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What Qualifies as a Change of Circumstances When Modifying Child Support?

The child support payments that are established during a divorce are meant to be modified as the needs of the children and means of the parents change over time. Illinois allows co-parents to petition to modify their child support agreement … Continue reading

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What Qualifies as Necessaries Under the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens Act?

Under the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens Act (“CIMLA”), 46 U.S. Code § 31342 et. seq., “a person providing necessaries to a vessel on the order of the owner or a person authorized by the owner – (1) has a … Continue reading

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German Courts Decide Whether an Infringement of the GDPR also Qualifies as Unfair-Competitive Behavior

Under the Data Protection Directive (now superseded by the General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”), it was disputed whether a violation of the German Data Protection Law transposing the Directive could serve as a basis for anti-competition claims under the German … Continue reading

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Fifth Circuit Holds Contract for Plug and Abandonment Work Qualifies as “Maritime” Under the Doiron Test

This past January, the Fifth Circuit in In re: Larry Doiron, Inc., 879 F. 3d 568 (5th Cir. 2018), overruled the six-factor test it had distilled in Davis & Sons v. Gulf Oil Corp. to determine whether a contract is … Continue reading

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Employee’s Home Office Qualifies as Regular and Established Place of Business

The court denied one defendant's motion to dismiss for improper venue because defendant had a regular and established place of business through an employee's home office in the forum. "⁠[One defendant's] New York employee's home office is not merely a … Continue reading

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