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With All Due Deference

Tom Harrington & R. Scott Oswald

In the courtroom, a business transaction, or on a ball field, a loss can also be a victory. Such is the case for employees in the matter of <I>Nielsen v. AECOM Technology</I>, decided by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2014. This is a significant victory for employees.

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Electronic Health Records

Linda S. Crawford

While EHRs are here to stay, what are the benefits and risks of this product? Do they create more or less legal liability for medical providers?

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Leadership Mistakes

Aleta Norris

Most law firm leaders have not figured out that this assignment is not about them. It is about the people they are in a position to serve. And, because they just don't realize this, they make mistakes.

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Insurance Coverage In Trademark Disputes

Milton Springut

On Aug. 20, 2014, summary judgment was granted to the plaintiff insurance company, upholding its denial of coverage to indemnify judgments in two trademark counterfeiting cases. <i>United States Fidelity &amp; Guarantee v. Ashley Reed Trading.</i> The opinion provides insight to trademark practitioners about insurance coverage and provides information about strategies for trademark owners' enforcement efforts.

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Equity Joint Ventures

Matthew Churchill & Allain Andry

When a client seeks representation on an equity joint venture, there are eight primary structural considerations that provide the framework for documenting the venture: 1) initial capital contributions; 2) future capital needs; 3) cash distribution waterfall; 4) governance; 5) transfers; 6) exit rights; 7) restrictive covenants; and 8) affiliate transactions.

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Do We Need #consent?

Jesse M. Brody & Suemyra A. Shah

While numerous companies now maintain an active presence on Twitter, the extent to which brands can lawfully interact with other Twitter users for advertising and similar commercial purposes is still not yet clearly defined and, consequently, the legal risk associated with each tweet is not always properly weighed before a promotional social media campaign is launched.

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Strategic Contract Management to Maximize Net Revenue

Jeff Catanzaro & Robin Snasdell

Strategic contract management and the deployment of the right supporting technology can mitigate issues and help organizations extract maximum value from their contracts.

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Litigant Preparation by Mental Health Professionals

David A. Martindale

There are both tactical and ethical reasons to refrain from having litigants prepared for evaluations by forensic mental health consultants. Here's why.

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How One Firm Tracked an Oligarch and Billions in Fraud

Michael D. Goldhaber

For five years, a team at international law firm Hogan Lovells tracked the wild financial peregrinations of a Kazakh oligarch suspected of running a $10 billion fraud. But this is more than a cloak-and-dagger story.

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Going Digital ' With Signatures

John Marchioni

ALM research indicates that 52% of surveyed corporate counsel and small, medium and large firms are either already using an electronic signature solution or plan to implement one in the next 12 months.

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