Legal Writing

Selling a law practice in Ohio is now legal
The Ohio Bar adopted a new rule of professional conduct, Rule 1.17, that allows the sale of a law practice as of February 1, 2007.There are a number of differences between the new Ohio rule and the modified ABA rule...

House Stops Fast Track Rule for Colombia Free Trade Agreement
The House has just passed a rule to suspend the requirement that the Colombia Free Trade Agreement be considered within 90 legislative days by a vote of 224-195-1 — giving Congress the prerogative in scheduling a vote...

The New FTC Franchise Disclosure Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a new Franchise Rule on January 22, 2007. The new Rule is in the form of an amendment to the old FTC Franchise Rule. The amendment to the old FTC Franchise Rule modifies what franchisors must disclose in their franchise disclosure documents (formerly known as Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars (UFOC's)), as well as the timing requirements for making the required disclosures...

The Rule Against Perpetuities
I had to post a little something about this case...I mean how often does "The Rule" ever come up anymore? Ah that was fun learning early in my law school career.The rule against perpetuities at common law provided "that an interest sought to bedevised to be good must vest, if at all, not later than twenty-one years and nine months aftersome life or lives in being at the creation of the interest...

The stranger to the adoption rule applies to a stepchild adopted as adult
In In re Trust Under Agreement of Vander Poel, 933 A.2d 628 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2007), the court held that the stranger to the adoption rule applies to a person adopted as an adult who is therefore excluded...

Rule Of China Law And GDP. Was It The Chicken Or The Egg
The Economist Magazine has a really cool graph showing a pretty much direct (and not surprising) correlation between GDP and the rule of law (h/t to Experience not Logic). It would be nice to be able to use this correlation to argue for rule of law, but it just is not clear that rule of law leads to wealth, rather than the reverse, which is what I suspect: The rule of law is generally held...

Prenuptial Agreements
Make an Airtight Prenuptial Agreement

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Uniform Pre-marital Agreement Act
Standard Prenuptial Law

Loan Agreement
Vernalis to pay Endo Pharmaceuticals $7 million settlement.

Merger Agreement Rejected
Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute.

Compound License
Palatin Technologies pays Competitive Technologies $800,000 agreement dispute settlement.