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Portion of Expert's Lost Development Deals Damages Ruled Too Speculative

Stan Soocher

A magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has excluded a significant portion of an expert's damages testimony in a suit by book author Michael Baisden alleging that the defendants exceeded the scope of a license to produce stageplays of Baisden's novels <i>The Maintenance Man</i> and <i>Men Cry in the Dark</i>.

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'Probable Experience' in Business Interruption Claims

Catherine A. Mondell & Seth C. Harrington

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently weighed in on the proper measurement of business interruption claims, particularly those following a catastrophic event that affects an entire region or industry.

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Nancy D. Adams & Alec J. Zadek

Directors and officers are exposed to personal loss under the FCPA because not only does the FCPA expressly prohibit corporate indemnification, but also there are several D&amp;O policy provisions that may serve to bar coverage for FCPA-assessed fines and penalties.

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The Gulf Oil Spill: Considerations for Insurers

Laura A. Foggan & Benjamin Theisman

A large number of lawsuits already have been filed against the entities associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig, many of which raise interesting coverage issues, particularly with respect to specialty environmental coverages and first-party business interruption and damage claims. Even more significant insurance exposures may be posed in the future, however, as new parties are joined to the litigation and general liability policies are tested in response to third-party claims for bodily injury and property damage.

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The End of the World or a Brave New One?

J. Mark Santiago

Firms that succeed will have four distinct and unifying characteristics: a clear strategy; focused leadership; rewards systems aligned with their strategy; and a well-functioning (and efficient) administrative support structure. These are the firms that prospered in 2009 and will continue to prosper.There is

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New York Recognizes Parental Status of Woman in Vermont Same-Sex Civil Union

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who qualifies as a parent when one member of a same-sex couple has a child after entering into a same-sex civil union under the laws of another state? This was only one of the questions with far-reaching consequences the Court of Appeals recently answered in <i>Debra H. v. Janice R.</i>

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