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Courts Clarify Damages Caps Under Federal Employment Discrimination Statutes

E. Fredrick Preis, Jr. & and Joseph R. Hugg

Recent decisions by federal Courts of Appeals in the First and Fifth Circuits shed light on two issues critical to the question every employer asks after being served with an employment discrimination lawsuit: "What's the worst that can happen?

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Responding to a Government Subpoena or RFI

Pamela L. Johnston, Lisa M. Noller & Mary R. Conklin

Ordinary approaches to civil discovery are ill-fitting in response to a government agency's efforts to obtain information, and in-house counsel must take extra care.

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Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst

Michael Finn

Why is it that M&A often leads to a loss in shareholder value despite exhaustive due diligence (and ever-growing document reviews) and careful negotiation of the acquisition and ancillary documents? Part of the explanation for the failure of M&A transactions to yield expected benefits is poor or non-existent post-acquisition integration planning.

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In the Marketplace

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.

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Managed Services

Ron Arrington

According to a recent study, small- and medium-sized businesses need to ask more questions about managed services ' what the various components are and how they apply to their particular business.

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Lease Accounting Project Update

Bill Bosco

Here's the latest information on the FASB/IASB Boards lease accounting project.

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What's New in the Law

Robert W. Ihne

Highlights of the latest equipment leasing law.

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TRACE Report Offers Global Anti-Bribery Enforcement Stats

Sue Reisinger

The anti-bribery group TRACE International, Inc., has released its latest annual report offering in-house counsel detailed data on the pace of enforcement in different countries. The report says the United States more than doubled its formal enforcement actions between 2009 and 2010.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil

Fernando M. Pinguelo & and Kristen M. Welsh

In a case of first impression in New Jersey, the state's appellate court extended corporate veil piercing ' the equitable principle of imposing liability to individuals generally protected by statute ' to limited partnerships under certain conditions.

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Restitution for Internal Investigation Costs Under the MVRA

Christopher J. Hunter

Businesses that are forced to undertake internal investigations are victimized not only by the fraud the investigation uncovers, but also by the costs expended to uncover it. To restore your company to its "prior state of well-being," a restitution order should account for both types of harm.

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