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Lawyer Must Pay For Giving Funds To Lil Wayne Concert Scam Image

Lawyer Must Pay For Giving Funds To Lil Wayne Concert Scam

Greg Land

Atlanta attorney Venkatesh "Vinny" Kumar lost his defense of a lawsuit filed by an investor who accused him of handing over $200,000 of her money to con men the lawyer thought represented rapper Lil Wayne.

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Imputed Income: A Look at What Courts Find Persuasive

Marcy L. Wachtel

In Part One of this article, we looked at some of the factors courts use in determining whether to impute income to a divorcing spouse, and how much. But one of the most powerful influences on a court's decision to impute income may be its suspicion that a party simply is not being as forthcoming with the truth as he or she should be.

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Drug & Device News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth discussion of a recent case involving pelvic mesh.

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College Players Win Antitrust Suit Against NCAA

Scott Graham

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the NCAA to pay top college football and basketball players the full cost of their education, plus up to $5,000 a year in broadcast and video game licensing in finding in favor of the athletes in their class action antitrust suit.

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Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of key cases.

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Practice Tip: Calculating Structured Judgments

Lawrence Goldhirsch

It is of great importance for a trial lawyer to understand the mechanics of a periodically paid or structured judgment if s/he is trying a case in a jurisdiction in which such judgment will be entered. Otherwise, the trial lawyer may be rejecting offers that, at first glance, appear to be much lower than verdict value but may, in fact, be equal to or higher than a verdict.

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In the Spotlight: SNDAs: Insights From the Lender Side Image

In the Spotlight: SNDAs: Insights From the Lender Side

Alison Boyer

This article highlights the issues and concerns that a lender faces when determining whether to require a separate subordination agreement ' typically, a Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement or a SNDA ' and in negotiating a SNDA with the tenant.

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Employees Can Decline Qualifying Leave Under the FMLA

Jen L. Cornell

As a result, an employer can insist on designating leave as FMLA if it has reason to believe it qualifies, and then can retroactively remove the designation (to the benefit of the employee) if it turns out the leave was not qualifying. The bell can be "unrung," but only if it benefits the employee.

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Lessons to be Learned from the European View of Good Faith

Mark Abell & Beata Krakus

The concept of good faith is firmly established in the civil law jurisdiction of the European Union (EU), although it manifests itself in different forms in each of them, despite the influence of both the German and French law.

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The Weinstein Bill: Improved Access to Custody Reports

Jeffrey P. Wittmann

Assemblywoman Helene has proposed a Bill to create a more fair and uniform approach to New York's chaotic custody problem via amendments to its Domestic Relations Law and Family Court Act. Herein is a discussion of the pros and cons of that Bill.

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