: denying a petition alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel; explaining factors relevant to when a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, and when overtime pay is required for work done at home; and dealing with challenges to the Trump administration's rescission of the DACA program.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Aggressive Tax Planning Backfires in NYC Installment Sale Case

Tax Appeals Tribunal columnist Joseph Lipari discusses '1018 Morris Park Avenue Realty', in which the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal ruled that a corporation must recognize all gain derived from an installment sale in the year in which the corporation ceased doing business in the City.
18 minute read

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