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Recent rulings of interest.

Where CGL coverage is not available, some policyholders have attempted to obtain general liability coverage under policies that provide a more limited coverage, namely policies that provide coverage for bodily injury or property damage liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a particular "designated premises."

In pharmaceutical actions, most false claims qui tam actions brought by whistleblowers involve off-label promotion, kickbacks, pricing allegations, and reimbursement abuses. Although these start out as civil lawsuits, they often end with the DOJ pressing charges against the pharmaceuticals manufacturer.

A recent opinion from the Southern District of New York indicates that lawyers will typically be prohibited from bringing qui tam actions against their former clients. And the new Dodd-Frank regulations expressly limit when an attorney can reap a whistleblower reward.

The crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege allows the government, often ex parte, to obtain a court order demanding the production of what were once thought to be privileged communications.

In what may be the final chapter in the years of litigation over tax-exempt entity leasing transactions, the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Federal Claims Court's decision disallowing Wells Fargo's deductions from SILO transactions.

Law firm training programs are being squeezed by the return of an old problem to the new workplace ' the generation gap. Here's how to bridge the gap and strengthen your firm.

Organizations that obtain, use and/or disclose an applicant's or employee's genetic information may run afoul of Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits companies from using genetic information to make employment decisions.