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After a successful willful infringement verdict, which subsequently resulted in treble damages, the issue of willful infringement may not yet be decided.

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

Health'care-industry bankruptcy cases are unique in complexity and sensitivity. As such, health-care bankruptcy cases are financially and legally multifaceted, and may contain political dynamics often unseen in other types of bankruptcies.

While an attorney may believe he is fulfilling his professional duty by assisting a corporate client in effectuating a financial transaction, if such transaction is ultimately found to be a fraudulent transfer or a breach of the fiduciary duties of one or more of the corporate client's principals, the attorney who counseled the client on such transaction could find him- or herself liable for aiding and abetting a deepening insolvency.

Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.

It will come as no surprise that there is a long-standing split of authorities among the courts concerning whether or not subsequent new value must remain unpaid for the purposes of ' 547(c)(4). This article discusses where the courts stand today.

On Aug. 6, 2008, the IRS announced settlement initiatives for more than 45 large corporate taxpayers that engaged in Lease-In/Lease-Out ("LILO") or Sale-In/Lease-Out ("SILO") transactions, which were designated as listed transactions in 2000 and 2005 respectively.

As a number of recent decisions in New York and elsewhere make absolutely clear, for good or for ill, parties now can conclude a contract, or amend an existing contract, via e-mail.