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Counsel Concerns

Stan Soocher

Entertainment Client Can't Recoup Costs of Winning Appeal over Fee Dispute with Lavely & Singer Law Firm

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A appeals court permits a med-mal suit based on failure to follow the law.

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Med Mal News

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Does a home birth disqualify a child from receiving state funds? Analysis of a case from New York.

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Business Crimes Hotline

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A look at a case out of California in which a former DEA agent was sentenced for extortion, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.

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Business Filings Fall in Fiscal Year 2015 for Sixth Consecutive Year

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The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has reported that bankruptcy cases filings in the federal courts have fallen by nearly 11% overall for the fiscal year 2015 ' the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2015.

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Child Support Calculations Under Various State Laws Reveal Widely Varying Amounts

Charles McEvily, Rebecca Palmer, Marcela Poole, Llewelyn Pritchard & Julia Swain

This article outlines essential elements for the calculation of child support under the statutory schemes in New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Washington. Each section includes a calculation of child support for one child assuming the residential or custodial parent earns an income of $50,000 and the non-residential parent earns $100,000.

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<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Strategic Pricing

Pamela Woldow

The difference between <I>pricing</I> legal work the way law firms have always done it and <I>strategic</I> pricing is simple: The former looks at the price tag from the law firm's point of view, focusing on revenue and profitability. The latter focuses not on how much clients can be convinced to pay, but on perceived bang for the buck... .

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Wage and Hour Red Flags

George F. Camerlengo

Many California employers are hit with costly wage and hour claims and lawsuits by their employees, as well as the Labor Commissioner's own enforcement agency. Some of these claims are legitimate, some are not, but employers must defend against all such claims, often incurring hefty attorneys' fees in the process.

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Restaurant Leasing

David P. Resnick

This article highlights a variety of lease provisions that are particularly germane to restaurant tenants.

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<i>Fokker</i> and Its Aftermath: The Irony and the Legacy

Doreen Klein & Stanley A. Twardy, Jr.

While recent years have seen a rash of decisions rejecting civil settlements between the SEC and corporate defendants, <I>United States v. Fokker Services B.V.</I> represents the first time that a federal court has rejected an agreement in the criminal context.

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