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By Greg Land | December 26, 2019
Lawyers for a south Georgia timber-clearing company had asked for almost $1.3 million in damages and attorney fees stemming from its purchase of two off-road wood chippers.
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By Dan Packel | December 22, 2019
Capital continued to stream into funders' coffers, and Burford Capital was often in the headlines, for both good news and bad.
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By Nate Robson | Alaina Lancaster | December 21, 2019
"This is the fourth consecutive verdict in favor of Johnson & Johnson in these cases and the eighth defense verdict this year," said a Johnson & Johnson spokeswoman.
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By Tom McParland | December 20, 2019
The court said that Nasdaq had "established, in multiple respects," that Exchange Traded Fund Managers Group had kept millions of dollars in management fees, including a $1.5 billion cybersecurity fund known by its ticker symbol HACK.
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By Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer | December 19, 2019
Following Court of Appeals precedent, the Commercial Division has consistently maintained the narrow scope of the adverse interest exception to the in pari delicto defense. In a recent reversal of a Commercial Division decision, however, the First Department signaled a widening of the adverse interest exception. In their Commercial Division Update, Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer discuss the decision and its background.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Lewis H. Lazarus | December 18, 2019
Although the Delaware Court of Chancery may order the production of certain electronically stored information, the scope of a books-and-records request is more limited than discovery that may be obtained in a plenary action.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Lawrence J. Kotler | December 18, 2019
In the case of Liquidation Trust of Solutions Liquidation v. David Stienes (In re Solutions Liquidation), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware examined the interplay between the scope and extent of a company's exculpation clause versus the scope and extent of Delaware law regarding breach of fiduciary duty claims.
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By Christopher D. Carusone | December 17, 2019
In my experience, Pennsylvania prosecutors are typically willing to speak with corporate counsel about the corporation's status, and counsel is encouraged to do so before expending large sums in defending against the subpoena, assuming that important privileges are not at issue.
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By R. Robin McDonald | December 16, 2019
After the federal government exchanged Iranian professor Masoud Soleimani for imprisoned Princeton University student Xiyue Wang on Dec. 7, federal prosecutors in Atlanta dismissed the charges.
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By Christopher Niesche | December 16, 2019
In an interview with Law.com-International, Burford managing director Craig Arnott said the funding has resulted in U.S. firms winning work that previously went to Magic Circle firms.
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