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Commercial Litigation Insider

Court Says No Improper Sharing of Attorney Fees in Funding Lawsuit

Although the case settled shortly before the ruling, Commercial Division Justice Eileen Bransten's decision in Lawsuit Funding v. Jeffrey Lessoff illustrates the still-unsettled area in New York law surrounding the ethics over the sharing of legal fees with non-lawyers when it comes to third-party funding arrangements.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Parcside Equity v. Freedman

Plaintiff Awarded Additional Fees, Except Fees For Its Principal's Defense in Earlier Action
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Olympus Dairy USA v. Pavil Associates

1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Indemnification: When Silence Might Not Be a Virtue

In the first of a series of articles on transactional contracts issues by Prof. Michael L. Bloom and students in the Transactional Lab at the University of Michigan Law School, a look at how indemnity provisions may fail to protect a party in the way the party intends.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

R.F. Schiffman Assocs. v. Baker & Daniels

Despite Depositions Court Finds Triable Issues Remain on Account Stated Claim
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Parties Can Contract Out of Right to LLC's Judicial Dissolution

In one of the first challenges to the recent amendments to Delaware's LLC Act, the state's Court of Chancery has ruled that parties forming a limited liability company can contract out of the right to judicial dissolution. The court issued the opinion when it rejected a plaintiff's motion to seek judicial dissolution, a default right under the LLC Act, because the entity's formation agreement specifically eschewed that right.
5 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Advisory Council Proposes New Accelerated Adjudication Procedure

Negotiating parties in the midst of drafting a contract may soon have a new incentive to bring their disputes before the Commercial Division: accelerated adjudication to help streamline litigation.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Opinion: Justices Sensibly Resolve a 'Forum Shopping' Problem

The unanimous decision written by Justice Samuel Alito is a decision that lawyers and judges will actually love because it settles real world problems of forum shopping in a clear, fair and sensible manner.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Estate of Etty C. Boardman, PICS Case No. 13-3214 (Pa. Super. Nov. 20, 2013) Panella, J. (7 pages).

By | December 10, 2013
Probate • Family Settlement Agreement • Petition to Set Aside • Fraud/Duress/Undue Influence • Evidence
3 minute read

The Recorder

Richards v. Ernst & Young, LLP

By | December 09, 2013
2 minute read

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