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Practice Tip: Products Class Action Incentive Awards
This article discusses the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in <i>Rodriguez v. West Publishing Co.</i>, 563 F.3d 948 (9th Cir. 2009), that specifically considered the viability of incentive awards and their impact on the adequacy of class representatives.
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Statistical Lessons of Ricci v. De Stefano
The first part of this article about the Supreme Court's ruling <i>Ricci v. De Stefano</i> discussed what statisticians really have to say about disparate impact. The conclusion herein addresses the results of, and lessons to be learned from, the <i>Ricci</i> case.
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Business Crimes Hotline
National rulings you need to know.
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Expungement of Criminal Records in Federal Courts
This article examines the little-known and infrequently granted remedy of expungement in federal courts.
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<b><i>Commentary:</i></b> Social Networking Safety Act: A Mistaken Effort
Our Incisive Media affiliate, <i>New Jersey Law Journal</i>, published the following commentary on the New Jersey legislature's attempt to react to the "sexting" issue by making Web site operators liable for what users write.
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IP Litigation: What Is It Good For?
As obvious as this distaste for lawsuits may be to anyone who has ever been deposed, it nonetheless is often critical for businesses, and particularly technology firms, not only to be prepared to go (metaphorically) to war in the battlefield of the courtroom, but to actually take that step.
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Performing a Litigation Audit on Your Lease Agreements
This article discusses the applicable general principles and drafting considerations for some of the most frequently litigated boilerplate provisions: choice-of-law, forum selection, venue, jury trial waiver and attorney's fees.
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