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The Medicare Secondary Payer Statute

Sharon L. Caffrey, Christopher L. Crosswhite & John M. Lyons

On Jan. 1, 2010, extensive new Medicare reporting obligations took effect. They apply to insurance companies and other businesses, including product liability and toxic tort defendants that make payments to Medicare beneficiaries as a result of verdicts or settlements resolving liability claims.

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Economic Stimulus and False Claims Act Liability

David Lee Tayman

Setting aside the contentious issue of whether stimulus activities are good for the economy at large, it is important that applicants for, and recipients of, stimulus funds realize that participation in these programs could result not only in significant benefits, but also in exposure to legal liability.

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What's New in the Law

Robert W. Ihne

An in-depth review of recent key cases and what they mean for your practice.

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Court of Appeals Upholds Atlantic Yards Condemnation

Steven M. Silverberg

Just a week apart, in late November and early December 2009, the Court of Appeals and then the Appellate Division, First Department, made major pronouncements on the authority of the courts to review determinations that ]property is subject to condemnation for allegedly public purposes.

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DE Chancery Court Won't Dismiss Action Seeking Dissolution of a Deadlocked Joint Venture Image

DE Chancery Court Won't Dismiss Action Seeking Dissolution of a Deadlocked Joint Venture

Robert S. Reder & Rachel Fink

Unsuccessful 50/50 joint ventures often lead to disputes between the partners and, in some cases, may produce noteworthy judicial decisions. Such is the case with <i>Lola Cars International Limited v. Krohn Racing, LLC, et al.</i> in which the Delaware Court of Chancery recently refused to dismiss claims arising out of a deadlocked joint venture structured as a limited liability company ("LLC"),

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Trusts and Divorce

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Matrimonial practitioners need to have some understanding of common long-standing trust techniques and some of the new ones in order to advise clients through a divorce involving such trusts.

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Hedonic Damages

Chad L. Staller

Despite repeated stakes through the heart of hedonic damages testimony ' studies showing that the theory is unreliable, new evidence showing that the basis for such testimony in injury cases is nonexistent, and numerous successful motions-in-limine barring such testimony ' the economic hedonists are still with us.

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A Daubert Checklist

John D. Sear

Courts of appeal historically affirm more than 85% of all trial court <i>Daubert</i> decisions. Trial courts will get it right the first time if you follow this tried-and-true checklist.

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A Right to Bear Arms in the Office?

Rosanna Sattler & Nancy J. Puleo

Employers now must balance the duty to maintain a safe workplace with employees' right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, their rights under state constitutions, and laws allowing guns at work ' which is a new and growing trend in employment legislation.

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The Treatment of Intellectual Property Under Bankruptcy Law

Peter J. Toren

As the economy contracts and many companies are facing bankruptcy, a key question concerns the status of the IP that may have been assigned, transferred, sold or licensed if one of the parties to the transaction declares bankruptcy. This article discusses the issue.

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