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Ninth Circuit Treats Corporate Insider Fairly in Fraudulent Transfer Case Image

Ninth Circuit Treats Corporate Insider Fairly in Fraudulent Transfer Case

Michael L. Cook

The Ninth Circuit recently reversed a district court's adverse $6.7 million fraudulent transfer judgment against a corporate insider, a director of the debtor, in a remarkably sensible opinion.

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Assumption of Liabilities

Patrick J. Leddy, Charles M. Oellermann & Joseph M. Witalec

What impact does a bankruptcy filing and a contract rejection have on a carefully drafted, thoroughly negotiated asset purchase agreement? A look at a recent ruling.

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The Application of Pollution Exclusions to Defective Drywall Claims

Alicia Ritter

Considering similar facts and similar policy language, courts in two states have already reached opposing decisions on whether pollution exclusions in homeowners' policies bar coverage for defective drywall claims.

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Gift Plans: Death Knell or Still on Life Support?

Gift Plans: Death Knell or Still on Life Support?

This article focuses on whether an out-of-the-money unsecured creditor with an unliquidated claim has standing to object to a gift plan.

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Obstacles to Settlement of Land-Use Disputes

Stewart E. Sterk

Article 78 proceedings between landowners and municipalities are a staple for New York's court system, often reaching the Appellate Division on disputes that seem insignificant to the outside observer.

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Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent key rulings of importance.

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Ex-Parte Interviews

James R. Moncus III

Continuing last month's discussion of the appellate decisions in two cases concerned with the propriety of <i>ex-parte</i> physician interviews in the context of medical malpractice litigations.

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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings of interest.

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Right of Publicity Roundup

Stan Soocher

CHOICE OF DOMICILE<br>SINGLE PUBLICATION RULE<br>TRANSFORMATIVE USE DEFENSE

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Tactics for Seizing Rogue Web Sites

Peter A. Crusco

In cyberspace, the activities of ostensible rogue Web sites ' many attacking U.S. commercial interests or preying on our citizens in a variety of endeavors ' include copyright infringement, illegal gambling and pornography, to name a few. Web site domain seizures may be the 21st-century digital equivalent of 20th-Century gang busting police raids on the haunts of criminal organizations. In place of the remnants of destroyed contraband, a subsequent visitor to these targeted Web sites may instead confront a message left by court order, declaring that the site has been "taken down" for certain illegal activities.

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