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What Corporate Counsel Need to Know About Managing Deposition Costs

Stewart Weltman

This article provides some guidance to in-house counsel as to how to better manage your outside counsel in limiting this deposition costs. This boils down to deciding who should or should not be deposed.

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Equitable Subordination Attacks on Secured Lenders

Alan M. Christenfeld & Barbara Goodstein

This article discuss two recent cases involving equitable subordination in bankruptcy that should inform the conduct of lenders when dealing with financially deteriorating borrowers, especially in such matters as credit facility amendments, forbearance agreements and providing additional financing.

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Leasing Wind Power Facilities: A New Reality

David G. Mayer & Joel Bannister

Leasing has appeared on the national stage as a potentially viable, though complex, type of financing for wind energy facilities, with its successful use in two large utility scale projects and one community wind project.

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Court Watch

Cynthia M. Klaus & Meredith A. Bauer

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

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The ABA Consumer Protection Conference

David W. Koch

On Feb. 3 the American Bar Association held its Consumer Protection Law Conference, sponsored by the Section of Antitrust Law. Why should franchise systems' ears prick up? For starters, savvy franchisors should understand the larger consumer protection context in which their principal federal regulator operates — especially when most of the top decision-makers show up.

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Hotel Franchises Face Rising Bed Bugs Claims

Kevin Adler

For lodging industry franchises, bed bugs are a business challenge and a potential source of litigation.

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A ROLL OF NICKLES AND A PHONE BOOTH

Bruce W. Marcus

From major corporations, and both small and large public relations firms, comes a stream of so-called releases and other material that's so inept, and so primitive, that you must ultimately realize that those who do it right must have a vast array of skills, talents and imaginative energy. It must be difficult, because how could it be simple when so many people do it wrong? And of course, the client pays the high price of doing it wrong.

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Ponzi Schemes, Settlement Agreements and the Mutual Mistake

Janice G. Inman

During the current economic downturn, many people have unfortunately discovered that they have been the victims of sharp dealers and their Ponzi schemes. That means that some divorced couples and their attorneys now have one more thing to worry about.

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Advocacy in ADR

Joseph F. Ricchiuti

The author continues this month with his discussion of tips for attorneys presenting medical malpractice cases in alternative dispute forums.

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Update: Courts Still Split on HIPAA and Ex Parte Physician Interviews

James R. Moncus III

Early last year, the author discussed in this publication three decisions from lower courts that had the potential to greatly impact and shape the emerging landscape of the HIPAA <i>ex parte</i> interview debate. The discussion continues herein.

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