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The Dubai Cassation Court's recent ruling on the legal concept of Without Prejudice.

In the UAE, the common law legal principle of without prejudice is usually not applied in onshore courts. This legal concept, which is found in many legal systems, ensures that statements made during settlement discussions...more

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From Promise to Practice: Resolving the Mediation Paradox in Europe

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This article explores the enduring underuse of mediation in civil and commercial disputes across the European Union (EU) and U.K., a phenomenon known as the "mediation paradox." Despite decades of policy support and legal...more

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Leisure Law Insider (Vol. 6) - Spring 2025

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Welcome to the fifth edition of The Leisure Law Insider! Released quarterly, we cover the latest news and developments in leisure and hospitality law, regulation, and policy. Expect content on hotels, franchising, labor and...more

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If You Agree That Stock Issuance Was Not "Compensation, Salary, Or Income", You May Want To Think Carefully Before Issuing A Form...

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Ten years ago, Hovik Nazaryan sued Femtometrix, Inc. claiming that the company had issued shares to him than it had promised.  The parties settled the lawsuit.  The settlement agreement provided that the stock issued to Mr....more

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Court Decides Lessees Failure to Engage Wont Fly

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The High Court has delivered a decision in AWAS Netherlands A320-1 BV v Pacific Airlines Aviation Joint Stock Company in relation to an amount of lease rental and other damages Pacific Airlines (the Defendant) owed AWAS (the...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Pre-Litigation Mediation, Is it For You?

In today’s complex litigation landscape, many individuals and businesses are turning to alternative methods to resolve disputes as a way to avoid the time, expense, and unpredictability of traditional lawsuit. Pre-litigation...more

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19th Nervous Breakdown: on the Wrong Side of a Contractual Deadline, You Can’t Always Get What You Want

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“[T]ime waits for no one,” sage Rolling Stones advice from 1974, doesn’t appear in Black’s Law Dictionary or result in frequent opinion cites for Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, the keen legal observers who wrote it. But it...more

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Settlement Agreement Found To Be an Instrument for The Payment of Money Only Sufficient to Grant Summary Judgment In Lieu of...

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In past articles, we have examined a motion under CPLR § 3213... CPLR § 3213 is a procedural mechanism that allows a party to make a motion for summary judgment before filing a complaint in actions based upon “an instrument...more

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Third-Party Beneficiaries and Contract Interpretation

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In Stagen v. Neu, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06105 (1st Dept. Nov. 28, 2023), the Appellate Division, First Department addressed an issue of contract interpretation involving a word in a settlement agreement that most readers would...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Stay Away Settlement Between Closely-Held Corporation and Dissident Shareholder Goes Away Upon Shareholder’s Death

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Business divorce has a way of drawing quick and often lopsided battle lines. Many disputes in closely-held companies feature one outspoken owner feuding with a united group of the remaining owners over management or...more

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Commercial Division Denies Application to Enforce Stipulation of Settlement for Lack of Standing

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The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution provides that “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” In terms of...more

Roetzel & Andress

Roetzel & Andress: 2020 Appellate Year In Review

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The Appellate Law Practice Group of Roetzel & Andress represented clients in a wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts, appealing adverse trial court rulings and successfully defending lower court victories on...more

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A Discovery Tale As Old As Time: Seek What You Really Want, Or You May Never Find It

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Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true. – drawn from The Old Man and Death, Aesop- In Brewer v. Grue, 2020 NCBC 59, Judge Conrad offers a helpful update to convert that traditional morality tale to the rough...more

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Courts Continue to Analyze How COVID-19 Orders Affect Private Party Rights

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Three recent decisions demonstrate how the legal landscape continues rapidly to change and evolve in response to COVID-19. These decisions highlight certain developing uncertainties in the law, including the impact of...more

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Post-Quarantine Buyout Of A Partner

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Uptick in Business Divorces? I’ve read a number of articles over the last few weeks in which marriage counselors have been predicting a wave of divorce filings once the COVID-19 quarantine has been lifted...more

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The Rise of Mobile App Lawsuits and New ADA Litigation Trends for 2020

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Blank Rome Of Counsel Martin S. Krezalek will co-present the online webinar “The Rise of Mobile App Lawsuits and New ADA Litigation Trends for 2020” on February 19, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. EST. Martin will be joined by UsableNet...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

A New Way to Enforce International Mediated Settlement Agreements

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On January 6, Singapore took the next step in effectuating an international enforcement regime for mediated settlement agreements by introducing legislation to become the first nation to ratify the Singapore Convention....more

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New Limitations on Confessions of Judgment in New York

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A procedural device known as a “confession of judgment” has long been an important tool in New York state. Section 3218 of New York’s Civil Practice Law and Rules (known as the CPLR) allows a party to sign an affidavit...more

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Hey Siri, Why Did You Settle That Case Without Me Signing?

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In a world of texts, email and Siri, you should be careful about the impact of the words you write.  Remember that case where a court found that a string of text messages can form a binding contract? ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Supreme Court’s Business Docket for the October 2018 Term

On September 26, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “US Supreme Court October 2018 Term.” Topics included some of the key business-related cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, including cases addressing antitrust, foreign...more

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Court Of Chancery Rejects Fee Application From Litigation Funder

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This is a decision worth reading because it so well tells an interesting story. But its legal significance may well be that it holds a litigation funding firm is not entitled to an attorney fee award at least when it does not...more

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