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Is Your Firm a Next-Generation Laggard? Image

Is Your Firm a Next-Generation Laggard?

Phyllis Weiss Haserot

The talent crunch when the economy turns up and firms are hiring again will be magnified because so many Boomers are approaching the age when they will "retire" from current positions ' voluntarily or involuntarily. Will there be enough people trained, experienced and ready to capably step into their shoes? How will the Boomers who want to stay be productively employed for mutual benefit?

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To Provide Health Insurance or Not? That Is the Question

Robert G. Brody & Sami Asaad

The new healthcare bill will require employers to make a major decision: should they provide employees with "sufficient" healthcare coverage, or should they just pay the penalties? The decision will require a serious cost-benefit analysis.

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Conducting an Effective and Preventative Compensation Review

Patricia Anderson Pryor

With the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the EEOC's and OFCCP's increased focus on compensation discrimination, and the government's increased budget for these agencies, compensation decisions are destined to come under increased scrutiny from employees, their attorneys and the government.

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Health Care Reform

Joseph Hugg & E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.

Compliance with the new health care reform bill should include not only reviewing thoroughly your company's existing health-care benefits plans and consulting your benefits experts and employment counsel, but also remaining up-to-date on the changes to and evolution of the health care reform laws, which are far from complete. This article provides a brief description of the changes of which employers should be aware.

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How the Capital Markets and Current Drop in Property Values Can Work to a Tenant's Advantage Image

How the Capital Markets and Current Drop in Property Values Can Work to a Tenant's Advantage

John Kevill & Elizabeth Cooper

It is definitely a tenant's market, but tenants need to be aware of the "point of no return" for the landlord. They need to be acutely aware of how their tenancy will affect the value of a property and how to properly leverage their existing or contemplated occupancy.

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BAPCPA: Another Nail in the Coffin of Retail Reorganizations

Yitzhak Greenberg

BAPCPA has had a profound effect on retail reorganizations, particularly, the restriction on bankruptcy courts' broad discretion to extend debtors' time to assume or reject leases. This shortened time period, a maximum of 210 days, has been alleged to be responsible for the death of retail reorganizations.

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Seller, Beware

Ann Marie Uetz & Jennifer Hayes

Companies that continue to supply to a customer after the customer files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection should take note of a recent decision from the Eleventh Circuit that required a supplier to return the money it was paid by a Chapter 11 debtor ' for goods shipped to the debtor post-petition ' because the debtor did not have authority to make the payment in the first place.

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What Works and What Doesn't in Legal Advertising

Bruce W. Marcus

In advertising, it's amazing what works and what doesn't work. It isn't always what you think it is.

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Counsel Concerns

Stan Soocher & Cheryl Miller

Amendment Denied For Malpractice Suit Over 'Bowie Bonds'<br>Malicious Prosecution Suit Is Reinstated Against Manatt Phelps

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Cameo Clips

Stan Soocher

COPYRIGHT DAMAGES/STATUTORY 'WORK'<br>COPYRIGHT JURISDICTION/RELATED CONTRACT CLAIMS

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