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J&J's Bankruptcy Vote Has Some Claimants' Lawyers Calling for a Recount

November 01, 2024

The presidential vote is just a few days away, but the ballots in Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy have lawyers already asking for a recount. At an Oct. 21 hearing, lawyers for thousands of talcum powder claimants clamored to crack open the confidential vote tabulation behind J&J's $9 billion prepackaged bankruptcy plan.

Eminent Domain Law

November 01, 2024

Public Purpose Challenge to Condemnation Rejected

Fifth Circuit Remands Recording Labels' Copyright Suit Against ISP

November 01, 2024

A federal appeals court departed from five sister circuits determining damages in a copyright infringement case, taking a position the Copyright Alliance called "a cruel joke."

Watch Out, GCs — Regulators Using FCPA to Probe for Bribery

November 01, 2024

Many countries where American companies do business have an array of business practices and customs that might be frowned upon in this country, but whether they cross the sometimes-blurry lines of legality isn't always clear. The club enforcers wield is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

How Secure Is Your Firm's AI System?

November 01, 2024

What Law Firms Need to Know Before Trusting AI Systems with Confidential Information As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize industries, the legal profession is no exception. Every authority agrees about the transformative impact AI is having on legal services. As law firms and corporate legal departments adopt AI technologies to streamline their practices, they must face the inevitable question: How secure are these AI systems?

Players On the Move

November 01, 2024

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

California Supreme Court to Consider Reach of Two Data Privacy Laws

November 01, 2024

California's Supreme Court will consider the reach of two data privacy laws cited in a recent appellate case that found an education vendor potentially liable for a breach of student information.

Are We Seeing the End of the Single-Tier Partnership Structure?

November 01, 2024

With a growing number of firms moving to a two-tier partnership structure, the question becomes what comes next for the dwindling number of major firms that don't have a nonequity tier. At what point do tradition and culture yield to change and progression?

Report: Window of Opportunity Opens for CRE Investment

November 01, 2024

After the last few years, a challenge for commercial real estate is knowing when to start investing again. Have markets hit bottom? Still, sinking down? The Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 basis points in September. Will they come down further? There's no guaranteed timing for investment success, but a recent Oxford Economics report suggests a window of opportunity that will be a good time to buy.

IP News

November 01, 2024

Federal Circuit: Falsely Claiming That a Product Feature is Patented Can Give Rise to a False Advertising Claim Under the Lanham Act Federal Circuit: A Prior Decision in an IPR Does Not Collaterally Estop the Patentee in a Subsequent Litigation Where Invalidity Must be Proven by 'Clear and Convincing Evidence'

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