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Look, But Don't Log In

Marjorie J. Peerce & Daniel V. Shapiro

A computer forensic analysis reveals that the employee has accessed his personal Web-based e-mail account from his company computer and that his log-in information (username and password) has been recovered from the computer's memory. Can you log in to the account and read his personal e-mail?

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Coming to the States?

Jeffrey T. Green

The long arm of U.S. jurisdiction generates a number of worries for counsel advising foreign businesses and executives who may be "of interest" to authorities here. One such worry is the status of foreign nationals entering the United States on business during the course of a criminal or civil investigation.

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How to Use and Not Lose Experts in Criminal Cases

Jodi Misher Peikin & James R. Stovall

Rare is the white-collar case today where an expert witness does not play a powerful role. But the vagueness in expert disclosure rules in criminal cases can lead unwary defense counsel to forfeit an expert entirely.

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Cap on Legal Fees in Bankruptcy Alarms Firms

Amanda Bronstad

Lawyers representing directors and officers of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. are attempting to remove a cap on their billing rates, the latest example of how judges are scrutinizing hourly fees in large bankruptcies.

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Intercreditor Dynamics in Bankruptcy

John D. Fredericks

When a creditor enters the realm of bankruptcy, lenders often find that the many detailed provisions of an extensively negotiated intercreditor agreement are no longer controlling. On the contrary, the intercreditor agreement may have little influence on the outcome of many critical matters that arise in bankruptcy.

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Bankruptcy Court Cannot Surcharge Credit Bidding Asset Buyer with Expenses of Sale

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Explaining that the "bankruptcy court had no jurisdiction to take such action," the Fifth Circuit also vacated the district's court's improper ruling that the bankruptcy judge could enter a personal judgment against the asset buyer.

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Considerations of Examiner Appointments in Bankruptcy Actions

David J. Baldwin & R. Stephen McNeill

Examiner appointments in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases are uncommon, and despite Judge Peter J. Walsh's statement that he had appointed an examiner only two or three times during his career as a bankruptcy judge, he recently ordered the appointment of an examiner in <i>In re DBSI, Inc.</i>

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Copyright Infringement/Parody<br>Mechanical Licenses/Prospective Song "Holds" <br>Right of Publicity/"Non-Commercial" Purpose<br>Sampling Licenses/Song Infringement

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Labels Attack Music Search Engines

Zusha Elinson

Lawyers scurried to San Jose, CA, bankruptcy court in April to argue over the remains of SeeqPod Inc., the first big casualty on the newest front in the legal war between the record industry and the Internet.

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