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Daily Business Review

Bad Neighbor: Miami-Dade Jury Sides With Venezuelan Investor in Land Dispute

Freddy Fernandez says he paid $250,000 for land as an investment, but his neighbor and business partner took control of it.
3 minute read

Law.com

US Tort System Costs $429B, but Plaintiffs Get Just 57 Percent of That, Report Says

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform released the report on Wednesday at its annual summit, along with a white paper that called on Congress to reform securities laws.
5 minute read

The Recorder

'Smart Cities' Raise Novel Issues and Novel Risks

The advent of “smart cities”—made possible by the burgeoning “Internet of Things” (IoT)—presents revolutionary opportunities for municipal planners and developers, and the private business enterprises partnering with them.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

When Your Business Partner's Divorce Seems Like Your Own

You may think your marriage will last forever. But do you have the same faith in your business partner's marriage? If your partner's divorce gets ugly, it can cost your business money and cause the disclosure of confidential business information.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Making a Spectacle of Making Spectacles

Intellectual Property columnist Stephen M. Kramarsky discusses a case in which the court examined improper use of confidential information for business evaluation.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Bumpy Litigation Ride for Patron Who Lost an Eye at the Fair

The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a circuit court decision that had ruled in favor of plaintiff Windley Joseph, who lost use of his left eye at the fair in 2008. The court found the South Florida Fair had limited liability under Florida's sovereign immunity and state law for personal injury claims.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Consumer Lawyers Take Aim at Equifax Motion to Dismiss Data Breach Cases

Attorneys representing hundreds of consumer plaintiffs whose financial and personal information was exposed in a massive data breach at Equifax last year challenged arguments by the credit bureau's lawyers that no one suffered harm, and if they did, Equifax is not at fault.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Hits Investor with Millions in Damages for Company's Demise

In her Distress Mergers and Acquisitions column, Corinne Ball continues an ongoing analysis of negative control rights previously discussed in a prior installment of this column.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Addresses Wide Spectrum of Unresolved Issues in Tort Law

A look at four decisions handed down by the Court of Appeals in the past term that addressed a wide range of unresolved issues in tort law.
17 minute read

New York Law Journal

Soliciting a Licensee's Customers Doesn't Breach the License, But Could be Tortious

A discussion of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan decision BullsEye Telecom v. BroadSoft, concerning a dispute over whether a licensor of telecommunications software could compete with the licensee's customers for the same services.
7 minute read

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