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Are More Companies Today Hiring Lawyers Straight Out of Law School?

In today's legal market, in-house opportunities for freshly minted law school graduates are slowly on the rise. And more newbies are choosing this path out of the gate if the opportunity arises.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Sanctions Violations: How It Works in the US (Part 2)

In the first part of this article, we examined the counterintuitive nature of self-reporting sanctions violations, the penalties that sanctions violators face in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the U.K.'s self-disclosure framework. In part two, we analyze how the self-reporting regime functions in the United States.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Must Guide for Litigators in the Commercial Division

Litigators in New York state now have a new arsenal at their disposal.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabusiness 101—Sessions Takes Aim at Legalized Marijuana Industry

Is U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatening to single-handedly crush the $7.2 billion legalized marijuana industry spanning 30 states, generating millions in taxes and providing tens of thousands of jobs?
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Law Firm Lateral Hiring Off to Active Start in 2018

Pennsylvania firms got busy after the New Year, as Cozen O'Connor and Blank Rome continued snatching up lawyers in Pittsburgh and Pepper Hamilton added a financial services pro in New York, among other moves.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lansdale Reborn—A Model for Local Redevelopment

Drive through Lansdale Borough and it's hard not to notice the construction projects reshaping the formerly sleepy little community. Lansdale, a densely populated, three-square mile borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, located 28 miles northwest of Philadelphia, and bisected by a rail line, has quickly become a hotbed for redevelopment and public-private partnership projects.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defendant Maintained It Fully Repaid Promissory Note

In 2015, plaintiff LLBM LLC, a York-based firm, was assigned a promissory note of $50,000 by Gary Lucas. The note had been issued in June 2003, by real estate company Prime Properties Inc. to Lucas, who had loaned it money.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Leaking Home Buyers: Builder Fell Short of Basic Codes

In April 2007, plaintiffs Kevin and Kathleen Johnson purchased a new single-family home built by Cutler Group Inc., in North Wales, for $646,500.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Your Liability Insurer May Be Obligated to Provide a Defense in the Chapter 558 Process

In December, the Florida Supreme Court held that a Chapter 558 notice of construction defect constitutes a “suit” under a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy so as to potentially trigger the insurer's duty to defend the contractor in the proceedings. The case is captioned Altman Contractors v. Crum and Forster Specialty Insurance, No. SC16-1420 (Fla. Dec. 14, 2017).
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ruling Clarifies Statute of Limitations, Damages in Foreclosure Cases

The decision drew a special concurrence from a judge, who wanted to go further by keeping all missed payments in play.
4 minute read

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