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Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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National rulings of interest.

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Insider Trading: It's Not Just for Suits

Joel M. Cohen & Mary Kay Dunning

On Sept. 30, 2010, the SEC brought an insider trading case against two railroad employees and their relatives, alleging that the defendants reaped more than $1 million in illegal gains by trading on nonpublic information about the planned takeover of the railroad company.

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Honest-Services Fraud in the Wake of Skillings

Robert Plotkin & Nicholas B. Lewis

The Supreme Court has tried again to restrict application of the honest-services fraud statute (18 U.S.C. ' 1346), which has been zealously used by prosecutors to target a wide swath of allegedly unethical behavior by public officials and private employees alike.

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And at the Whistle, They're Off

Laurence A. Urgenson, Audrey Harris & Samuel Williamson

The new Dodd-Frank Act not only alters the manner in which companies will handle their own compliance and disclosure obligations; it may dramatically change the way issuers conduct internal investigations.

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Valuation Disputes in Bankruptcy Litigation

Linda Dakin-Grimm

In contested bankruptcy cases, success in litigation ' over issues such as the enterprise value of the debtor ' can determine the success of the reorganization. Management and the board of directors should be aware of (and plan for) certain dispute-related "facts of life," long before the company files in court.

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Substantial Contribution Claims

Dion W. Hayes & K. Elizabeth Sieg

In two recent decisions, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas clarified the subjective standards regarding a creditor's entitlement to an allowed administrative expense under ' 503(b)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

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Texas Rangers: A Big Changeup on Impairment?

Erica M. Ryland & Mark G. Douglas

The concept of "impairment" under a Chapter 11 plan has evolved since the Bankruptcy Code was enacted. A noteworthy step in that development was part of a ruling by the bankruptcy court overseeing the whirlwind Chapter 11 case of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers.

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Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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

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Pro Bono

Edward Poll

This article discusses key considerations for firms that engage in <i>pro bono</i> work.

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