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LLC Minority Member Gets Caught in His Own “Wolverine Trap”

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Over the years I’ve become less enamored with arbitration as an alternative to litigating complex business cases in court, mostly because the traditional trade-off between abundant due process protections (court) versus...more

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So, Your Business Has Been Sued. Now What?

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Receiving notice of a lawsuit is stressful, disruptive, and distracting. Even if the claims are without merit, you are required to respond to the lawsuit and follow procedural rules. Here’s the good news: An experienced...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Business Court Imposes Sanctions on Attorney-Litigant for Falsifying Evidence

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Think back-dating that email will help your case? Think again. Ford v. Jurgens, 2022 NCBC Order 9 (N.C. Super. Ct. Feb. 16, 2022) involved a dispute between a nonprofit real estate investment association (“the...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Reporting Attorney Payments To The IRS

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Do I have to report to the IRS a payment I make to a lawyer? If you make payments to a lawyer, you may be required to file an IRS form to report that payment. For a payment to a lawyer to be reportable to the IRS, it...more

K&L Gates LLP

Client Conversations: Interview with Bill Farrell, Managing Director and General Counsel at Longford Capital

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With early family roots as coal miners in Pennsylvania, Bill Farrell’s father was able to go on to become president and CEO of one of the largest U.S. trade organizations. By watching his father’s success in both business and...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Tendering Full Relief to Moot a Class Action: It’s Still Possible in Illinois

When a business is sued in a proposed class action and there is only a small amount at stake on the named plaintiff’s claim, often one of the first thoughts that comes to mind is: can’t we just pay the full value of the named...more

Nossaman LLP

Eminent Domain: Is it Possible to Recover Attorneys’ Fees if you Settle?

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In California, we have an admittedly odd way of determining whether the property or business owner in an eminent domain case is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees. (Note that I’m specifically talking about an owner’s...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Second Circuit Joins the Split by Allowing Attorneys’ Fees under FRCP 41

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In the midst of reviewing the propriety of derivative representation under New York law, the Second Circuit joined a fray among its sister Circuits by allowing the recovery of attorneys’ fees under FRCP 41(d)....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Taxman Cometh for Sexual Harassment Settlements

As you know, over the last few months, sexual harassment allegations have surfaced all over the place, from Hollywood to Capitol Hill to the Today Show. The hot topic of harassment in the workplace has garnered attention from...more

Fisher Phillips

Tax Reform Law Includes Paid Leave, Sexual Harassment Settlement Provisions

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), passed by Congress on December 20 and expected to be signed into law by President Trump in the coming days, contains several provisions that will directly impact employers and workplace...more

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