Learning and following each state's local requirements for ex parte contact is key in order to avoid legal and ethical issues in the future.
January 24, 2014Lori G. Cohen and Marcella C. Ducca
The scourge of birth defects from Thalidomide in the 1950s and 1960s remains one of the worst pharmaceutical disasters ever. And now there's a wave of new litigation.
January 24, 2014Michael D. BrophyIn this article, the authors contrast the so-called minority approach to differing "other insurance" clauses with the approach generally described as the majority rule.
January 24, 2014Spiro K. Bantis and Daniel W. LondonThe U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that music publisher EMI can keep the rights to the 1934 hit song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" for another 25 years.
December 31, 2013Brendan PiersonPre-Fall Health Influences Recovery
Court Calls for Better Disaster Plans to Protect DisabledDecember 31, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |NEW JERSEY: Pre-Nup Says Payments Are Not Alimony: Bankruptcy Court Disagrees
CONNECTICUT: Suit Challenges State's Alimony Law on Constitutional GroundsDecember 31, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |MA Federal Court Holds 'Economic Loss Doctrine' Does Not Bar Claim for Breach of Implied Warranty
December 31, 2013David R. GeigerA New Jersey Senate committee has signed off on legislation that would strengthen criminal penalties for harassment or bullying over the Internet.
December 31, 2013Michael Booth'Reprehensible' Move to New York Was Nothing of The Kind
December 31, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Meals and entertainment expenses are generally only 50% deductible, and provided the expenses are ordinary and necessary, have a business purpose and have proper documentation, there should be no issues surviving an IRS audit.
December 31, 2013Jacob Weichholz