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By Lizzy McLellan | January 2, 2018
The firm has added to its private client, litigation and public and project finance practices.
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By Greg Land | January 2, 2018
U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash dismissed a lawsuit claiming a man defrauded FedEx by accessing a corporate shipping account offering discounted rates, then charging third parties higher rates to ship items.
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By David B. Saxe and Danielle C. Lesser | January 2, 2018
David B. Saxe and Danielle C. Lesser write discuss 'Princes Point v. Muss Dev.', in which the Court of Appeals found that a prospective purchaser's commencement of an action seeking to rescind an amendment to a purchase agreement one month prior to the last day to close on the purchase did not constitute an unequivocal communication to the seller of the purchaser's intention not to perform. The result is a detour into an area of murky jurisprudence that may prove unsettling to the commercial bar that relies on the certainty of precedent and its application in a way that conforms to the realities of commercial practice.
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By Robert Storace | January 2, 2018
The verdict came after the defense rejected a $15,000 settlement offer.
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By Commentary by B. Michael Clark, Jr. | January 2, 2018
In Florida construction defect cases, does the statutory process embodied by Chapter 558 of the Florida Statutes, which is a condition precedent to commencing litigation, constitute a “suit” that must be recognized and adjusted by a contractor's liability insurer? That was the question that a federal appellate court put to the Florida Supreme Court.
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By David J. Richardson | January 1, 2018
Being a litigator is a difficult job, even for thick-skinned cynics. If you're also a nice person (and, really, don't we all think we're a nice person), you might benefit from adopting a few of these rules for the sake of your own survival.
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By Brian Baxter | December 29, 2017
Papers filed on Dec. 28 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicate that the regulator has resolved its proceedings against Joel Sanders. A similar agreement was unable to be reached with former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine.
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By Craig R. Tractenberg | December 29, 2017
“Is it safe,” was the question asked by Lawrence Olivier's character in the motion picture, "Marathon Man." The same question is asked by franchise and small businesses after the NLRB's recent decision on joint employment in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, 365 NLRB 156 (2017). The 3-2 decision explicitly reversed the board's unlimited joint employment standard announced in Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) when the board was controlled by appointees from the previous administration.
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By Samantha Joseph | December 29, 2017
A "Cranky Lawyer," a litigator who saved a nightclub after three women got naked on the dance floor, six arrested personal injury attorneys and a bankruptcy…
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By Robert Storace | December 29, 2017
This year saw many legal twists and turns. The Connecticut Law Tribune looks back at the top five news stories ranging from a law firm allegedly destroying evidence to the state's high court hearing oral arguments in the Sandy Hook case.
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