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FIFA Decision Confirms Long Arm of Honest Services Fraud Image

FIFA Decision Confirms Long Arm of Honest Services Fraud

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

United States v. Napout The U.S. government's lead role in the prosecution of corruption within the Zurich-based FIFA may be a paradigmatic example of U.S. law enforcement acting as the world's policeman. If corruption is based on foreign executives violating their duties of loyalty to foreign private entities, how does that translate into a violation of U.S. criminal law? Does it matter that the conduct in which the foreign executive engaged — commercial bribery — may not be illegal under the law of the executive's home country?

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Which Method Is for You? Not All Surveys Are Made the Same Image

Which Method Is for You? Not All Surveys Are Made the Same

Laura O'Laughlin, Harriet Ho & Duy (Joey) Duong

As survey evidence has become increasingly common in litigation, it is important to remember that not all surveys are made the same. It's important to be able to identify the right survey methodology for the matter at hand. Third in a series

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Players on the Move

Anne Bagamery, Dan Clark & Varsha Patel

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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10th Circuit Looks At Nuances of Challenging Fraudulent Conveyance Image

10th Circuit Looks At Nuances of Challenging Fraudulent Conveyance

Francis J. Lawall & Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith

Under the Bankruptcy Code, not only can the initial recipient of a fraudulent conveyance be held liable, but so too can a subsequent transferee. However, there can be important nuances in the challenged transaction that may provide a subsequent transferee with a substantial defense.

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Legal Tech: Summer 2020's Most Interesting E-Discovery Cases Image

Legal Tech: Summer 2020's Most Interesting E-Discovery Cases

Mike Hamilton

Social Media & Cell Phones Still Represent an E-Discovery Battleground

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Bankruptcy 'Plunderers' Can Be Sued by Creditors, Third Circuit Rules Image

Bankruptcy 'Plunderers' Can Be Sued by Creditors, Third Circuit Rules

P.J. D'Annunzio

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a precedential decision that in cases where a trustee has abandoned a bankrupt entity, a creditor can nevertheless sue those who "plunder" a near-insolvent company of its remaining assets.

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IP News

Jeff Ginsberg & Abhishek Bapna

Federal Circuit: ITC Did Not Err in Denying Non-Respondent's Petition to Rescind Exclusion Order Based on Invalidity Grounds Federal Circuit: District Court Did Not Err in Ruling that 'Half-Liquid' Is Indefinite Federal Circuit: District Court Did Not Err In Allowing Jury to Determine Infringement Based on Products' Compliance with Standard

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Is an 'Official Act' An Element of Public and Private Corruption? Image

Is an 'Official Act' An Element of Public and Private Corruption?

Elkan Abramowitz & Jonathan S. Sack

This article discusses cases that have begun to address whether "official act" is an element in a private honest services fraud prosecution.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Film Clips Included in Talent's Acting Reel Are a Copyright Fair Use Ninth Circuit Finds Judd/Weinstein Meeting Within Scope of California Sexual Harassment Statute Personal Manager's Lawsuit in New York Against Former In-House Counsel Can Move Forward

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Court of Appeals Upholds Pipeline Condemnation

Eamon P. Joyce & Cassandra Liu

This article focuses on a recent decision upholding a pipeline developer's exercise of eminent domain under New York law in National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. Schueckler.

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