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Surviving the Retail Shift

Kelly D. Stohs & David P. Vallas

<b><i>What to Do with Personal Property After a Tenant Vacates</b></i><p><i><b>Part Four of a Five-Part Series</i></b><p>The wreckage of a failed retail business often includes the tenant's personal property that remains in the leased space. Critical to evaluating what to do with this personal property is understanding the nature of that property and determining who has rights to it.

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Security First Approach Provides a Significant Advantage to Law Firms Image

Security First Approach Provides a Significant Advantage to Law Firms

Mark Sangster

Security first is a holistic approach that views security not as an information technology nuisance in need of tight cost-management controls, but as a competitive advantage to differentiation from traditional business offerings. Here's what you need to know.

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The Challenges of Regulating Employee Speech Image

The Challenges of Regulating Employee Speech

Jeffrey S. Klein & Nicholas J. Pappas

In this article, the authors discuss some recent controversies involving employee speech and the laws governing employers' ability to regulate and respond to disruptive speech in the workplace.

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Third Circuit Defines 'Received' for Section 503 (B)(9) Claims Image

Third Circuit Defines 'Received' for Section 503 (B)(9) Claims

Anthony Michael Sabino

For over a decade now, the Bankruptcy Code has granted a priority of payment with regard to creditor claims for goods received by the debtor in the 20 days before bankruptcy. A creditor merely needs to demonstrate that the debtor "received" the goods within the prescribed pre-bankruptcy interval, and its claim attains priority as an administrative expense. Ah, but therein lies the rub.

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Validity of an Avoidance Claim Sale

Michael L. Cook

<b><i>Third Circuit Sidesteps Ruling</i></b><p>The Third Circuit recently dismissed an appeal from "the sale of legal claims" as "statutorily moot" under Bankruptcy Code § 363(m) because the appellants "had not obtained a stay" of the effectiveness of the sale order pending appeal. Here's why this ruling is so important.

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The Rise of the Travel Act

Jonathan S. Feld, Monica B. Wilkinson, Lea F. Courington & Alison L. Carruthers

The DOJ continues to prioritize health care anti-fraud enforcement through the aggressive use of different statutes and investigative methods. Although the prosecutions and recoveries vary, between October 2016 and March 2017, "Strike Force" team efforts led to charges against 49 individuals or entities, 152 criminal actions, and more than $266.8 million in investigative receivables.

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Case Notes

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Discussion of a case in which a trial court sided with the property owner/defendant where the tenant sought to terminate the lease early, but could not because it was not in compliance with one of the requirements for early termination.

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How Many Excess Partners Does Your Firm Have? Image

How Many Excess Partners Does Your Firm Have?

Hugh A. Simons

It is widely recognized that Big Law has surplus partner capacity. What is less well recognized is just how massive this surplus has become, how unevenly it is spread across firms in different profitability cohorts, and what it portends for when the next downturn hits.

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<b><i>Voice of the Client:</i></b> What Does 'Different' Mean? Image

<b><i>Voice of the Client:</i></b> What Does 'Different' Mean?

Bruce Alltop

As firms turn their focus to revenue generation, some of the more progressive firms look to their clients to help them create their strategic priorities. In some cases, they even ask their clients to be involved in the planning process.

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Drug & Device News

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the summary judgment dismissal of the multidistrict lawsuit (MDL) against the maker of the intrauterine birth control device Mirena after finding that none of the experts proffered by the nearly 1,300 plaintiffs were reliable.

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