By Colby Hamilton | October 15, 2018
Larry Solheim claims he used his standing in the circus world to help he and a group of investors win the bid to take over the failing Big Apple Circus—only to have them fire him and his wife not long after with no prior warning.
By Jenna Greene | October 15, 2018
The allegations are a variation on a familiar theme: Loosey-goosey mortgages and shoddy underwriting led to mass defaults and foreclosures. What's left is a tangled set of claims with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line.
By Jenna Greene | October 12, 2018
No private merger challenge has gone to before a jury—until now. And no judge in such a private action has ordered a divestiture as a remedy to restore competition—until now.
By Michael Booth | October 10, 2018
"Defendants did not commit malpractice," the panel said. "Because this is merely a fee dispute, defendants did not breach a fiduciary duty."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman | October 9, 2018
Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss “Pay-if-Paid” clauses in construction contracts and write: “Like many jurisdictions across the United States, New York outlaws Pay-If-Paid clauses, but, in New York's case, only indirectly.”
By Christine Simmons | October 8, 2018
The recent decision by the California Court of Appeal and a decision in a separate case in New York show that courts are continuing to enforce recruiter contracts with firms, even if they are oral or do not include a signature.
By Zach Schlein | October 8, 2018
West Palm Beach attorney Patricia Leonard says a ruling by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra sets "the appropriate standard" for nominal offers of judgment.
By Charles Toutant | October 3, 2018
The plaintiffs sought to have the sale declared illegal, claiming it violated the terms of the merger agreement between Rider and Westminster.
By Ross Todd | October 3, 2018
Lawyers for a former non-equity shareholder at the national employment law firm claim that she never agreed to arbitrate disputes with the firm. Ogletree's lawyers say that as a "seasoned employment attorney," the plaintiff can't credibly argue that she did not understand the agreement or how to opt out of it.
By Jenna Greene | October 3, 2018
Delaware courts don't normally look kindly on companies that try to pull out of billion-dollar merger agreements. But this case was "markedly different."
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