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The Medicare Secondary Payer Statute
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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Economic Stimulus and False Claims Act Liability
Setting aside the contentious issue of whether stimulus activities are good for the economy at large, it is important that applicants for, and recipients of, stimulus funds realize that participation in these programs could result not only in significant benefits, but also in exposure to legal liability.
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What's New in the Law
An in-depth review of recent key cases and what they mean for your practice.
Braving Tempestuous Times
Hell-or-high-water" protection has long been considered a commercial necessity to ensure the free flow of equipment lease financing and now, bolstered by recent changes to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), it has been extended to accounts receivable financing of goods and services.
Eminent Domain Law
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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Cooperatives & Condominiums
In-depth analysis of recent rulings.
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