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A Novel Question of Law in a Legal Malpractice Setting?

15 Aug 2018, 4:41 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

Crane we see a new participant: ordinary negligence. [read post]

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - http://blog.bluestonelawfirm.com/

Can LLC Agreement Waive Right to Sue Derivatively? Not in These Two Cases

23 Apr 2018, 3:41 am by Peter Mahler

Crane, did not have to wrestle with the permissive-versus-mandatory question as in Talking Capital for the simple reason that the Nevada LLC statute at play in Human Nature Las Vegas Inc. v Gildea, 2018 NY Slip Op 30507(U) [Sup Ct NY County Mar. 23, 2018], expressly casts a member’s right to bring a derivative action as a default rule (“unless otherwise prohibited by the . . . [read post]

New York Business Divorce - http://www.nybusinessdivorce.com/

Just Published: "The Corporate Social Responsibilities of Financial Institutions for the Conduct of their Borrowers: The View From International Law and Standards," Lewis & CLark Law Review 21(4):881-920 (2018):

10 Apr 2018, 2:40 pm

This requites distinguishing between those obligations that apply to the internal operations of financial institutions generally, and those obligations that apply to the financial institution’s obligations with respect to its lending activities, that is with respect to its relationship with its borrowers. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Can Repeated Speech Be Criminalized Just Because It's Intended to "Seriously Annoy"?

19 Dec 2017, 8:10 am by Eugene Volokh

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The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Bravo-Fernandez v. United States - Post-Decision SCOTUScast

14 Jul 2017, 2:33 pm by The Federalist Society

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Federalist Society SCOTUScast - http://fedsoc.server326.com/audio/SCOTUScast/SCOTUScast.xml

Cross: Bob Levy, Guiding Cato’s Vision of Justice

29 Mar 2017, 5:09 am by SHG

You went to American U in the early Sixties, a turbulent time when organized left-wing student activism was just getting started and students and faculty alike were outraged over the discovery of a secret U.S. [read post]

Simple Justice - http://blog.simplejustice.us

Business Appraisers Spar Over Tax Rates, Market Approach and Other Key Issues in Fair Value Buy-Out Case

27 Feb 2017, 3:16 am by Peter Mahler

Justice Platkin’s valuation ruling last month in Matter of Digeser v Flach [Gould Erectors & Rigging, Inc.], 2017 NY Slip Op 50220(U) [Sup Ct Albany County Jan. 31, 2017], is the culmination of an oppressed minority shareholder dissolution petition filed in April 2013. [read post]

New York Business Divorce - http://www.nybusinessdivorce.com/

An Oppression How-To: Revoke Employment, Profit Sharing and Control

20 Feb 2017, 3:33 am by Peter Mahler

An earlier post on this blog, examining a post-trial decision in Matter of Digeser v Flach, 2015 NY Slip Op 51609(U) [Sup Ct Albany County Nov. 5, 2015], described the minority shareholder’s dissolution claim under Section 1104-a of the Business Corporation Law as a “classic case of minority shareholder oppression. [read post]

New York Business Divorce - http://www.nybusinessdivorce.com/

Mediation privilege bars testimony about what was said or happened in mediation

10 Jan 2017, 9:07 am by Wolfgang Demino

S & I Mgmt., Inc. v. [read post]

Texas Causes of Action Blawg - http://causeofactionelements.blogspot.com/

Mediation privilege bars testimony about what was said or happened in mediation

10 Jan 2017, 9:07 am by WOLFGANG DEMINO

S & I Mgmt., Inc. v. [read post]

Texas Causes of Action Blawg - http://causeofactionelements.blogspot.com/

U.S. District Court Decides Future Earning Capacity for Railroad Worker Should Be Left to Jury

18 Sep 2016, 2:29 pm by Robert Kreisman

” Grunenthal v. [read post]