Former President Donald Trump, left, and the exterior of Trump Tower, where the Trump Organization is headquartered.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, left. Nicolas Economou/Getty Images, right. Trump’s real-estate empire is on trial in Manhattan on charges of conspiring to commit tax fraud. In cross-examining the DA’s first witness, Trump’s side elicited testimony bashing the case. ‘I just…
Lessons from a Staffing Misappropriation and Non-Compete Trial | Seyfarth Shaw
Cases don’t try very often. Doubly so in trade secret/non-compete litigation. So many of these disputes get resolved at the injunctive relief phase of the proceeding that, when one goes the distance, it is almost always worth peeking under the hood. In MWK Recruiting, Inc. v. Jowers, No. 1:18-cv-444-RP (WD Tex.), a federal district court…
NY Appellate Court Holds That Landowner is Not Entitled to a Variance To Keep An Illegal Structure on His Property Because the Village Issued the Building
This post was authored by Katherine Baurs-Krey, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center Petitioner, E & S Realty, LLC, owns property in. residential district located in the Village of Sands Point. In 1989, the Village amended its zoning code and implemented a law that prohibits the use of accessory structures in a residential district for…
CfP |International Journal for Dispute Resolution |Rolling Basis
About IJDR The International Journal for Dispute Resolution is a bi-monthly online journal that promotes research in the field of Alternative dispute resolution systems as an integrated subject. It started with an aim to make it an excellent platform for sharing knowledge and excellent research material in the field of ADRs among students, Research Scholars,…
Connecticut Trade Secret Laws: 2022 Update
Thomson Reuters Practical Law has released an update to “Trade Secret Laws: Connecticut,” a Q&A guide to state law on trade secrets and confidentiality for private employers in Connecticut, co-authored by our colleagues David S. Poppick and Carol J. Faherty, attorneys at Epstein Becker Green. Following is an excerpt: This Q&A addresses the state-specific definition…
Litigation Work Is Migrating From Big Law to Midsize Firms: The Morning Minute
LITIGATION MIGRATION – For years, the richest law firms have been getting even richer, increasing the profit gap between themselves and others and forcing smaller law firms to join forces or wither on the vine. But, according to the latest Law Firm Financial Index from Thomson Reuters, law firms beyond the Am Law 200 (defined…
MO Appeals Court finds that a “property” owner failed to provide sufficient evidence for his parcel of land to be re-zoned for commercial use
This post was authored by Jennifer Autar, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center Defendant-Respondent Ray Dickhaner, LLC (“Dickhaner”) owns a 1.6-acre parcel in the City of Arnold (“Arnold”) and formally requested in January 2021 that it be re-zoned for commercial use. The City of Arnold denied his request, and Dickhaner filed this action in circuit…
MAKING LAW SIMPLE! The Legal Lock
Indian Partnership Act was earlier part of the Indian Contract itself. It was the eleventh chapter of the Indian Contract Act. The provisions of the Indian Partnership Act were covered under Sections 239 to section 266. Later it was separated by the Indian Contract Act. The provisions of the Indian Contract Act are still applicable…
Five Things to Help You Recover After an Auto Accident
A sudden unwanted situation can change your world upside-down. Physical injuries are not only something you might be dealing with but also mental trauma. Talking about compensation, you might get compensation much more easily, but it is very hard to get compensation for mental trauma. However, a San Diego car accident lawyer will help you…
High-profile attorney general races pit abortion against crime
Anthony Brown (facing camera), Democratic nominee for Maryland attorney general, hugs Democrat Wes Moore, left, after Moore was declared the winner of the Maryland gubernatorial race, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) MINNEAPOLIS – To hear Keith Ellison tell it, his bid for a second term as a Minnesota attorney general is…