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Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with 50 or more full-time, or full-time equivalent, employees are required to offer qualified health care coverage. These employers are referred to as applicable large employers (ALEs). If these ALEs fail to comply with this "employer mandate," then the employer may be faced with significant penalties. As such, employee counts and categorizations in employer organizations are critical under the ACA, and whether the employer mandate is satisfied.

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What remedies are available to a developer who expends substantial funds in reliance on an invalidly issued permit? The Court of Appeals addressed that issue in March in <I>Matter of Perlbinder Holdings, LLC v. Srinivasan/</I>

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The amendments to the FRCP that took effect on Dec. 1, 2015, are already having an impact on IP litigation, especially patent troll lawsuits.

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The Bankruptcy Code contains relatively clear and straightforward requirements and standards regarding the eligibility of creditors to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition against a debtor, as well as when an order for relief on such petition shall be ordered by the court. If such criteria are met, do the creditors' intentions, which are not specifically referenced in this context in the statutory framework, come into play at all?

A case heading to the Supreme Court could dramatically change insider trading law that bars trades by recipients of stock tips. The Court agreed to consider a case that raises the question of whether a trade based on an inside tip is permitted so long as the tipper was motivated by familial love rather than monetary gain.

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A strong, powerful and constructive culture has a significant impact on a business's ability to differentiate, to offer top-shelf client service, to attract and retain talent at all levels and to reach new levels of profitability. Regardless of how technology continues to help the legal industry reinvent itself from a mature industry to a young and thriving industry, culture and people will remain a key driver of any firm's long-term success.

According to a recent decision by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, an insurer denying coverage based upon an insured's failure to provide timely notice of a claim under a "claims made" directors and officers policy is not required to show appreciable prejudice ' provided such "claims made" policy was agreed to by sophisticated parties.

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A look at a case involving site plan approval.