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Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights
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All Sums Great And Small
Patrick M. Tomovic
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Kevin D. Szczepanski
How is loss allocated when bodily injury or property damage occurs in several successive policy periods? Can the insured choose the policy that it wishes to cover the loss, limiting itself to one deductible and forcing a single year''s primary (and excess) policy to respond?
Developments in Vicarious Liability
Kevin Adler
Courts have occasionally concluded that a franchisor might be liable for the actions of its franchisee or for harm suffered on the premises of a franchisee. Rarely do these issues arise in the most common form of vicarious liability claim, those related to the actions of an employee, because franchisors have been very successful at writing contracts that make it clear that franchisees are employing their workers, not franchisors.
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Selected Privilege Issues for Franchise Counsel
Eric H. Karp
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Les Wharton
As recent litigation has demonstrated, the use of new communications devices with new capabilities is having an effect on how attorneys and their clients communicate, and, therefore, is raising issues in attorney-client privilege.
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The Medicare Secondary Payer Statute
Sharon L. Caffrey, Christopher L. Crosswhite
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John M. Lyons
On Jan. 1, 2010, extensive new Medicare reporting obligations took effect. They apply to insurance companies and other businesses, including product liability and toxic tort defendants that make payments to Medicare beneficiaries as a result of verdicts or settlements resolving liability claims.
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