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Are Literary Agents (Really) Fiduciaries?, Jacqueline Lipton
Are Literary Agents (Really) Fiduciaries?, Jacqueline Lipton
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2018 was a big year for “bad agents” in the publishing world. In July, children’s literature agent Danielle Smith was exposed for lying to her clients about submissions and publication offers. In December, major literary agency Donadio & Olson, which represented a number of bestselling authors, including Chuck Palahnuik (Fight Club), filed for bankruptcy in the wake of an accounting scandal involving their bookkeeper, Darin Webb. Webb had embezzled over $3 million of client funds. Around the same time, Australian literary agent Selwa Anthony lost a battle in the New South Wales Supreme Court involving royalties she owed to her …
A First Look At The Proposed 'Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act Of 2015', Arthur D. Hellman
A First Look At The Proposed 'Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act Of 2015', Arthur D. Hellman
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Almost half a century ago, the American Law Institute observed, “The most marked abuse has been joinder of a party of the same citizenship as plaintiff in order to defeat removal on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. Such tactics have led to much litigation, largely futile, on the question of fraudulent joinder.” Over the last half century, the volume of litigation on this question has only increased. In response, Congress is now actively considering legislation to address the problem of fraudulent joinder.
The bill is H.R. 3624, the “Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2015” (FJPA). The FJPA seeks to prevent …
Evidence, Roslyn M. Litman
Evidence, Roslyn M. Litman
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This article is not intended to constitute a comprehensive review of all evidence cases decided in Pennsylvania in the past ten years. The cases selected, of necessity, have been limited. They have been chosen because they affect either a field of special interest or one of special confusion. Cases dealing with applications of the parol evidence rule and with constitutional issues in criminal prosecutions have been omitted entirely because they are covered elsewhere in this Survey.