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Content Is More Kingly Than Ever

Jay Jaffe

As many e-commerce entrepreneurs know, video is a public reputation tool whose time has come ' and the time is right now.

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Nuisance Law Can Squelch Web Obscenity

Jonathan Bick

Myriad Internet-related violations of criminal and civil statutes are not prosecuted because their novelty requires the moving party to exert excessive effort. The truth is that when cases of Internet bad acts are brought to court, the prosecution tends to be unsuccessful. Rather than pursuing traditional criminal or civil action, each of which would be based on a specific act, the use of nuisance-law injunctions may be a better alternative in responding to Internet bad acts, because such injunctions are based on generally objectionable behavior.

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Don't Assume Your e-Profits Away

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

Perhaps we all have heard the warning given by my late high school geometry teacher about what "U and Me" become when we make an (unwarranted) <i>assumption</i>. However aged my former teacher's "assume" joke may have been, I think it is an excellent reminder of why overt and implied assumptions underlying e-commerce must be considered in making business plans.

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Movers & Shakers

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Who's doing what; who's going where.

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Supporting Your New Managing Partner

William C. Cobb

This article focuses on the requirements that need to be met when a law firm is transitioning to a new managing partner.

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Issues Regarding the 2010 Patient Protection Act

Lawrence L. Bell & Alexandra Taylor Bell

If not politically, at least analytically, given local governments' experience with insurance reform and the financial assumptions used in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the PPACA should be considered DOA!

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Calculating Profitability

James D. Cotterman

All $1 million practices are worth the same. Client acceptance and pricing of legal services often begin with this premise. Yet, we all understand that this is a simplification of reality.

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The Duty to Defend in New Jersey

Daren S. McNally & and Matthew I. Gennaro

Despite recent protestations to the contrary, New Jersey duty-to-defend law retains the same unique position that it has for more than four decades.

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Damages and DIY: Coverage for Corrective Measures Undertaken By the Insured

Seth A. Tucker

In some circumstances, there is a strong argument that internal costs the insured incurs to remediate the harm it has caused a claimant can constitute covered damages that the insurer must reimburse.

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News Briefs

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