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To Merge or Not to Merge? Image

To Merge or Not to Merge?

Ronald H. Shechtman

The "one-percenters" that we are hearing so much about in this year's primary election campaigns also have an analogous place in current law firm economics. The rich are getting richer, and most others are struggling to hold their own.

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Should You 'ERISA-fy' Your Severance Plan?

John D. Shyer & Sandhya P. Chandrasekhar

Employers with severance plans need to know whether or not their plans are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). And if the employer finds that they are not, it may wish to consider amending the plans to bring them under ERISA.

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New USPTO Rules for Post-Grant Trials

Kean J. DeCarlo

New changes to rules for post-grant administrative trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) went into effect on May 2, 2016, after much public comment and gnashing of teeth. Among the plethora of rule changes that were announced, two in particular stand out as most substantive for both patent owners and their challengers.

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Millennials Approaching Partnership: Now What?

Sabrina Franconeri

Although legal professional development administrators continue to fight the good fight with respect to new associate development and integration, they must now, more than ever, start focusing on the fact that Millennial lawyers are getting closer to partnership. .

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Fundamental Issues In U.S. Taxation of Foreign Entertainers and Athletes Image

Fundamental Issues In U.S. Taxation of Foreign Entertainers and Athletes

Robert M. Jason

The United States taxes its citizens and resident aliens on their worldwide income; nonresident aliens are taxed on their U.S. source income and income that is effectively connected with a trade or business in the U.S. These seemingly simple terms have spawned volumes of regulations, rulings, cases and articles, the essence of all of which is to determine who is subject to tax in the U.S., and on what. This article introduces the U.S. federal income tax issues.

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In the Courts

On April 8, the Seventh Circuit reversed the conviction and ordered the acquittal of David Weimert, a former executive at AnchorBank, on five counts of wire fraud related to a real estate deal he negotiated in 2009. Here's a look at the ruling.

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'Best Efforts,' 'Commercially Reasonable' and Other Terms No One Understands Image

'Best Efforts,' 'Commercially Reasonable' and Other Terms No One Understands

Grant Esposito & Jessica Kaufman

In this article, the authors explore why vague contractual terms are routinely used, explain how they have been inconsistently interpreted by the courts, and offer some practical tips to minimize the havoc ambiguous terms can wreak.

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The Panama Papers: A Small Part of a Larger Challenge?

Stanley Foodman

The Panama Papers has become a new buzz phrase. Information contained in the Panama Papers ' the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million internal documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca ' illustrates the dangers of noncompliance for U.S. taxpayers and for citizens of other countries with whom the U.S. has exchange of information agreements.

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<b><i>e-Discovery and Security</b></i> The Inevitable Reinvention of the e-Discovery Industry Image

<b><i>e-Discovery and Security</b></i> The Inevitable Reinvention of the e-Discovery Industry

Jared Coseglia

The e-discovery industry is on the precipice of major change yet again, and this time it is all about security. What will distinguish the winners from the losers in the next few years will be an organization's ability to do one of three things: consolidate, innovate or reinvent.

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Exit Strategies: Think Like a Start-up Image

Exit Strategies: Think Like a Start-up

Howard Cohl

Whether businesses sell hard goods, license technology or dispense advice ( e.g. , law firms), the common thread is that they are all businesses founded by one or more individuals, all of whom will someday exit the business. Law firms are businesses, and all too often partners and founders lose sight of that basic premise.

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