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How Copyright Was Secured for Mark Twain Autobiography

Sheri Qualters

Copyright lawyers are wondering how the Mark Twain Foundation is claiming a copyright on the first volume of Mark Twain's newly released autobiography despite its publication a century after the author's death, far outside the normal protection window for an unpublished work.

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Medicaid Divorce: An Overview

Michael L. Olver & Christopher C. Lee

This article covers some of the issues that should be considered if clients wish to examine the possibility of a Medicaid divorce.

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Ex-Parte Interviews of Former Employees

Alan D. Kaplan & Richard Y. Im

The issue of ex-parte interviews of a corporation's former employees can raise tensions on many different levels. This area of law has been dubbed "a veritable minefield" that must be approached with great trepidation.

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New York Internet Tax Law Does Not Violate Commerce Clause Image

New York Internet Tax Law Does Not Violate Commerce Clause

Joel Stashenko

An appeals court ruled last month that a state law requiring most online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases by New Yorkers is constitutional on its face, though the panel ordered the reinstatement of claims that the tax law may violate the Commerce and Due Process clauses as applied to Amazon.com and Overstock.com.

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Selling Your e-Commerce Company in 2011

Stanley P Jaskiewicz

Entrepreneurs once able to cash out on their own terms, to eager buyers unwilling to risk negotiating lest a competitor get the deal, now must accept markedly less favorable terms.

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Sugarland Suit Offers Look at Dynamics of Litigating Intra-Band Disputes

R. Robin McDonald

Fresh off their November 2010 win for Vocal Duo of the Year at the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Sugarland faced a far different contest in a federal courtroom in Atlanta, GA, in a fight stemming from a 2005 split with the band's founder and former member, Kristen Hall. The trial, if held following more than two years of litigation, could easily have been billed as the anatomy of a band breakup. Though fact-specific to Sugarland, Hall's suit raises issues that are relevant to all-too-common litigations over intra-band disputes.

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Mediate Your Clients' Employment Claims

Steven Adler

While growing in popularity, mediation still remains underutilized in employment disputes. From the employee's perspective, mediation should be a "no-brainer."

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Acquisition of Company Assets

Stanley R. Kaminski

With a little knowledge and planning, a purchasing company may be able to avert the expensive surprise of acquiring thousands of dollars in hidden unclaimed property that it must subsequently report and remit to multiple states.

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Honest-Services Fraud in the Wake of Skillings

Robert Plotkin & Nicholas B. Lewis

The Supreme Court has tried again to restrict application of the honest-services fraud statute (18 U.S.C. ' 1346), which has been zealously used by prosecutors to target a wide swath of allegedly unethical behavior by public officials and private employees alike.

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FAA Updates Its Procedures for Registration of Aircraft

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

This article discusses a new FAA rule designed to improve the accuracy of aircraft registration records, and its effect on aircraft financiers.

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