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Court Watch
Recent Franchise Decisions Show Same Old Songs, with a Few Different Beats
This month's column addresses four recent cases covering four old topics: the reasonable reliance requirement in fraud claims; the likelihood that a franchisor can recover lost future profits when it or its franchisee terminates a franchise arrangement prematurely; whether franchise agreements with unspecified terms can be perpetual agreements; and the scope of the Maryland and New York franchise laws. The topics are ones that we have seen discussed before, and the results in these decisions are substantially less than surprising, but nevertheless worth noting.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.