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Sentencing of Individuals in FCPA Cases

Gary Stein

The DOJ exercises virtually unlimited discretion in deciding who gets charged in FCPA cases and, for all practical purposes, in deciding the amount of the financial penalty imposed against corporate violators. But sentencing of individual defendants is ultimately a matter of judicial, not prosecutorial, discretion.

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The Limited Scope of the Duty to Cooperate

Paul A. Rose & Alexandra V. Dattilo

Although it is important for both policyholder and insurer to review carefully the cooperation clause in a liability insurance policy to determine its precise, expressed scope, it also is important for the parties to recognize that ethical rules and decisional law may serve to limit the stated scope of any duty to cooperate.

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Don't Delay, Obtain a Stay

Douglas S. Mintz & Stephen Johnson

A recent Sixth Circuit opinion may rebuke implicitly a controversial holding of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in 2008, holding that the lien-stripping effect of a sale pursuant to ' 363(f)of the Bankruptcy Code could be unwound on appeal.

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Some Formerly in Foster Care May Now Return to the System

Janice G. Inman

As of Nov. 11 of this year, under certain circumstances, some children who have aged out of the foster care system may voluntarily re-enter it.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Independent Artist Has No Claim to Radio Airplay<br>Music-Royalty Conversion Claim Improperly Pleaded<br>Six-Month Suspension for Georgia Lawyer over File-Sharing Defense

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How Copyright Was Secured for Mark Twain Autobiography

Sheri Qualters

Copyright lawyers are wondering how the Mark Twain Foundation is claiming a copyright on the first volume of Mark Twain's newly released autobiography despite its publication a century after the author's death, far outside the normal protection window for an unpublished work.

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