By Andrew Denney | December 14, 2017
On Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Magnitsky Act, the U.S. law named for the lawyer who exposed a $230 million fraud from the Russian Treasury, a prosecutor called on a federal judge to enforce a settlement agreement in which an entity accused of laundering those funds agreed to pay $5.9 million.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joseph E. Bachelder III | December 14, 2017
In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III writes: Prospective employers subject to N.Y.C. Admin. Code §8-107, Subdiv. 25 should take a number of steps to comply with the new rule making it unlawful to inquire about the salary history of an applicant for employment or to rely on the salary history of an applicant in determining the salary, benefits or other compensation.
By Ben Hancock | December 13, 2017
The dispute between the two financial blockchain companies will move to state court in Manhattan, with nearly $2.4 billion now on the line.
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Tom McParland | December 13, 2017
The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday narrowly upheld a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling that denied a $50 million bonus payment to former investors in Calistoga Pharmaceuticals Inc. for partial European approval of a new blood-cancer treatment drug.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | December 11, 2017
An investor in Innoviva Inc. has finally won its fight to appoint two directors to the drug developer's board, after the Chancery Court on Dec. 8 ruled that the company was bound to honor a last-minute deal to resolve a dramatic proxy fight.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown | December 11, 2017
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.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson | December 11, 2017
In E.S. Management v. Gao, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 925 (Nov. 15), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld a verdict against a landlord who attempted to pressure individuals to enter into a lease arrangement or risk losing their so-called “security deposit.”
By Scott Flaherty | December 8, 2017
The ruling still leaves Grant & Eisenhofer with one claim that allows it to continue seeking some fees.
By Samantha Joseph | December 7, 2017
“It's one of those where near-misses don't count,” appellate lawyer John Pelzer said of statute of limitations deadline.
By Samantha Joseph | December 6, 2017
The debt had changed hands at least five times with the sloppy documentation, leaving attorneys to try to follow a maze of ownership.
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