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Connecticut Law Tribune

A Look Ahead: Cases That Will Make News This Year

2018 is expected to a busy year in both the courts and the state Legislature as issues like legalizing recreational marijuana to whether the state's education funding formula is fair to both students in suburban schools and their urban counterparts play out.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Being Mindful of the Anti-Boycott Law

The Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S.720 and H.R.1697), a bill in Congress attracting debate, is considered by some to protect the interests of the United States and by others to violate the First Amendment right to free speech. Regardless of how the proposed legislation pans out, it is casting a spotlight on existing U.S. anti-boycott laws and regulations that are often overlooked when structuring cross-border transactions. These laws require serious consideration.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor Keeps Up Growth Spurt With Saul Ewing, Lindquist Hires

The firm has added to its private client, litigation and public and project finance practices.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Puts the Brakes on FedEx Suit Over 'Highjacked' Account

U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash dismissed a lawsuit claiming a man defrauded FedEx by accessing a corporate shipping account offering discounted rates, then charging third parties higher rates to ship items.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Revisits the Doctrine of Anticipatory Repudiation

David B. Saxe and Danielle C. Lesser write discuss 'Princes Point v. Muss Dev.', in which the Court of Appeals found that a prospective purchaser's commencement of an action seeking to rescind an amendment to a purchase agreement one month prior to the last day to close on the purchase did not constitute an unequivocal communication to the seller of the purchaser's intention not to perform. The result is a detour into an area of murky jurisprudence that may prove unsettling to the commercial bar that relies on the certainty of precedent and its application in a way that conforms to the realities of commercial practice.
15 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Jury Returns $228K Verdict for Injured Labor Lawyer

The verdict came after the defense rejected a $15,000 settlement offer.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fla. Supreme Court Finds Insurers Liable From Onset of Construction Defect Pre-Suit Process

In Florida construction defect cases, does the statutory process embodied by Chapter 558 of the Florida Statutes, which is a condition precedent to commencing litigation, constitute a “suit” that must be recognized and adjusted by a contractor's liability insurer? That was the question that a federal appellate court put to the Florida Supreme Court.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

10 Survival Tips for Nice People Who Happen to be Litigators

Being a litigator is a difficult job, even for thick-skinned cynics. If you're also a nice person (and, really, don't we all think we're a nice person), you might benefit from adopting a few of these rules for the sake of your own survival.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC, Former Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO Appear to Settle Civil Case

Papers filed on Dec. 28 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicate that the regulator has resolved its proceedings against Joel Sanders. A similar agreement was unable to be reached with former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

After 'Browning-Ferris,' Is It Now Safe for Franchises and Small Businesses?

“Is it safe,” was the question asked by Lawrence Olivier's character in the motion picture, "Marathon Man." The same question is asked by franchise and small businesses after the NLRB's recent decision on joint employment in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, 365 NLRB 156 (2017). The 3-2 decision explicitly reversed the board's unlimited joint employment standard announced in Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) when the board was controlled by appointees from the previous administration.
5 minute read

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