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The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Private Equity Dealmakers Make 2025 Predictions Amid Deal Resurgence

Partners from Latham, Proskauer, Kirkland, Morrison Foerster and Skadden say they are optimistic about 2025, citing activity around data centers, infrastructure and other elements of the market.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Guaranty’s Survival of Its Guarantor Requires Careful Drafting

Since guaranties are important parts of most transactions, careful attention should be paid to selecting your guarantor, drafting the applicable loan document provisions and monitoring the status of your guarantor so that timely action can be taken if needed to make a claim against an estate.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York’s Climate Change Superfund Law

On Dec. 26, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act into law. If it survives the many legal challenges it is expected to face, the act has the potential to affect a large segment of the fossil fuel industry by making companies strictly liable for billions of dollars of costs New York anticipates spending on climate adaptation measures. How is the act designed to work, and what can we expect next?
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firms Grapple With Nonequity Partner Pay ‘Friction’

Pay for nonequity partners can approach or overlap with compensation of senior associates, counsel as well as some equity partners, firm leaders and consultants say.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

What KPMG's London Experience Reveals About Its U.S. Strategy

“It is one thing if Continental Europeans get access to equity capital. If the Americans ever get it, this will be over in a week because they are just so entrepreneurial."
5 minute read

Law.com

Does Your Corporate Compliance Program Reasonably Prevent Fraud? New UK Guidance Demands It

This article first discusses the legal backdrop of the UK’s new strict liability law and then summarizes what companies need to know about the new UK guidance, with particular emphasis on the areas where it expands on the ECCP.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Tech's Predictions for Emerging Technology in 2025

A look at how experts see the emerging technology space shaping up in 2025, from AI’s impact across the board, to a new life for blockchain technology, and more.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

2024 Marked Growth On Top of Growth for Law Firm Litigation Practices. Is a Cooldown in the Offing for 2025?

According to data released by Thomson Reuters last week, litigation demand grew 3.3% in 2024 after seeing 2.8% growth in 2023.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Foreclosure: Judicial Estoppel and a Grand Irony

The decision in ‘Cruz v. Bank of New York Mellon’ calls attention to the subject of judicial estoppel and raises, as the title recites, a grand, perhaps exquisite irony.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Bonus Pools Expand, Challenges Grow in Partner Compensation

While partner bonuses remain a strong and flexible tool to reward lawyers, the more firms lean on them, the more likely it is they can cause confusion or dismay, some observers say.
7 minute read

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