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Taking Advantage of Changing Patent Landscapes

T. Gregory Peterson

The America Invents Act (AIA), signed into law by President Obama on Sept. 16, 2011, is widely thought to constitute the most significant set of changes to the American patent system since the 1950s. Here's what it entails.

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Rethinking Boilerplate

Jane Snoddy Smith & Bryan Wesley Patrick

If boilerplate provisions are not considered in light of the positions of the respective parties to a leasing transaction, a party can be left exposed to substantial liability or without a remedy for the rights it has so carefully negotiated.

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Projected Reform of German Insolvency Law

Constantin Conrads

A large number of U.S. companies have investments in German entities. Should one of these German companies face a severe financial crisis, the U.S. shareholder must deal with German insolvency laws and procedures concerning its German subsidiary.

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Selling to an LLC?

Alisa E. Moen

Late last fall, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision that surprised many business law observers and practitioners.

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Recharacterization: It's Not All About Equity or Insiders

Scott J. Friedman & Mark G. Douglas

In <i>Lothian Oil</i>, discussed herein, the Fifth Circuit considered for the first time whether a bankruptcy court has the power to recharacterize debt as equity.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MARKETING 3.0: How <i>Bates</i> Changed the Future of Legal Practice

Bruce W. Marcus

It's taken more than 30 years for the legal profession to overcome the long-standing tradition under which any form of frank marketing and promotional activity has been considered unacceptable.

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Five Ways You May Be Contributing to a Data Breach

Charlie Magliato

While attorneys understand the importance of client confidentiality, many are less concerned about data security. This can be a serious oversight, since law firms are becoming increasingly vulnerable to security breaches. As other industries such as healthcare, financial services and the government start to recognize the dangers of security breaches and deploy more stringent security measures, the hacker community has begun to eye the legal industry as low-hanging fruit.

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Brophy Revisited

Robert S. Reder, David Schwartz & Roxana Azizi

In <i>Kahn v. Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts &amp; Co., L.P.</i>, the Delaware Supreme Court's broad reading of <i>Brophy</i> re-establishes the right of Delaware stockholders to sue corporate fiduciaries to disgorge profits from insider trading &mdash; regardless of harm to the corporation, and regardless of the avenues provided by federal securities laws to address insider trading claims.

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Examining the Limits of Online Music Storage Provider Liability

Stephen M. Kramarsky

Cloud storage is ideal for music. Music files are large enough to require substantial storage space, small enough to stream over relatively low bandwidth (such as a 3G wireless connection) and desirable to have available on mobile devices. Unsurprisingly, however, this business model brings with it various legal issues for the cloud storage provider.

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Bankruptcy Claims Traders Alert

Scott J. Friedman & Mark G. Douglas

The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a ruling that the purchaser of a claim based upon an executory contract that was ultimately rejected by a Chapter 11 DIP is not entitled to cure amounts as part of its allowed claim.

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