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Challenges in Solar Equipment Finance

Jennifer L. Howard & Kenneth P. Weinberg

Growth in solar-generation capacity has not been evenly distributed across the country, as some states' policies and laws are solar-friendly, while those in other states pose barriers. One such barrier in many states is the lack of access to financing.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Analysis of a fraud case out of Georgia.

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IP Protection Issues in Brexit

Barry J. Schindler, Willie Stroever & Paul Burnett

Entertainment companies routinely enter into international transactions that involve intellectual property (IP) rights. What is the impact of the United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union (EU) on these IP rights, specifically on patent and trademark rights.

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Professional Development: As New Associates Join This Fall

Sharon Meit Abrahams

A firm's new associate orientation sets the tone and creates a foundation from which all future activities will be measured. If an orientation program is unorganized, inconsistent or lacking in usefulness, the experience might tarnish the new attorney's impression of his or her employer.

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Tenth Circuit Sees A Keyword Fail In Social Media e-Discovery

David Horrigan

In an age of advanced analytics and technology-assisted review in e-discovery, much has been made of the limits of keyword search.

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The New FCPA Cooperation Plan

Brett W. Johnson & Jeffrey Scudder

On April 5, 2016, the DOJ issued an Enforcement and Guidance Plan concerning the FCPA. While the new Plan could be interpreted as a novel departure from past precedent, careful analysis reveals that it does little to alter or clarify how the DOJ will review cases or reward companies for significant cooperation in addressing anti-corruption global issues.

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Improving Your Odds in Entertainment and Sports Law

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cyberSecure Conference

ALM's cyberSecure conference takes place Sept. 27-28 in New York. ALM cyberSecure is designed to provide business executives with the necessary tools to build and deploy a successful adaptive cybersecurity plan that comprehensively addresses detection, defense and response.

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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Twitter Fends Off Suit Over ISIS Attack Image

<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Twitter Fends Off Suit Over ISIS Attack

Ben Hancock

A federal judge on Aug. 9 dismissed a suit against Twitter Inc. that seeks to hold the social media platform liable for a 2015 terrorist attack in Jordan that left two Americans dead and was linked to the Islamic State, or ISIS.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> LinkedIn Takes Aim at Fake Profiles Designed to Scrape Data

Ross Todd

LinkedIn is seeking to unmask the creators of fake profiles who have been scraping the professional social networking site for data about its 400 million users.

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