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<i><b>Product Review</i></b> Is There Really Such a Thing As Social Practice Management?

Donna Seyle

Law practice management, meet legal productivity, or, as the San Diego developers have dubbed it: social practice management. Welcome to MyCase.

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U.S. High Court Recognizes Title VII Third-Party Retaliation Claim

Sid Steinberg

Retaliation claims are the most dangerous and powerful of allegations under Title VII. The <i>Thompson v. North American Stainless LP</i> decision has the potential to dramatically expand the scope of such claims.

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Business Crimes Hotline

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Recent national rulings of interest.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion and analysis of several recent rulings.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An in-depth look at recent important rulings.

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Ninth Circuit Treats Corporate Insider Fairly in Fraudulent Transfer Case

Michael L. Cook

The Ninth Circuit recently reversed a district court's adverse $6.7 million fraudulent transfer judgment against a corporate insider, a director of the debtor, in a remarkably sensible opinion.

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Assumption of Liabilities

Patrick J. Leddy, Charles M. Oellermann & Joseph M. Witalec

What impact does a bankruptcy filing and a contract rejection have on a carefully drafted, thoroughly negotiated asset purchase agreement? A look at a recent ruling.

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The Application of Pollution Exclusions to Defective Drywall Claims

Alicia Ritter

Considering similar facts and similar policy language, courts in two states have already reached opposing decisions on whether pollution exclusions in homeowners' policies bar coverage for defective drywall claims.

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Gift Plans: Death Knell or Still on Life Support?

Gift Plans: Death Knell or Still on Life Support?

This article focuses on whether an out-of-the-money unsecured creditor with an unliquidated claim has standing to object to a gift plan.

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Obstacles to Settlement of Land-Use Disputes

Stewart E. Sterk

Article 78 proceedings between landowners and municipalities are a staple for New York's court system, often reaching the Appellate Division on disputes that seem insignificant to the outside observer.

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