4 Key Takeaways | Trade Secret Update 2024 Legal Developments and Trends
Profit narrowly defined is total revenue minus total expenses, i.e., net gain. Profit broadly defined is merely a synonym for benefit. When a trustee’s unauthorized self-dealing directly harms the trust estate, the trustee is...more
Recently, a Mississippi federal judge provided a heartening reminder that, while it may seem all too often ignored, fraud in the mass tort context can carry serious—indeed, criminal—consequences. As we discuss below, victims...more
a) On 9 October 2019, in the judgement of Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 32 (Mann), the High Court of Australia clarified the ability for contractors to claim on a quantum meruit basis....more
Guarantors of loans occupy a vulnerable position under California law. While direct borrowers often benefit from California’s robust statutory anti-deficiency framework, those protections are often unavailable for...more
In Town of Amherst v Brewster Mews Hous. Co., Inc and Town of Amherst v. Pepper Tree Hgts. Hous. Co., Inc. (4th Dept. 2015), the Appellate Division held that a taxing jurisdiction could not use contract remedies to recover...more
Who can be sued? A claim can be brought against any person who has been unjustly enriched at the expense of the state. There is no need for there to be a contractual relationship between the state and the enriched party....more