Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Home Topics

Litigation

Features

Eminent Domain Law Image

Eminent Domain Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at <i>Application of Metropolitan Transportation Authority</i>.

Features

Drug & Device News Image

Drug & Device News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An analysis of recent news and litigation.

Features

Gathering Evidence in Qui Tam Actions Image

Gathering Evidence in Qui Tam Actions

Joel Androphy, Ashley Gargour, Sarah Frazier,and Rachel Grier

Even after making the difficult decision to blow the whistle on an employer by reporting FCA violations, a soon-to-be <i>qui tam</i> relator must often gather evidence to support his or her allegations.

Features

The Med-Mal Settlement and the Confidentiality Clause Image

The Med-Mal Settlement and the Confidentiality Clause

Janice G. Inman

A New Jersey court recently ruled that disclosure laws trump confidentiality clauses. A look at what this means for physicians and their legal advisers in New Jersey and beyond.

Features

The Enforcement of Jewish Marriage Contracts by Civil Courts Image

The Enforcement of Jewish Marriage Contracts by Civil Courts

Paul L. Feinstein

When Jewish parties who have had a religion wedding civilly divorce, can one party be compelled to grant a religious divorce? A look at recent litigation.

Features

Development Image

Development

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth analysis of a recent key case.

Features

Decisions of Interest Image

Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of key decisions.

Features

NJ & CT News Image

NJ & CT News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings from neighboring states.

Features

Enforcing Divorce Agreements Image

Enforcing Divorce Agreements

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The Appellate Division, Second Department, has issued three decisions which held that motions to enforce a divorce agreement are not subject to the six-year statute of limitations that controls breach of contract actions.

Features

Leveling the Playing Field Image

Leveling the Playing Field

Michael L. Junk & John McNulty

The age of ESI changed everything in terms of how quickly and easily documents are created and then stored. As a consequence, every corporate defendant in a product liability case today can expect to spend thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars producing documents in discovery.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES

  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
    Read More ›