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The Legal Intelligencer

Strategic Considerations for Litigation Hold Letters in a Commercial Dispute

Litigation hold letters have become commonplace in commercial litigation since the string of 'Zubulake' decisions in 2003.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Preservation and Points for Charge: Important Decision Expected

It appears that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is serious about cutting back on the collateral order doctrine.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Technique to Maximize Pass-Through Income Tax Break Won't Work for Florida

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides a tax break for businesses conducted by pass-through entities (partnerships, LLC's and subchapter S corporations) which will allow a deduction of 20 percent of the business income, so that the owners will pay tax on only 80 percent of the business income.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Valuing Real Estate Holding Companies in a Decedent's Elective Estate

At first glance, calculating the value of a decedent's elective estate may seem somewhat straightforward. However, experienced probate practitioners know that this calculation is far from easy, particularly when the decedent held interests in jointly owned businesses at the time of death.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

The Potential Death of the Georgia Arbitration Act

The U.S. Supreme Court has tilted the playing field so that any state law found to be contrary to the Federal Arbitration Act is subject to complete pre-emption.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Title Washing: The Case of the Disappearing Mineral Rights

Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed on appeal a hunting club's ownership of a tract of land in its entirety—including both surface and subsurface rights—over the objections of a prior owner's heirs.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: There's Client Service. And Then There's Michael Cohen.

Quick show of hands: how many of you have ever paid $130,000 in hush money out of your own pocket to help a client? And didn't actually mention it to them? Or ask to get paid back?
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Tax and Jobs Act of 2017 and How It Will Affect Nonprofits

When the first version of the bill that would eventually become the Tax and Jobs Act of 2017 emerged, bond professionals were alarmed. The original House bill took several shots at tax-exempt bonds, most notably eliminating the ability to issue “private activity bonds” on a tax-exempt basis.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: DOJ Lawyer Sues Georgetown for Rejecting Him, Claiming Age Bias

George Mazza, 62, is a longtime senior counsel in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. But what he wants now is to get a Ph.D in theology from Georgetown. When the university rejected him, he sued.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Getting Legal Reporting Right

Notwithstanding the recent statement of Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger that “[we] will continue to infuse our journalism with expertise by having lawyers cover law,” his paper and other media outlets continue to have non-lawyers reporting on legal matters and to make significant mistakes when they do.
8 minute read

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