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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) may be one of the most controversial and talked-about legal decisions. But one of the most contested provisions of the Act ' a mandate known as the "Physician Payment Sunshine provisions" may have larger implications for pharmaceutical companies and others.

This article examines how the author's law firm encouraged a culture of leadership by providing access to leadership development training across all disciplines and levels of experience.

Recently, two New York federal district courts reached conflicting decisions in the Coudert and Thelen bankruptcy cases with respect to a law firm's purported ownership interest in future profits from its former clients' matters pending on the date of the law firm's dissolution, or "unfinished business."

Why are firms losing important, blue-chip clients? Let us count the ways.

An employer must be careful when providing employment references. However, recent case law demonstrates the difficulty an employee faces in trying to establish defamation by a former employer.

Imagine settling an employment discrimination claim for $450,000 and then getting a bill for $90,000 more than three months later! As of Jan. 1, 2012, this has been possible, and most private employers have no idea it could happen.

Employees who remain out on leave longer than the FMLA's 12 weeks pursuant to their employers' representations can typically reclaim their jobs and even seek damages beyond those envisioned by the statute. Here's why.

Rather than companies sending out RFPs to a number of law firms, they are now using a "reverse auction" to request quotes from law firms they trust. Here's how it works.