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Practice Pointers for Working with Expert Witnesses in Bankruptcy Court

Christopher R. Harris & H. Gregory Baker

This article provides some examples of how expert witnesses are used in bankruptcy court, and an overview of some issues that practitioners should be mindful of when working with experts in bankruptcy court.

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Independent Contractor Classification

Rosanna Sattler, Nancy Puleo & James E. Kruzer

The classification of independent contractors is garnering increased attention at both state and federal agencies and courts. This article outlines some general guidelines based on recent state and federal court decisions.

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Lehman Brothers' ADR Procedures for Resolving Its Derivative Contracts in Bankruptcy

Andrew J. Olejnik

Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy case was the largest and most complex Chapter 11 case in history. Here's an inside look.

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Retirement Assets for Equitable Distribution

Carl M. Palatnik

The conclusion of a discussion, begun last month, about a hypothetical divorcing couple. The husband would like to keep all of his retirement savings, 150% of the value of the couple's home, which the wife would like to keep as her own.

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Retaining Local Counsel When Dividing Retirement Assets

Laurence J. Cutler & Robert A. Epstein

Dividing retirement assets in equitable distribution is well known among matrimonial practitioners as one of the most confounding, and potentially complex, areas of our practice. Do you need outside counsel?

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Representing a Celebrity Client

Lynne Strober, David S Carton & Michael J. Diamond

Famous clients' net worth, income and the details of their investments are never publicly revealed. Custody is not disclosed. It is all kept private. How?

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ICANN and Pornographers: Comrades in Arms?

Douglas Wood

According to the press reports, the Florida-based company that bought the .xxx domain last year and reaped millions in registration fees from companies, universities, organizations and individuals seeking to protect their trademarks and names from being associated with pornography (with no intent of ever using the sites) has applied to own three more ' sex, .porn and .adult.

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Courts in Australia And the U.S. Address Google's AdWords Program

Catherine Malia Ting

Appellate courts in both the United States and Australia recently addressed whether Google, Inc. violated the country's respective trademark laws through the use of third-party trademarks as keywords in Google's AdWords advertising program. Google suffered legal losses in both countries.

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Second Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against Google, YouTube

Nate Raymond & Mark Hamblett

Viacom International got a second shot at proving that Google's YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like <i>The Daily Show</i> and <i>Family Guy</i> without its permission. And whether Viacom and its lawyers succeed or not, they've already managed to shape the developing case law over copyrighted content that users illegally upload to the Internet.

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