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Chancellor Strine Creates Path for Business Judgment Rule Review of Controlling Stockholder-Led Buyouts

July 30, 2013

Dealmakers and their legal advisers have an important choice to make when structuring a controlling stockholder-led buyout.

Team Building Games and Activities for Lawyers

July 29, 2013

Three of the most productive exercises for identifying clients needs and preferences

Team Building Games and Activities for Lawyers

July 29, 2013

Three of the most productive exercises for identifying clients needs and preferences

Suits Against Generic Pharm Manufacturers

July 29, 2013

What a recent Supreme Court decision does is to effectively immunize pharmaceutical generics manufacturers from state tort liability when they use FDA-approved labels for their products deemed equivalent to brand-name FDA-approved drugs.

Building the Family Law Practice

July 29, 2013

When it comes to family law, specialization is the key.

U.S. Tax Court Trumps State Family Court

July 29, 2013

Family law judges and lawyers need to be aware that in assigning the dependency exemption to a non-custodial parent, Form 8332 releasing the exemption must be secured from the custodial parent.

Retained Corporate Earnings in a Dissolution of Marriage Proceeding

July 29, 2013

Recent case law in Illinois raises the question of how to proceed with discovery and with establishing your case if you are confronted with an issue of retained earnings involving a non-marital business.

The Supreme Court and Same-sex Marriage

July 29, 2013

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two historic decisions involving the issue of same-sex marriage.

Social Networking Abuse and Its Impact on Contemporary Family Law Practice

July 29, 2013

Technology used in the context of separation and divorce is not always of the facilitating variety. To the contrary, family court judges and lawyers frequently observe how technology is used as a weapon.

BYOD on the Rise at Law Firms

July 29, 2013

Cloud computing has spawned a rise in companies encouraging employees to "bring your own device" (BYOD) to work, and it's a trend on the rise at law firms. Here's what you need to know.

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The International Trade Commission is empowered to block the importation into the United States of products that infringe U.S. intellectual property rights, In the past, the ITC generally instituted investigations without questioning the importation allegations in the complaint, however in several recent cases, the ITC declined to institute an investigation as to certain proposed respondents due to inadequate pleading of importation.
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The Binding Effect of Plea Agreements In White Collar Crimes
Federal plea agreements sometimes state explicitly that they are limited to that one office and do not bind other U.S. attorney's offices. In this article, we discuss the circuit courts' competing approaches to interpreting the binding effect of plea agreements and the Department of Justice policy.
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Compliance and Third-Party Risk Management
To gauge the level of risk and uncover potential gaps, compliance and privacy leaders should collaborate to consider how often they are monitoring third parties, what intelligence they are gathering with and about their partners and vendors, and whether their risk management practices have been diminished due to cost and resource constraints.
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Authentic Communications Today Increase Success for Value-Driven Clients
As the relationship between in-house and outside counsel continues to evolve, lawyers must continue to foster a client-first mindset, offer business-focused solutions, and embrace technology that helps deliver work faster and more efficiently.
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