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Special Issue: The Sixth Annual MLF 50 ' The Top 50 Law Firms in Marketing and Business Development Image

Special Issue: The Sixth Annual MLF 50 ' The Top 50 Law Firms in Marketing and Business Development

Elizabeth Anne 'Betiayn' Tursi

Never in the history of The MLF 50 has there been a year like this. The first thing you will note about this year's list is that there is a tie for the number-one firm.

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The Products Liability Dilemma for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device CEOs Image

The Products Liability Dilemma for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device CEOs

Alan Minsk & Diana Rusk Cohen

Failure to comply with government regulations, and inactivity if a company falls out of compliance, can lead to serious product liability issues in the long term. Unfortunately, CEOs often do not consider the potential cost of product liability enforcement when they evaluate whether or not to act.

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The Impact of Princo on Patent Misuse As a Defense

Charan J. Sandhu & Ausra Pumputis

The availability of patent misuse as a defense in patent litigation may be substantially constrained as a result of <i>Princo Corp. v. International Trade Commission and U.S. Philips Corp.</i>

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Litigation

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Recent rulings of interest.

Messy Divorce Leads to Whistleblower Bounty Image

Messy Divorce Leads to Whistleblower Bounty

Douglas S. Malan

A computer hard drive transformed <i>Karen Zilkha v. David Zilkha</i> from a messy divorce case into an insider trading investigation that led to the downfall of a major hedge fund.

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Can a Victim of Domestic Abuse Get Out of a Lease? Image

Can a Victim of Domestic Abuse Get Out of a Lease?

Karen Meislik

In our day-to-day practice as family law practitioners, we help clients negotiate their way through the maze that is divorce. Besides the usual parenting and financial issues, some clients experience abuse at the hands of their spouse, a significant other or another household member. If this happens, the victim can obtain a Protective Order. However, as is too often seen in the newspapers, the Protective Order is merely a piece of paper and does not guarantee safety.

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Behavioral Finance

Justin A. Reckers & Robert A. Simon

Behavioral Finance is a practical and pragmatic way of conceptualizing the social, cognitive, and emotional factors that influence financial decisions during a divorce.

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Business Crimes Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of recent key rulings.

The UK's Impending Power Play and Why It Matters to You Image

The UK's Impending Power Play and Why It Matters to You

Annie Wartanian Reisinger

Over the past several years, the United Kingdom has been flexing its muscles in the global anti-corruption arena with the imposition of large penalties against companies involved in foreign-bribery offenses, focusing on individual accountability for corporate officials, close coordination with U.S. prosecutors in parallel investigations, and enforcement tools such as self-disclosures, settlements and negotiated plea agreements.

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