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New York Law Journal

When COVID Comes, Fraud Will Follow

The federal government has begun unleashing $2 trillion in economic stimulus in response to COVID-19. We can all hope that this money will be used to help bring this monumental crisis to a close. But history tell us that when the government coffers open, fraud, waste, and abuse quickly follow.
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New York Law Journal

The Mere Continuation Approach to Successor Liability

In their Commercial Division Update, Thomas Hall and Judith Archer discuss the "mere continuation" doctrine as one exception to the general rule in New York that the liabilities of a selling business do not travel to the acquirer.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

$3M Miami Suit Against 'Cannabis King' Will Test Commercial Rights in Flailing Economy

The case will test how far commercial plaintiffs can go to seek relief in an economy ravaged by COVID-19.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Businesses Need Price-Gouging Guidance

The unprecedented scope and duration of the COVID-19 emergency will raise unprecedented questions about the application of New Jersey's emergency pricing law.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Battle Over Control of Energy Company, Judge Refuses to Disqualify Sills Cummis

Sills Cummis was accused of being conflicted out of representing Pristec Refining Technologies.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge: RingCentral Needs to Allege More Specifics About Competitor-Drafted Fake Reviews

A federal magistrate judge granted Nextiva's motion to dismiss claims that it faked online reviews about cloud-based communications service rival RingCentral, but gave RingCentral a chance to amend its complaint.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Nasdaq Awarded $78M by Manhattan Federal Judge in Breach of Contract Lawsuit

The court said that Nasdaq had "established, in multiple respects," that Exchange Traded Fund Managers Group had kept millions of dollars in management fees, including a $1.5 billion cybersecurity fund known by its ticker symbol HACK.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Redressing Cryptocurrency Losses Through Negligence Claims

In his Blockchain Law column, Robert Schwinger discusses two recent California federal court rulings—'Terpin v. AT&T' and 'Fabian v. LeMahieu'—which indicate that the ability of negligence claims involving cryptocurrency thefts to survive dismissal at the pleading stage will turn on the plaintiff's ability to adequately plead the elements of a negligence claim: duty, breach, causation and damages.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Consent by Fiction'? Superior Court Eyes Jurisdiction Under Pa.'s Corporate Registration Law

Nine Superior Court judges presiding over the Harrisburg argument session took nearly an hour probing both sides about the fundamental fairness and constitutionality of the law.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Greenberg Traurig Picks Up Akerman Product Liability Partner

Rebecca Ocariz defends pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, as well as other life science, retail and technology companies.
2 minute read

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