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Elise Bernlohr Maizel of Michigan State takes aim at the company’s former general counsel and at its outside law firms in a new law review article.       

“If they do not carefully navigate the litigation, the case can easily be dismissed,” an attorney not associated with the case said.       

In “Hwang v. Pathway LaGrange Property Owner,” the appellate court concluded that the arbitration agreement between the parties “lacked the consideration necessary to form a valid contract because Hwang received no benefit and Aspired suffered no detriment by signing the arbitration agreement.”       

“McDonald’s has successfully asserted a privilege ‘shield’ to prevent disclosure of actions we believe were unlawful, but the case continues, and we look forward to trial,” said the plaintiffs’ attorney, Jonathan I. Loevy of Loevy & Loevy in Chicago, following attempts to gain access to outside counsel’s investigation.       

Steven Reed had been with BrightSpring Health Services and its predecessor for more than two decades, serving the last 11 years as legal chief.       

“The moment a client or business leader senses that you can be told to come up with a desired answer, regardless of whether or not you believe it to be true, is the minute they stop respecting you and taking your advice,” said Aaron Alter, who stepped down as legal chief of Hawaiian Airlines last

Through the fund, 70 percent of the capital has been committed to 70 properties.       

First it was dropping, now it’s rising. No one can reliably predict where it’s going.       

It used to be that insurance was a necessary expense. Now conditions are becoming so extreme that it will become part of property valuation.       

The recent cut is spurring investment, reviving key ancillary services and optimism.