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Ticket Refund Suits Against StubHub to Get MDL Treatment Image

Ticket Refund Suits Against StubHub to Get MDL Treatment

Amanda Bronstad

Online ticket reseller StubHub faces lawsuits over allegedly unrefunded event tickets in California, after a federal judicial panel ordered that similar cases from jurisdictions in multiple states be coordinated.

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NYC Law Providing Relief for Commercial Tenants Faces Constitutional Scrutiny Image

NYC Law Providing Relief for Commercial Tenants Faces Constitutional Scrutiny

Ian Steinberg

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered another striking blow to property owners when he signed into law N.Y.C. Council Int. No. 1932-A (2020) on May 26, 2020. The new legislation prohibits landlords from enforcing personal guaranties on certain commercial leases for defaults occurring between March 7, 2020 and Sept. 30, 2020.

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Bankruptcy Code Section 502(d) Claim Disallowance Issues 'Travel With' the Claim Image

Bankruptcy Code Section 502(d) Claim Disallowance Issues 'Travel With' the Claim

Rudolph J. Di Massa, Jr. & Geoffrey A. Heaton 

In a recent decision, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that claim disallowance issues under Section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code "travel with" the claim, and not with the claimant.

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FIFA Decision Confirms Long Arm of Honest Services Fraud Image

FIFA Decision Confirms Long Arm of Honest Services Fraud

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

United States v. Napout The U.S. government's lead role in the prosecution of corruption within the Zurich-based FIFA may be a paradigmatic example of U.S. law enforcement acting as the world's policeman. If corruption is based on foreign executives violating their duties of loyalty to foreign private entities, how does that translate into a violation of U.S. criminal law? Does it matter that the conduct in which the foreign executive engaged — commercial bribery — may not be illegal under the law of the executive's home country?

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Which Method Is for You? Not All Surveys Are Made the Same Image

Which Method Is for You? Not All Surveys Are Made the Same

Laura O'Laughlin, Harriet Ho & Duy (Joey) Duong

As survey evidence has become increasingly common in litigation, it is important to remember that not all surveys are made the same. It's important to be able to identify the right survey methodology for the matter at hand. Third in a series

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Players on the Move Image

Players on the Move

Anne Bagamery, Dan Clark & Varsha Patel

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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10th Circuit Looks At Nuances of Challenging Fraudulent Conveyance Image

10th Circuit Looks At Nuances of Challenging Fraudulent Conveyance

Francis J. Lawall & Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith

Under the Bankruptcy Code, not only can the initial recipient of a fraudulent conveyance be held liable, but so too can a subsequent transferee. However, there can be important nuances in the challenged transaction that may provide a subsequent transferee with a substantial defense.

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

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

Mike Hamilton

Social Media & Cell Phones Still Represent an E-Discovery Battleground

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Bankruptcy 'Plunderers' Can Be Sued by Creditors, Third Circuit Rules Image

Bankruptcy 'Plunderers' Can Be Sued by Creditors, Third Circuit Rules

P.J. D'Annunzio

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a precedential decision that in cases where a trustee has abandoned a bankrupt entity, a creditor can nevertheless sue those who "plunder" a near-insolvent company of its remaining assets.

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IP News

Jeff Ginsberg & Abhishek Bapna

Federal Circuit: ITC Did Not Err in Denying Non-Respondent's Petition to Rescind Exclusion Order Based on Invalidity Grounds Federal Circuit: District Court Did Not Err in Ruling that 'Half-Liquid' Is Indefinite Federal Circuit: District Court Did Not Err In Allowing Jury to Determine Infringement Based on Products' Compliance with Standard

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