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Federal Judge Rejects Teams' Challenge to NASCAR's 'Anticompetitive Terms' in Agreement

"At this stage, the teams are no closer to irreparable harm than they are to the command, 'Drivers, start your engines,' at the first race of the 2025 season," U.S. District Judge Frank Whitney wrote in a Nov. 8 order.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas' New Business Court: What We've Learned From Its First 2 Months

"Whitehill's ruling has the potential to greatly reduce the number of cases before the Business Court," writes Ryan Sullivan of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

FTC's New 'Click To Cancel' Rule Is Here, But Will It Survive Judicial Challenge?

Businesses that haven't adjusted click-to-cancel procedures face legal consequences. Andrew Lustigman and Morgan Spina discuss the impact on various industries, from subscription services to telemarketing companies and the legal compliance obligations associated with continuity programs.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Changing Landscape of NY Courts' Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Corporations

New York's approach to consent-by-registration jurisdiction and successor jurisdiction is illustrative of the ever-changing scope of personal jurisdiction over out-of-state companies. 
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Co-Founder and Startup Divorce: Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst

This article discusses the "divorce" of startup businesses. This article discusses how the separation process of said business occurs and what to consider such as assessing the value of the company, dividing up who owns what, evaluating an agreements (if there are any), the transfer process, and dissolving the IP.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Co-Founder and Startup Divorce: Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst

These separations can be just as emotionally taxing and legally complex as a marital split and just as often result in financial and operational issues for the founders, investors, and the startup itself.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

$31M Settlement Reached: Litigators Resolve Explosive Lithium-Ion Battery Damages Dispute

"We found ourselves in unchartered territory while taking on a global leader of an emerging technology, and success depended on our ability to combine recently enacted environmental regulations with centuries-old legal theories like trespass and nuisance," said plaintiff counsel Jackson McDonald of McDonald & Cody in Alto, Georgia.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

WIPED OUT: Judge Scraps $3.8M Damages Award

"The liability verdict was upheld, and there is no reason to think a second jury won't award as much or even more in damages, said Laurie Webb Daniel of Webb Daniel Friedlander. "Frankly, we're looking forward to the retrial."
6 minute read

Law.com

Latham & Watkins Secures Dismissal of Legal-Mal Suit Against Company, GC Who Failed to Advise Former Treasurer

The plaintiff had alleged that the defendants were liable for failing to give a so-called Upjohn warning, which is done when the interests of a company and an individual officer become adverse.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Must We Hear the Defense?': Jury Sends Note Indicating Early Decision

"The moral to the story is that credibility still matters," said prevailing defense counsel Scott W. McMickle of McMickle, Kurey & Branch in Alpharetta.
6 minute read

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