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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of two separate decisions of note.

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When Taking Proprietary Information Is Not a Crime

Wendy H. Schwartz & Jennifer L. Achilles

In back-to-back decisions, the Ninth and Second circuits interpreted three different federal statutes '' the CFAA, the NSPA, EEA '' in ways that narrowed federal prosecutors'' ability to charge former employees for stealing proprietary information from their companies.

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Update: The IRS Whistleblower Program

Sharon L. McCarthy

This article continues last month's discusssion with a look at the IRS whislteblower program's success to date, as well as proposed improvements to the program.

The Fragile Fifth Amendment

Abraham Rein

When the contents of electronic devices are encrypted, must the owner facilitate the government's review by decrypting the data or supplying the password to do so? A look at recent rulings.

Asbestos Claims

Jeff Mordock

Asbestos defendants that file for reorganization under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and seek to establish a personal injury trust for the payment of claims may transfer their liability insurance recovery rights to the trust even if the insurance policies include provisions barring the transfer of such rights.

Court Reverses 'Ponzi-Like' Fraudulent Transfer Ruling

Michael L. Cook

The Fifth Circuit recently reversed a district court's fraudulent transfer judgment based on a financially troubled entity's gift to a charity. <i>The American Cancer Society v. Cook</i>.

Issue-Specific Withdrawal of the Reference

Menachem O. Zelmanovitz & Rachel Jaffe Mauceri

This article considers the genesis, tendency and scope of the district courts' withdrawals of the reference in some of the more complex proceedings pending today.

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Lehman Brothers' ADR Procedures for Resolving Its Derivative Contracts in Bankruptcy

Andrew J. Olejnik

Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy case was the largest and most complex Chapter 11 case in history. Here's an inside look.

<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

Ari Kaplan

There were a number of themes in legal technology that I first observed at Legal Tech New York 2012 that I see continuing to grow. A host of new visual messages emerged to collectively announce a new era of legal technology, ranging from simplification and unification to reinvention and collaboration.

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