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Nondischargeability Judgment Requires Willful and Malicious Injury Under Section 523(a)(6) Image

Nondischargeability Judgment Requires Willful and Malicious Injury Under Section 523(a)(6)

Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. & Keri L. Costello

In re Smith The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit recently joined the majority of circuit courts of appeals in finding that a creditor seeking a judgment of nondischargeability must demonstrate that the injury caused by the prepetition debtor was both willful and malicious under Section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Artist's Parents Get Dispute With Manager Sent to Arbitration Reasons for Approval of Pro Hac Vice Application in Music Litigation Third Circuit Knocks Down Right of Publicity Claim Over Character in Gears of War Video Game

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Recently Introduced Bill Would Limit ITC 'Domestic Industry by Subpoena' Image

Recently Introduced Bill Would Limit ITC 'Domestic Industry by Subpoena'

Robert Maier

Patent infringement disputes in the United States are not only heard in district courts. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) also decides high-stakes intellectual property disputes — with the remedy for the IP rights holder not being damages, but rather an exclusion order that can block a competitor's importation of infringing articles into the U.S. That remedy can be incredibly powerful for companies engaged in stiff competition in the U.S. market.

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Possible Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate Image

Possible Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate

Steve Vainder

While it is likely that the long-term impact of COVID-19 on commercial real estate will be significant, the short-term effect may be to accelerate sector and geographic trends that were already prevalent before the pandemic emerged.

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Cash Flows for Bankruptcies During COVID-19

Jonathan Koevary & Robert Gagne

Chapter 11 petition strategy will almost invariably require and depend upon cash flow for continued use of leased stores and restaurants. To say the least, for those companies that filed for bankruptcy on the eve of the COVID-19 shutdowns, the strategies — and available cash flows to pay landlords — did not go as planned.

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Valuations Forecasted to Decline in COVID-19's Wake Image

Valuations Forecasted to Decline in COVID-19's Wake

Rayna Katz

Taking a pulse on the impact of the pandemic on all sectors of global commercial real estate, valuation firm Duff & Phelps, in conjunction with the GRI club, surveyed over 300 directors on the state of affairs.

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Legal Tech: Fall 2020's Most Interesting E-Discovery Cases Image

Legal Tech: Fall 2020's Most Interesting E-Discovery Cases

Mike Hamilton

In this quarter's Case Law Review, we'll take a look at recent rulings that cover the discoverability of ESI on sources other than a computer, whether social media posts offer any degree of privacy, and the importance of proportionality when attempting to compel production during litigation.

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IP News

Jeff Ginsberg & George Soussou

Federal Circuit: HP Not Estopped from Challenging Claims Deemed Unchallengeable in IPR That It Had Joined Federal Circuit: A New Process Does Not Transform an Old Product Into a New One

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Are Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissals In Copyright Infringement Lawsuits In Danger? Image

Are Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissals In Copyright Infringement Lawsuits In Danger?

Alan Friedman

Until recently, the Second and Ninth Circuits have both been receptive to dismissals under Rule 12(b)(6) if the court determines the plaintiff cannot plausibly state a claim of copyright infringement because the two works are not substantial similar. However, a pair of recent "unpublished" Ninth Circuit reversals involving prominent motion pictures stand in contrast to a recent Second Circuit decision affirming such a dismissal.

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Counsel Concerns: Plaintiffs' Counsel Faces Sanctions In Litigation that Alleged Wrestler Head Damage Image

Counsel Concerns: Plaintiffs' Counsel Faces Sanctions In Litigation that Alleged Wrestler Head Damage

Robert Storace

More than 50 wrestlers sued World Wrestling Entertainment, claiming it knew — but never disclosed — the risk associated with the sport. But it was Massachusetts plaintiff counsel Konstantine Kyros and his firm who judges singled out for plagiarism, false claims and other misbehavior in the case.

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