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As 2013 begins, franchising is being transformed by major investments in franchise systems by private equity funds. <i>FBLA</i> asked leading franchise attorneys how they see private equity affecting the industry, and their responses reflect widespread optimism that these investors are bringing much more than (the widely appreciated) funding that can fuel franchise expansion.
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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
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Michael Spencer
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Diana Fasching
If corporate counsel has good lines of communication and support from internal information technology and/or e-discovery personnel, they likely will not need to maintain an in-depth understanding of specific databases and applications. Counsel should, however, understand several key database principles that can affect the discovery process.
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Michael Lear-Olimpi
On Nov. 23, this year's Black Friday, online retail sales tipped over the $1 billion spending brim for the first time, with consumers picking up holiday bargains topping out at $1.042 billion on the Internet, according to comScore, a digital-activity measurement company.
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Schuyler M. Moore
The recent decision in <i>Don Johnson Productions Inc. (DJP) v. Rysher Entertainment LLC</i> packed a punch on a number of important issues.
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Eugene Pak
The social and mobile game industry is experiencing rapid growth as thousands of gaming companies and developers make their games available on iTunes, Facebook and other platforms in the hope of launching the next <i>FarmVille</i> or <i>Angry Birds</i>. The popularity of social and mobile games is expected to expand as sales of tablet computers and smartphones rise. In this competitive landscape, it is not uncommon to find new games that are similar to established popular games, even bearing similar names and features.
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Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
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Sustained economic growth resulted in an increase in compensation among originators in the equipment finance industry in 2011, according to the 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance Compensation Survey from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association and the performance reward consulting and benchmarking firm for the financial services sector, McLagan.
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William P. Shelley
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Samantha Evans
Several courts have recently held that an insured bears the burden of demonstrating proper exhaustion of underlying policies, including where multiple policies are involved in a settlement. These decisions have prevented insureds from accessing millions of dollars in excess coverage based on the unambiguous exhaustion language included in the operative excess policies.
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Marvin Bagwell
What happens in New York when in the absence of a CPL, the attorney to whom the lender forwarded the funds that were intended to fund a mortgage, misappropriates the lender's funds? Two cases are directly on point.
