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The Death Benefit Only (DBO) Plan for Non-Profits is an arrangement in which the employer, a 501(c) non-profit organization, agrees to pay the actuarially determined cost of the current death benefit on a permanent life insurance policy to be owned by the employee or employer. The employer and employee enter into a written agreement that ordinarily requires the employer to make premium payments as long as the employee works for the employer.

The Court of Appeals recently attempted to balance two important, and often conflicting, public policy considerations underlying standing to bring an Article 78 proceeding ' namely that "courts are adjudicating actual controversies for parties that have a genuine stake in the litigation" while also ensuring that there is not an "impenetrable barrier" to the review of the administrative action.

In Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Techs., Inc., the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that inducement of infringement under 35 U.S.C. '271(b) requires an act of direct infringement under '271(a) ' that is, one entity must perform all steps of a claimed method.

Analysis of two pivotal rulings.

When was the last time you had to sign a document or collect signatures as part of a larger business process? Or wait on someone else for a signature? Did you opt for the old-fashioned "wet signature" or the new-fashion electronic version?

The demand for e-discovery project managers is extreme, thus the bulk of career opportunities for e-discovery professionals are in project management. But not every e-discovery project manager has the same background or is even the same type of project manager.

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 ruled the contraceptive mandate in the federal health care law violated the religious freedom rights of corporate owners who objected to providing the coverage in employee insurance plans.

Online streaming startup Aereo Inc. violated the copyrights of major television broadcast networks by retransmitting programs to users' Internet devices for a fee, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 25.