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Business Crimes Hotline

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Discussion of two key rulings.

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Justices Gingerly Join Debate Over Internet Sales Taxes

Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 8 scratched the surface of the looming battle over state taxation of Internet retailers and seemed troubled by what it saw.

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Internet Changes Medication Sales Regulations

Jonathan Bick

Internet use has changed the way medication purchases are regulated, due in part to patients' free access to information related to pharmaceutical products and medical care. Consequently, pharmaceutical manufacturers sponsor Internet links to promote direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising via the Internet, with sales sites one click away.

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Law Firm Billing Gets Smart with Tech

Sean Doherty

For law firms to get smart about bidding on work, they need a legal management infrastructure with deep knowledge and understanding of their matters, staffing resources, billing rates and spending data. This business intelligence (BI), goes beyond a stand-alone matter management application.

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Liability to Non-Patients: Recent Decisions Offer Guidance

Thomas A. Moore & Matthew Gaier

Although, generally, there must be a physician-patient or a hospital-patient relationship for a legal duty of care to exist upon which liability may be founded, in some situations, health care providers may be held liable to someone other than a patient.

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Sequenced Discovery in Mass Tort Litigation

Andrew K. Solow, Aaron Levine & Daniel Meyers

This article focuses on sequenced discovery ' an underutilized tool that permits courts to focus initial discovery on general causation. Sequenced discovery front-loads the issue of general causation and prevents plaintiffs from dragging out litigation without having been put to the test of proving that the product at issue can cause the alleged injury.

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QDRO or Buyout

Theodore K. Long, Jr.

One of the most complex and difficult decisions a divorcing couple faces is the division of the pension rights accumulated during the marriage. This article discusses QDROs, pro and con.

Features

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Tort Reform in New Jersey

Gary L. Riveles & Cyndee L. Allert

As the authors explained in Part One of this article, like many other states, New Jersey has instituted tort reform measures aimed at reducing the incidence of frivolous lawsuits and the costs of practicing medicine. These changes in the law have had unintended consequences, however, often making the prosecution of a medical malpractice claims so complicated that only specialist attorneys can handle them.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of several key rulings.

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Second Circuit Arguments in Google Books Case

Mark Hamblett

Recently at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a lower court ruling that Google Books' digital library isn't copyright infringement came under attack.

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