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Appellate courts continue to use common sense when disposing of constructively fraudulent transfer appeals, as recent decisions show.
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Insurance Coverage for Gun Injuries
Chet A. Kronenberg
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Colin Rolfs
The insurance industry is no stranger to gun-related claims. Although myriad scenarios give rise to such claims, three coverage issues tend to predominate in these cases.
Features
The NLRB's New Focus
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Employee handbooks are getting new scrutiny from the NLRB. Here's what you need to know.
Features
Section 3 of DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional
Ren'e W. O’Rourke
For those employees for whom the employee's state of residence recognizes the same-sex marriage, the benefit plans must recognize the employee's same-sex marriage in the same manner as an opposite-sex marriage.
Clearer Employer Liability Standards for Title VII Supervisor Harassment and Retaliation Claims
Alexis M. Dominguez
This summer, the Supreme Court issued a pair of important employer-friendly decisions. This article offers an in-depth analysis of both decisions and what they mean to your practice.
Columns & Departments
Business Crimes Hotline
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Analysis of two key cases.
Columns & Departments
In the Courts
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
A look at a case involving wiretap evidence.
Features
Strauss/Steffen, District Court Personal Jurisdiction and U.S.-Nexus Rulings
Andrew M. Levine, Bruce E. Yannett, Steven S. Michaels
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Scott N. Auby
On Feb. 8 and 19, 2013, two judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on whether foreign nationals residing continuously outside the United States may be prosecuted on civil FCPA charges by the SEC.
Features
Federal Criminal Antitrust Enforcement
David J. Laing
The Obama Antitrust Division initiated several important policy changes during the last three years, of which the author discuss three.
Features
'Obtainable Property' and the Mail and Wire Fraud Statutes
Gary Stein
The Supreme Court's invalidation of a Hobbs Act conviction in <I>Sekhar v. United States</I> coins a new legal term ' "obtainable property" ' that not only will govern future Hobbs Act prosecutions, but also could limit the scope of the federal mail and wire fraud statutes.
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