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<B><I>Online Exclusive:</b></i> <b>Lexis Practice Advisor Takes on Bankruptcy</b>

Sean Doherty

LexisNexis announced a new Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy module for Lexis Practice Advisor, a web-based legal content service designed to give transactional lawyers a step-by-step approach to deal with a particular issue.Suzanne Petren Moritz, vice president and managing director of Lexis Practice Advisor, says the new module includes content from leading transactional lawyers in the field such as DLA Piper partner George B. South III; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &amp; Jacobson partner Gary L. Kaplan;'

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Simplifying e-Discovery: A Continuing Trend

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ERISA Class Certification in The Wake of Dukes And Amara

Darren E. Nadel & Allison R. Cohn

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two starkly different decisions in 2011 that together will shape (and, indeed, have already shaped) the analysis that courts must employ in determining whether to certify ERISA class actions.

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Digital Copiers Don't Forget

L. Elise Dieterich

The measures discussed in this article can help organizations to manage the risks associated with operating in the digital environment. This is important because, in 2012, ignorance of what your copier remembers is no longer a defense.

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Seventh Circuit: Reassignment of Disabled Workers Is Not Required

Anthony Haller & Lucas Hanback

The Seventh Circuit recently ruled that the Americans ADA does not require employers to reassign disabled employees to vacant positions for which they are qualified if better qualified candidates apply and it is the employer's "consistent and honest" policy to hire the best qualified applicant.

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Guidelines for Maximizing D&O Insurance Coverage for SEC Matters

Katherine Henry

Depending upon policy terms, D&amp;O insurance may pay defense costs incurred in response to various SEC actions, including an informal investigation, a formal order of investigation, a subpoena or an indictment.

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Sarbox, Dodd-Frank and Beyond

Scott McCleskey

Accelerating globalization of the economy, increasing complexity of financial institutions and markets, and the global financial crisis of 2008-09 have brought us to a regulatory environment that is far broader and more complex than anyone could have foreseen 10 years ago.

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Patentable Subject Matter: The Controversy Continues

David E. Mixon & Kathleen T. Milam

The Federal Circuit's recent opinion in <i>MySpace</i> debates the business method debate by addressing whether ' 101 is a prerequisite in the question of patent validity.

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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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