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Hague International Child Abduction Cases

Jeremy D. Morley

A major debate is under way as to the future of the 'grave risk of harm defense' in Hague Convention international child abduction cases. The move is spearheaded by those who believe that the Hague Convention discriminates against expatriate mothers who are victims of domestic violence and who return to their countries of origin with their children.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Composition Creation/Statute of Frauds<br>Concert Venues/Charitable Immunity Statutes<br>Copyright Infringement/Co-Authorship Bar<br>Copyright Infringement/Co-Authorship Claim <br>Copyright Infringement/No Issue of Material Fact<br>Rescission Claims/Copyright Pre-emption

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Recently filed cases in entertainment law, straight from the steps of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

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Clause & Effect

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Net-Profit Rights/Movies Based on TV Shows<br>Insurance/Contract-Breach Exclusion<br>Insurance/Copyright-Infringement Coverage

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Verdicts

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Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

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Independent Corporate Investigations

Marjorie J. Peerce & Peggy M. Cross

In this age of regulatory and prosecutorial focus on corporate compliance, companies increasingly are relying on special outside counsel to conduct internal investigations into potential wrongdoing. Sometimes, these investigations are prophylactic: A company may want to understand the consequences of its current hiring practices so it can develop standard operating procedures to better ensure compliance with anti-discrimination laws. Because this sort of proactive, self-reflective investigation generally proceeds without outside scrutiny, counsel has the time and space to conduct a deliberate investigation.

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Your Best Worker Can Become Your Worst Nightmare

David C. Henderson & Matthew E. Feiner

Although difficult to imagine, your best worker may hold the key to your company's worst security nightmare. Technologically armed employees who routinely use BlackBerry devices, personal digital assistants, laptops, and tiny flash drives to transport critical information to and from the office can wreak havoc on a corporation '' with no intention to do so.

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Litigation Readiness

Prashant Dubey

With the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), precedent-setting adverse sanctions against some of the largest corporations and growing regulatory requirements, the need to become 'litigation ready' has been like a large snowball, gaining mass and momentum. The indisputable need to become litigation ready has arrived, and the snowball continues to get bigger and faster as it heads down the mountain. With the FRCP amendments, Dec. 1 has come and gone and guess what? Nothing has exploded.

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The Michigan Dioxin Study: Help for Defendants in Toxic Tort Litigation

Anthony G. Hopp

The first part of this article discussed dioxin litigation and the use of environmental and blood data, and the design and results of the University of Michigan study. The conclusion addresses how to use the study.

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Round Up the Usual Suspects: Traditional Methods of Selecting First-Chair Trial Counsel Exclude Women

Sandra Giannone Ezell

'You can't be shining lights at the Bar because you are too kind. You can never be corporation lawyers because you are not cold-blooded. You have not a high grade of intellect. I doubt you could ever make a living.' Clarence Darrow to women lawyers. Morello, Bar Admission Was Rough for 19th Century Women, 189 N.Y.L.J. 19 (1983).

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