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The March Toward Marriage Equality in a Post-Windsor Nation
In the march toward marriage equality, the Supreme Court's decision in <I>United States v. Windsor</I> continues to resonate, as federal district courts across the country have relied upon it in striking down state bans on same-sex marriage.
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QDRO or Buyout: Preparing Today for A Secure Tomorrow
Some 84 million Americans work for companies that maintain ERISA-covered retirement plans that are divisible by Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs), which guarantee the non-worker spouse (the non-owner) a share of the pension. Or the couple can opt for a buyout (sometimes called an immediate offset), by which one spouse trades away pension rights for another asset.
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EU Data Protection Reforms Update
Corporate Counsel would do well to familiarize themselves with the ongoing process of reforms to the EU data protection rules due to their eventual compliance impact and because they constitute more than a simple upgrade to the existing rules.
Destroying Evidence?
This may come as a surprise, but neither the California Civil Discovery Act nor any case law interpreting the same specifically prohibits the intentional destruction of evidence prior to a lawsuit being filed ' regardless of whether such litigation is being contemplated or even probable.
Predictive Coding and Keyword Search
Litigation, investigation, and regulatory requests require in-house counsel to manage multivariate issues (legal and business) to effectively mitigate risk involving threats to reputation, finance, and even survivability. This must all be done within the confines of expedience and cost.
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Drug & Device News
Discussion of several key news items of importance to legal practitioners.
NBC Universal Not Liable for Link To Attack Article
The Appellate Court of Connecticut ruled that NBC Universal, through its cnbc.com website, was not responsible for linking to the content of an alleged defamatory article by Teri Buhl, a self-described "smashmouth investigative journalist."
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Food Labeling Claims: Differing Approaches
A recent decision by the federal court for the Eastern District of New York provides an interesting analysis of the various elements of class certification as applied to food or beverage cases, and re-emphasizes the difference in approach by the federal circuits.
Petrella's Lawyers Are Unusual Duo
Winning a judgment against a movie studio for copyright infringement is one of the toughest litigation assignments out there. But it might have become a bit easier after the victory at the U.S. Supreme Court by the unusual duo of entertainment lawyer Glen Kulik of Kulik Gottesman & Siegel in Sherman Oak, CA, and professor Stephanos Bibas of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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