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New York Law Journal

Business Divorce Cases of 2018

In recent years, most of the new and noteworthy case law developments in the business divorce field predictably have involved limited liability companies which, as business entities go, are newcomers relative to business corporations and partnerships. Last year bucked the trend.
11 minute read

International Edition

Korea's Yoon & Yang Nabs Former Chief Prosecutor as Managing Partner

Sungwook Cho joins the Korean firm as one of its managing partners after more than 20 years at various prosecutors' offices.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Taylor Swift Defeats Broker's 'Wildest Dreams' in $1 Million Commission Dispute

Judge Furman's decision in 'Douglas Elliman v. Firefly Entertainment' affirms the longstanding rule in New York that a broker seeking commission in connection with a sale of real estate must prove that it was the “procuring cause” of the transaction.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

New Chancery Court Suit Targets Dell Over Stock Conversion Plan

The suit is the latest challenge to the transaction, which converted shares tied to Dell's interest in a valuable computer visualization firm into shares that tracked the business as a whole.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Avoiding the Trap: Navigating the Commercial Division's Expert Disclosure Rules

Practice in the Commercial Division often differs quite significantly from elsewhere in the state court system. One of these differences involves rules for expert disclosure, which are now arguably just as robust in the Commercial Division as in federal court. This, however, may have opened up a trap for the unwary: “Expert” disclosures may be required with respect to witnesses who appear to be fact witnesses if their testimony is based in part on some kind of expert knowledge.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Investment Fund Led by Ex-Panera Bread CEO in Row Over Chain's Noncompete Agreements

Act III Management said St. Louis, Missouri-based Panera was improperly seeking noncompetition agreements with three Panera employees, in a hiring dispute that exposed the tensions between Panera and the man that oversaw much of the company's growth.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Release Secured by Chevron Doesn't Block New Asbestos Claims, NY Court of Appeals Rules

The court said in a split ruling that a lawsuit brought against Chevron by a former merchant marine cannot be thrown out based on a settlement he agreed to in 1997 that was intended to exempt the oil and energy company from all future claims from the employee.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Troubled Rollout of 'Reduced-Risk' Product Prompts Philip Morris Shareholder Lawsuits

Philip Morris is accused of misleading stockholders about the status of its development of so-called reduced-risk tobacco products.
4 minute read

International Edition

CMS partner departs for senior post at energy giant

Commercial litigation partner leaves for long-standing client
2 minute read

International Edition

In defence of the NDA

We must not allow high profile cases like Weinstein and Green to create an atmosphere in which the existence of an NDA implies evidence of guilt
6 minute read

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