Five Steps to Building Your Medical Malpractice Risk 'Crash Cart'
Sometimes, despite best-laid treatment plans, unforeseen and unforeseeable medical complications still arise. Then you need a "crash cart.
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Navigating the Rule 26 Expert Disclosure Rules
Even a qualified expert with an opinion based on reliable methodology may never reach the jury if counsel fails to be mindful of the highly technical expert disclosure requirements that the federal rules require and courts enforce with little empathy. .
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COUNSEL CONCERNSDC Comics Denied Sanctions in Superman Copyright Dispute
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, although 'deeply troubled' by his behavior, refused to sanction prominent entertainment attorney Marc Toberoff for alleged discovery violations during his lengthy court battle over the rights to Superman.
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ROYALTY ROUNDUP Loan-Out Companies; Limitations Defense
The 2010 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that artists can be entitled, under their pre-existing recording agreements, to half of record-label income from digital sales has triggered claims involving thousands of artists.Following are three recent developments in this litigation area.
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The Scope of Indemnification in DIP Financing Agreements
This article examines the typical DIP financing indemnification provision and the less frequently seen pre-petition indemnification provision, and examines the effect of pre-petition indemnifications on the bankruptcy estate.
The Mutual Benefits of Trust: Building an Attorney-Client Relationship in Collections Work
With a commitment to some fundamental operating principles and a focus on building a mutually beneficial relationship, both the collections attorney and his or her client can develop and maintain a long-term working relationship that really is, for all intents and purposes, a partnership.
Cut Off Dates for The Valuation of Active Assets
It is long established under New Jersey law that the cut-off date for equitable distribution of an active asset is the date of the filing of the Complaint. The law in New York, however, allows some flexibility, and other states have departed from the bright-line rule.
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