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How U.S. and China Film Industries Are Connecting

Anthony Paonita

Lindsay Conner is your consummate Hollywood lawyer, but for one thing. Lately, the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips partner has been working on deals between his domestic film industry clients and Chinese film studios and distributors. The following interview I conducted with Conner touched on everything from deal-making culture to censorship and how the United States and China, in spite of political differences, manage to work together in business pretty well.

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In Texas, Litigants Have Two Options

Jonathan J. Bates

Although the Texas Family Code does not authorize alimony as that concept exists in other states, two options exist for post-divorce support payments for Texas litigants.

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Connecting the Legal and Tax Departments

Kevin Oldham & Drew McEwen

Now that the personal tax return deadline has passed, it might be a good time to consider your company's tax needs. Counsel at a Fortune 500 company recently told a colleague of ours that all of their tax matters are handled entirely outside of the legal department. This arrangement is not good. Corporate counsel and accountants must work together to bring the full measure of the company's resources to bear on tax-related issues.

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No Defamation From Comments on Atlanta Reality TV Show

Kathleen Baydala Joyner

An Atlanta R&B singer who said on a reality TV show that the CEO of her former record label mismanaged her career and beat her years ago in a hotel room has prevailed in a defamation lawsuit the CEO brought in Fulton County Superior Court.

The Billion-Dollar Divorce

David N. Hofstein & Scott J.G. Finger

A wealthy wife's award of approximately $1 billion of $16 billion in potential assets has been the focal point of stories and discussions about the case. But the details of the decision, as well as the manner in which the case was handled, serve as important reminders of how large-asset divorce cases are litigated across the country and in Pennsylvania in particular.

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Custom-and-Practice Evidence: Exclusion from the Medical Malpractice Case

Alan W. Clark

The admission of evidence of a health care provider's customary practices to prove that he or she acted in accordance therewith in a specified plaintiff's case is not necessarily guaranteed. Last month, in Part One, we began looking at how New York's courts have handled the issue of admissibility when such evidence was offered. We conclude that discussion here.

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Third Circuit Revives Challenge to Firm's Debt Collection Practices

Saranac Hale Spencer

A lawsuit over a law firm's foreclosure practices on behalf of Bank of America has been revived by the Third Circuit. But while the appeals court revived the plaintiff's federal claims, it upheld the dismissal of the state law claims after it predicted how the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would rule on the issue.

Med Mal Damages: Quantifying the Seemingly Unquantifiable

Robert E. Spitzer

In order to assess the validity of economic losses within the field of medical malpractice, a number of variables must be taken into consideration. And depending on the alleged loss advanced, there exist subjective elements that make it difficult to gauge and evaluate those allegedly caused by the medical malpractice.

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<i>B&B</i> Offers Rest And Repose

Jonathan Moskin

The U.S. Supreme Court, in <i>B&amp;B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries</i>, concluded that a TTAB finding of likelihood of confusion can have preclusive effect in a later infringement litigation.

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Battling Grey Goods? Advantages of ITC Now Writ in Black and White

Lyle Vander Schaaf

Customers in the United States often pay more for valued branded goods than buyers of the same goods in less well-developed economies. Higher prices here in the U.S. in turn support profits and shareholder value for manufacturers of branded goods, and strengthen domestic industry.Yet this pricing disparity for the same products in different markets creates an incentive for the so-called grey market.

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