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Reducing White-Collar Sentences Through the Second Chance Act
An analysis of the Second Chance Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-199, 122 Stat. 657 (2008), which provides opportunities for white-collar offenders to reduce the amount of time spent in prison.
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New DOJ Guidelines on Prosecuting Businesses
After much pressure from the defense bar, the judiciary and Congress, the DOJ issued new guidelines on prosecuting businesses on Aug. 28, 2008. A close look at the fine print, however, shows that not much has changed.
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The KPMG Tax Shelter Case and the Right Against Self-Incrimination
In a much anticipated opinion, the Second Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of an indictment against 13 former partners and employees of the accounting firm KPMG, who were charged with creating fraudulent tax shelters. <i>United States v. Stein.</i> This article discusses the case in depth.
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Auction Web Site Off the Hook
At one time or another, every trademark holder must deal with infringement on the Internet. After years of chasing individual infringers, many brand owners seek relief from those who provide the means for infringement. Yet these efforts have had limited success, at least in the United States. In some jurisdictions, search engines have avoided liability for sales of trademarks as keywords, under the doctrine of non-trademark use.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Online Promo Music Resales Fall under First Sale Doctrine<br>Unadorned Digital Car Models in Web Ads Not 'Real' For Copyright<br>Reseller Who Bought Ads with Trademark Not under First Sale Doctrine<br>Subpoena Seeking ISP Subscriber Billing Data Deemed Overbroad
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What's New in the Law
Recent high-profile cases of interest to you and your practice.
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Court Finds Compelled Purchase Option in SILO Case
In the recently decided AWG Leasing Trust case, No. 1:07-CV-857 (N.D. Ohio 2008), a federal district court found against a taxpayer that engaged in a cross-border sale-leaseback of a waste-to-energy facility located in Germany. Herein is a discussion of the case and its aftermath.
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Taming the Tenant's Form of Lease
Accustomed to manning the ramparts in defense of its landlord client's form of lease, it is always a bit unsettling for a landlord's lawyer to be advised by its client that "for this national tenant, we must work from the tenant's form of lease." Suddenly, instead of engaging in the familiar determination of which of the tenant's requested lease revisions are acceptable to the landlord, the lawyer is faced with determining which essential provisions of a lease from landlord's perspective are either entirely or substantially missing from the tenant's form of lease and then negotiating to include such provisions.
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New York's Labor Law
Both Labor Law '240(1) and '241(6) impose a nondelegable duty on property owners to provide specified protections to workers. This duty exists regardless of whether or not the owner controlled, directed, or supervised the work. As the courts have repeatedly observed, the imposition of this duty protects workers, by placing ultimate responsibility for their safety upon owners and contractors, instead of on the workers themselves.
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