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Paul Hastings, Slaughter and May Lead on China Shipping Giant's $6.3B Acquisition of Hong Kong Rival

State-owned China COSCO Shipping is leading a consortium to buy Hong Kong-based shipping company Orient Overseas International, a family business of former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.
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New York Law Journal

Matter of Esposito

Submission of Petition for Sale/Turnover Of Decedent's Member Shares of LLC Premature
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The Legal Intelligencer

R Investment Sixteen, LP v. South Philly Plaza, LL, PICS Case No. 17-0909 (C.P. Philadelphia May 26, 2017) Djerassi, J. (9 pages).

The absolute privileges enjoyed by a defendant in a pure defamation case are also available to a defendant in a case based on a claim of defamation-in-title; however, defendant's preliminary objections asserting the privilege in this case were not clear and free from doubt. The court overruled the preliminary objections to the defamation-in-title claims asserted in these consolidate cases.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Andrews v. Dokianos

Plaintiff's Claim Seeking Accounting By Shareholder Barred by Res Judicata
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Hackers Beware: Courts in NJ Extend Jurisdiction

In two unrelated decisions issued Wednesday, New Jersey courts have asserted jurisdiction over accused hackers who have no connection to the state, but allegedly sought to inflict harm on Garden State residents.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Greenspoon Marder Beats Back $12M Claim Client Duped Investors

Greenspoon Marder attorneys beat back a fraudulent inducement lawsuit against developers accused of duping investors out of $12 million on a failed Fort Lauderdale project.
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Daily Report Online

James Johnson, Partner, Knight Johnson

Practice Profile: Johnson works in business litigation, specializing in real estate and construction law. He represents developers, hoteliers, real estate…
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Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Revives Doctor-on-Doctor Libel Suit

The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled comments one doctor made about another in an email to patients could be construed as libel.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Chaborek v. Allstate Financial Services, LLC, et al, PICS Case No. 17-0945 (E.D. Pa. June 5, 2017) McHugh, J. (9 pages).

Plaintiff sufficiently plead at least two potentially successful claims against defendants for fraud and negligent misrepresentation; therefore, defendants failed to satisfy their heavy burden of persuading the court that plaintiff fraudulently joined them as part of his lawsuit to defeat diversity jurisdiction. The court granted plaintiff's motion to remand.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Theecheck.com, LLC v. NEMC Financial Services Group Inc.

Despite 'Group Pleading' Default Judgment Granted As to Liability on Lanham Act, Breach Claims
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