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Postnuptial Pact Challenge Goes Forward
In the first case to interpret the latest amendment to a perplexing New York matrimonial statute, a state judge has ruled that a Long Island woman may challenge the validity of her postnuptial agreement 12 years after it was signed, notwithstanding the three-year statute of limitations.
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Drug & Device News
Recent happenings in the pharmaceutical arena.
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Calculating the Damages
While some courts have allowed the use of race- and socio-economic-based statistical evidence when computing damages in tort actions, others have expressly rejected the use of such statistical evidence, questioning the appropriateness, reliability, and fairness of this evidence when used in this way.
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The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage on Employee Benefits
This article discusses some of the challenges in the arena of employee benefits under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. The discussion is applicable to California, Massachusetts and Connecticut unions, as well as to employers in any jurisdictions that employ individuals who have been married elsewhere.
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Practice Tip: Expert Witness Selection
This article briefly outlines the historical development of the federal rules relating to expert witness discovery, discusses evolving judicial interpretations of the scope of expert witness discovery, provides a sampling of federal and state court rulings as to various types of expert witness discovery requests, and offers practical advice in respect to managing expert witness discovery.
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The 2009 PhRMA Code on Interactions with Health Care Professionals
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America ("PhRMA") recently issued a revised version of its Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals that took effect on Jan. 1, 2009 ("revised Code"). Here's a look at the revisions.
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Quarterly State Compliance Review
This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect on Jan. 1. It also examines some recent decisions of interest.
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Can the Claims of Individual Creditors Be Assigned to a Litigation Trust?
This article explores the history, the more recent case law and the open issues, which could be important in structuring a plan in future cases, of securities claims that belong to the bondholders individually, not to the company.
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Happy (?) New Year: 2009, Retailers and Bankruptcy
This article discusses some of the challenges that face retailers who may file Chapter 11 in the coming year, and offers some suggestions for increasing the odds of successfully reorganizing.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Web Arbitration Clause Before Purchase Does Not Cancel Unconscionability<br>Web Host Gets CDA Immunity for Alleged Defamatory Site Content <br>Game 'Cheat' Software Circumventing Security Does Not Violate DMCA<br>Late Option Exercise Under License Not Excused on Equitable Grounds <br>Print-on-Demand Publisher Not Liable for Alleged Defamatory Book
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