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In a closely followed venue dispute, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey recently held that venue in the District was proper in the Chapter 11 cases of Multi-Color Corporation and its affiliates. The decision is significant because it offers an analytical framework for determining a debtor’s “principal assets” under section 1408 of the Bankruptcy Code.

In a decision that could reshape the landscape for landlords across the country, New York’s Appellate Division unanimously ruled that the State Human Rights Law violates the Fourth Amendment to the extent it mandates landlord participation in the federal Section 8 housing voucher program.

If managed with purpose, a patent portfolio can be one of a company’s most valuable strategic assets. Too often, portfolios grow without a clear connection to business objectives, consuming time and money without delivering meaningful value. A thoughtful patent audit helps companies refocus their efforts, reduce waste, and ensure their intellectual property supports long-term growth. Here are practical tips to guide an effective audit.

The reach of insider trading law is not fixed by anything Congress wrote. It expands as prosecutors and courts apply fraud statutes to new instruments, new markets, and new sources of duty. So where does that leave the soldier or a senator who bets on a forthcoming raid they are privy to knowledge of?

Driven by elevated interest rates, tightening credit markets, and sustained demand for logistics and manufacturing capacity, industrial operators have increasingly turned to sale-leasebacks to monetize owned real estate, improve balance sheets and free up capital for core operations — all without surrendering operational control of mission-critical facilities.

As AI becomes embedded in everyday business and legal operations, organizations are confronting a new expectation: simply disclosing AI use is no longer enough. A critical shift is taking place in the legal industry: transparency is no longer just about disclosure; it’s about comprehension.

If you want sustainable revenue growth, you cannot treat rainmaking as a personality trait. You must treat it as a professional discipline — one that is intentionally developed through structured partner development based on a proven framework.

Patents are not static assets. They are legal instruments shaped over time by prosecution, continuation practice, post‑grant proceedings, and cross‑border filings. Treating them as fixed objects in a fixed landscape misstates the risk.