Spoiler Alert! This article gives away the show’s entire plot, so proceed at your own risk. “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” follows Margo Millet, a college freshman and aspiring writer who is seduced by her English professor, Mark, and ends up pregnant. Mark, who is...
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The Hidden Legal Risks of AI Transformation
Enterprises are unknowingly accumulating confidentiality, ownership, licensing, and contractual exposure in AI-assisted code, work product, and data faster than management can see it. Most of it is avoidable, and the practices that prevent it are available now. There...
Ohio Supreme Court Holds Arbitration Clauses Reach Tort Claims: What Businesses Need to Know
The Ohio Supreme Court issued an important decision for anyone involved in commercial litigation or contract drafting. In U.S. Acute Care Solutions, L.L.C. v. Doctors Company Risk Retention Group Ins. Co., the Court reinforced Ohio’s already strong preference for...
Startups 101 — Part I: Choosing an Entity And State Of Formation
This is Part I of KJK’s “Startups 101” series. One of the earliest legal decisions a founder makes is what kind of entity to form and in which state to form it. That choice affects taxation, governance and future investment. Entity Types For most startups, the...
Gray Market Goods & Trademark Infringement: Why the ITC Is a Faster Remedy
Most brand owners are well acquainted with the threat of counterfeits—unauthorized products bearing fake versions of their marks. The legal and strategic response to counterfeiting is relatively well understood: register trademarks, monitor online marketplaces, file...
5 Reasons Middle Market M&A Deals Fall Apart Before a Letter of Intent
For every acquisition that reaches the closing table, many more never make it to a signed Letter of Intent (LOI). While disagreements over price often receive the blame, valuation is rarely the sole reason a transaction fails. More often, deals unravel because one or...
Household Employment Agreements: Lessons from the Howard Stern Assistant Dispute
The pending New York action brought by Leslie Kuhn, radio personality Howard Stern’s former executive assistant, seeks declarations that a 2022 confidentiality agreement and a 2025 nondisclosure agreement are void or unenforceable. Kuhn alleges that she never signed...
ROAD to Housing Act Unlocks New Funding Paths – But Will They Move Markets?
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is set to become law tonight, in the first major effort to impact Federal housing policy in years. The President has refused to sign the bill, passed by a veto-proof bipartisan supermajority, in an effort to leverage the bill to...
FDIC Proposes to Ease Resolution-Planning Requirements and Reduce Deposit Insurance Assessments
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has formally proposed a series of regulatory changes that would significantly reduce compliance obligations for large insured depository institutions while lowering the banking industry's annual deposit insurance...
UCC Foreclosures and Guarantor Liability in 2026 Commercial Real Estate Debt
In 2026, the commercial real estate market is undergoing a fundamental structural reset. The long-anticipated "debt overhang," driven by a massive wave of maturing commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and traditional bank loans, has transitioned from a looming...