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Remedies Under ERISA When a Plan Participant Spends the Proceeds in a Subrogation Case Image

Remedies Under ERISA When a Plan Participant Spends the Proceeds in a Subrogation Case

Jennifer S. Kiesewetter

On Jan. 20, 2016, the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision, in an Eleventh Circuit case in which an ERISA health plan sought to recover medical benefits paid to an injured participant after that participant's personal injury settlement funds had already been spent.

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Injured on the Job

Patrick Farber

Successfully negotiating a monetary settlement in an on-the-job injury, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour or other employment-related claim is the responsibility of all parties ' both defense and plaintiff. Here's a look at structured settlements.

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The Progressive Lawyer: Decision-Making and the 'Metaphorical Bias Model'

Curtis J. Romanowski

Across the nation, by far the most common setting for deciding domestic relations cases is the bench trial, where the judge sits alone without a jury except in extraordinary circumstance; cases involving domestic torts, for example. In the final analysis, therefore, our judges are our audience. They are certainly more than a passive audience; they are participants in every sense.

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Leveraging Charismatic Leadership to Facilitate Change in Big Law

Whit Wesenberg

Despite appearing to accept that rapid and ongoing market change is here to stay, firms, and their leaders, have responded with change efforts that can largely be described as limited and reactive short-term solutions. Why?

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The Disparate Impact of Hiring Practices

Matthew R. Simpson

In a first-of-its-kind decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit deferred to the EEOC and held that job applicants may bring "disparate impact" claims for age discrimination against potential employers, even in the absence of evidence of intentional discrimination.

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The Raising of a Privacy Shield

Alisa L. Chestler & Tracy E. Weir

On Feb. 2, 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce and European Commission unveiled a new framework for personal data transfers from European Union (EU) Member States to the U.S. The new framework ' dubbed the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield ' will replace the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor program, which was invalidated by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2015.

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Internet Task Force Examines Copyright In the Digital Age

Robert W. Clarida & Robert J. Bernstein

On Jan. 28, the Commerce Department issued a much-anticipated policy statement entitled "White Paper on Remixes, First Sale and Statutory Damages: Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy." This article briefly describes the white paper's scope and recommendations, with a focus on the issue of statutory damages, as to which the white paper proposes several amendments to the current Copyright Act.

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Enterprise Legal Management

Jason Parkman

The function of legal departments has shifted from primarily managing legal matters and costs to acting as revenue generators that provide information and analytics valuable to the entire company. This article offers a primer about enterprise legal management (ELM).

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Entity Selection for Attorneys

Marcus E. Dyer

One of the most significant early decisions attorneys make when deciding to hang out a shingle is what type of entity would be best for their practice. Choosing the right entity is a must. The right legal structure can save taxes, minimize legal exposure and avert costly business hassles. But is the right choice for yesterday still the right one for today?

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Competitive Intelligence

Patricia Ellard

Competitive Intelligence (CI) is not a new concept. It has been actively practiced in many industries for a number of years. In fact, CI has existed in law firms that have been proactively implementing ways to respond to changing client expectations since the early 2000s, though it has been gaining widespread prominence in the last few years.

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