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D&O Coverage for Corporate Criminal Investigations

Patricia A. Bronte

Surprisingly few reported decisions discuss whether criminal investigations of corporate wrongdoing are covered under directors' and officers' liability insurance policies. This is amazing because the past decade has been marked by waves of corporate scandals, and federal and state prosecutors and regulators will likely continue to launch broad investigations of corporate conduct in the decade to come.

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Today's Law Firm Leadership Crisis: Where Is Your Next Generation of Leaders?

Kristin Stark & John Childers

Do you know who your firm's next leader will be? Do you have a short list of viable partner candidates? If your answer to these questions is no, you are not alone.

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It's Compensation Time Again

Michael E. Mooney

Whatever compensation system a firm selects, it will work in the long run only if it has the confidence of all of the firm's partners. Based upon the author's experience, that confidence can best be won by providing a role in the process for all partners.

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Help Insulate Your Firm with Careful Year-End Planning

Phillip A. Bottari & Richard G. Hoffman

Notwithstanding the slowing economy, there are opportunities to strengthen the firm's finances and those of individual partners. The key in this or any year is careful tax planning — including year-end tax projections — that will help lessen federal and state tax liabilities, prepare for possible exposure to the alternative minimum tax, and discover potential ways to save and streamline.

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How Healthy Is Your Inventory?

Kris Satkunas

Savvy firms are expanding their tool kits to effectively manage the business of law. Inventory analysis is a critical component, and used wisely, can point to risks and trends early, preventing cash flow problems down the road.

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IP News

Matthew Berkowitz

Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

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Prasco v. Medicis: CAFC Draws a Line in the Sand

Albert B. Chen & Matthew F. Abbott

In <i>Prasco, LLC v. Medicis Pharm. Corp.</i>, the Federal Circuit declined to allow a declaratory judgment action on unasserted patents and provided some useful guidance in understanding what factual circumstances would be insufficient to establish a justiciable controversy.

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On the Move

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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

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Health-Care Cases

Sam J. Alberts & Malka S. Resnicoff

In Part One of this article, the authors discussed the issues of whether the Debtor is a "health-care business," if an ombudsman must be appointed, and if you should seek to prevent it. This month, the authors discuss the question, "What if HHS seeks to affect Medicare reimbursements or exclude the Debtor from a federal health-care program?

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Agreements for Future Relief from Automatic Stay

Mike C. Buckley

The question, "Can we get them to agree not to file bankruptcy in the future?" must be near the top of the list of things clients most commonly ask their transactions and workout lawyers. How, then, to best answer the client's next question: "OK, when is it enforceable and when is it not enforceable?"

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