The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Paola Pearson | September 7, 2018
If you have never litigated a case with a foreign corporation as a named party, you may be surprised to learn that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do little to assuage the language barriers you are likely to encounter along the way.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Aya M. Salem | September 7, 2018
It's not easy being a young attorney of a diverse background. Much like Rocky was an underdog fighter with hopes of making it in the boxing world without much support, so too do many minority attorneys struggle to find their place in the legal market today.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Katayun I. Jaffari and Kimberly W. Klayman | September 7, 2018
In June of this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to approve rule amendments (referred to in this article as the amendments) that specifically expand the definition of the so-called “smaller reporting company.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | September 7, 2018
In 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Obergefell v. Hodges case that marriage equality was the law of the land, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community celebrated, but only briefly.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | September 6, 2018
The trustee in bankruptcy acts as a fiduciary for all creditors to identify assets and administer the bankruptcy estate. Usually the trustee…
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rebecca Rosenberger Smolen and Amy Neifeld Shkedy | September 6, 2018
Rather than dedicate our efforts this month to informing our readers about one specific set of issues arising in the trusts and estates practice, we thought it would be helpful to instead focus on the mistakes we regularly see, which, with a little care and effort, can be avoided for the peace of mind of the client, and the financial benefit of the objects of the client's.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang and Tianna K. Kalogerakis | September 6, 2018
Despite the plaintiff-friendly pleading standards for securities fraud outlined by the Supreme Court in Merck & Co. v. Reynolds, 130 S. Ct. 1784 (2010), out-of-state investors need to be particularly vigilant in pursuing fraud-related common law claims in New York, being careful not to become blocked by the borrowing statute.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | September 6, 2018
The court's explanation as to why the evidence was inadmissible—because the commonwealth had failed to establish its authenticity—involves some technical discussion, but the great majority of the court's opinion is not particularly technical, another indication that the courts and the bar are catching up to the changes brought on by the digital revolution.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Cliff Rieders | September 6, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the federal court that sits neatly below the U.S. Supreme Court, has ruled that the trial court was correct when it refused to prevent a school district from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with the students' gender choice as opposed to the sex they were determined to have been born with.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Anthony S. Volpe and Anupma Sahay | September 5, 2018
By now the commercial world has universally recognized the value of trademarks in domestic and international business. Oftentimes a trademark may be more valuable than the actual products associated with it as the products may have become quite generic.
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