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Marijuana Legalization vs. Employee Drug Tests
As marijuana laws change throughout the country, how should employers handle positive drug tests? In a recent blog post, Jordan Schwartz of Epstein Becker & Green weighs in on the issue.
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Med Mal News
A look at a case involving tort recovery for a same-sex partner.
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Landlord & Tenant
Cases involving default by tenant, and tenant succession rights.
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Ninth Circuit Takes Tough Stance on Loss Causation
A company's announcement of an internal investigation may trigger a bad stock market reaction but, by itself, it's not enough to establish loss causation in a securities class action, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held.
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A Primer for Valuation of Music Catalogs
The rights to a music catalog can be held outright by the artists, within a pass-through legal entity, such as a limited liability company or partnership, or within a corporate entity or trust. How are these music assets valued?
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Failure to Diagnose
The "bread and butter" of medical malpractice litigation is the failure to diagnose a case. Failure to diagnose is also, perhaps, the most controversial type of malpractice claim. Here's why.
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Practice Tip: Personal Security Issues and Tips for Family Lawyers
"Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people are at their worst."
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Interpreting China's New Trademark Law
Despite China's quotas on film and TV program imports, and the country's aggressive content restrictions, the U.S. entertainment industry continues to look at the world's second largest economy as essential for expanding the international audience for U.S. productions. With that in mind, this article examines the first major amendments to China's trademark law in more than 20 years.
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Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements
A tenant's goal in negotiating a SNDA is to protect the rights that it has negotiated with its landlord if the landlord's lender or any third-party purchaser acquires the property.
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