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Smith Gambrell Beats Back Bid to 'Re-Brand' Midtown Promenade Offices

An arbitration panel agreed with Smith, Gambrell & Russell that Cousins Properties may not place illuminated logos for an accounting firm atop Atlanta's iconic Promenade.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Enforcing Preliminary Agreements Under New York Federal Law

Stephen L. Brodsky writes: When will an “agreement to agree” be enforceable, and when can you require another party to negotiate with you? New York's federal courts provide a legal framework that answers both of these questions.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Eye Circumvention of Agency's Enforcement Authority

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review whether a plaintiff can circumvent a state agency's right to enforce a statute by seeking to do so through common-law damages claims.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Ad Firm Fetch Fires Back at Uber With Accusations of Forum-Shopping

After facing allegations from Uber that it nurtured online advertising fraud to extract millions of dollars, the global advertising firm Fetch Media Ltd. has fired back with a new lawsuit that accuses Uber of forum-shopping and evading its bills.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Firm's California Partner Sues Former Florida Partners After Firm Split

In the lawsuit, Benjamin Lopatin alleges that former partners Joshua Eggnatz and Michael Pascucci failed to give him his fair share of firm earnings.
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

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Matter of the Home of The Sages of Israel," a case that illustrates the types of disputes which are occurring throughout the country among factions of religious congregations with respect to proposed sales of congregational properties.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Courts Scrutinize Choice-of-Law Clauses to Protect Employees

New Jersey courts have developed limitations on choice-of-law clauses in employment agreements, in order to prevent employees from losing the valuable protections of state employment statutes.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recruiter Alleges in Suit That Simpson Thacher Owes $937K for Lateral Hire

A Massachusetts-based job recruiter said in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett should cough up more than $937,000 for bringing the firm a high-profile lateral from Sullivan & Cromwell.
2 minute read

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