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Navigating PubliclyTraded Securities When Soliciting a Chapter 11 Plan Image

Navigating PubliclyTraded Securities When Soliciting a Chapter 11 Plan

Tinamarie Feil

Just because a company's stock is not publicly traded doesn't mean it doesn't have publicly traded debt. Churches, utilities, and hospitals are common types of debtors that issue debt, but many others do as well.

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The Internet User's Duty of Care

Jonathan Bick

The duty one Internet user has to another has changed, particularly with respect to cyber-security and privacy. Negligence by Internet users has enabled hackers and creators of viruses to exploit computer systems and engage in crime and unwanted computer intrusions.

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Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion of two recent important rulings.

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When Will the New European Data Laws Come In?

Jonathan Armstrong

One of the most frequent questions that we have at the moment is about the timetable for Europe's changes to data protection laws. Needless to say, there is no definite answer. However, the path forward may recently have become just a little clearer.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Film Production Company Loses Legal Malpractice Suit<br>"Iron Man Theme" Copyright "Owner" Settlement Doesn't Preclude Work-for-Hire Finding<br>No Federal Trademark Registration for "Slants" Band

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Violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)

Daniel N. Marx

TheUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that merely "authorizing" medically necessary services can constitute illegally "referring" patients under the AKS, if improper payments are made to the authorizing doctor.

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New Anti-Kickback Law 'Safe Harbors' Proposed Image

New Anti-Kickback Law 'Safe Harbors' Proposed

Francis J. Serbaroli

Certain types of incentive payments and business arrangements that would improve the quality of care and provide needed assistance to indigent patients could actually run afoul of the federal fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) (42 U.S.C. ' 1320a-7b(b)), and potentially trigger their drastic penalties.

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Med Mal News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion of a case in which the Judge cleared up the intersection of MCARE and the Tort Claims Act.

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The Airbnb Problem in Residential Housing

Jeffrey Turkel

This article details the City's efforts in one case to enjoin a business that facilitated the creation of illegal hotels, and a landlord's efforts in another case to eject a rent-controlled tenant who was using Airbnb to rent rooms within her four bedroom apartment.

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The 'Representations, Warranties and Covenants' Triumverate

M. Rosie Rees & David A. Schubert

Many retail leases contain provisions in which a party to the lease "represents, warrants and covenants" to some proposition. These three terms are often used together, as if the drafter were hoping to cover all bases by the belts-and-suspenders approach. It is quite possible, however, that many attorneys are not sure what bases they actually need to cover, so they throw in all the words just in case.

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