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CORPORATE LAW: Delaware’s New Universal Test for Demand Futility—A Game Changer?
Charlene Hicks—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group Prior to bringing a shareholder derivative action, the complaining shareholders must normally make a detailed presuit demand on...
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BANKING: Standing to Enforce UCC Midnight Deadline Rule
Paul Ferrer—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group As part of the check collection process governed by Article 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”), the “midnight deadline” rule...
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CONTRACTS: Importance of Carefully Drafting Contractual Choice-of-Law Clauses
Charlene Hicks—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group It is common enough for an overworked attorney drafting a contract to regard a choice-of-law clause as boilerplate and therefore...
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ADMIRALTY: Statute of Limitations for Wrongful Death
Fred Shackelford—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group In a case of apparent first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided when a cause of action in admiralty for...
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BANKRUPTCY: Exceptions to Bankruptcy Discharge for Fraudulently Incurred Debts
Lee Dunham—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group It can be frustrating for creditors when a debtor files for bankruptcy, especially when the creditor has put time and expense into...
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BANKRUPTCY: The Bankruptcy Court's Discretionary Authority Under Rule 1016...
Anne Hemenway, Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group, Inc. It is not uncommon for a debtor who filed a Chapter 11 or 13 bankruptcy case to die or become incapacitated during the...
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EMPLOYMENT Disparate-Impact Cases Under the ADEA Are Not for the Faint of Heart
Nadine Roddy, Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group In a most unusual case recently before the federal district court sitting in Nevada, Barnes v. Kijakazi, No. 3:18-cv-00199-MMD-WGC,...
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BANKRUPTCY: Eleventh Circuit Addresses Nuances in Preference Litigation
Charlene Hicks, Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group Bankruptcy preference litigation involves situations in which the plaintiff (normally the trustee) tries to claw back substantial...
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ChatGPT, LLMs, and Legal Research
Lawletter Vol 48 No. 3ChatGPT, LLMs, and Legal ResearchBrett R. Turner—Senior AttorneyWhat Is ChatGPT? What Are LLMs? ChatGPT is one particular brand of a large language model, or LLM. LLMs are a...
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CORPORATIONS: When Traditional Standing Rules Do Not Apply to Shareholder...
CORPORATIONS: When Traditional Standing Rules Do Not Apply to Shareholder Derivative ActionsCharlene J. Hicks—Senior Attorney Standing, or the right to pursue a judicial action, is often viewed...
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