As many practitioners have found, taking a client's standard-form equipment lease and creating an equipment finance agreement is more complicated than it appears.
April 29, 2013Barry Marks and Patricia T. Reid
Companies should carefully examine their insurance programs, evaluate what coverage already may be available, and see what may be done to enhance the available coverage. To the extent that there may be gaps in available coverage, companies should consider how those gaps can be filled, including through specialty "cyber" risk policies.
April 29, 2013Roberta D. AndersonMediation is a common feature of product liability practice. If done well, it earns you favor with your clients. But before entering into mediation, preparation is crucial.
April 29, 2013Kevin Curry and Jennifer BullardThis article briefly explores the underpinnings of the primary jurisdiction doctrine, highlights its use in product cases in 2012 and 2013, and considers the role primary jurisdiction may play in future consumer class action litigation and beyond.
April 29, 2013Cary SilvermanFew courts have considered the issue of whether post-repair diminution in value damages are recoverable under a commercial property policy.
April 29, 2013Lewis E. Hassett and Ryan C. BurkeIn-depth study of two recent cases.
April 29, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |What's happening in neighboring states.
April 29, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |It is the belief of the authors of this article that due process of law is being denied to pro se and represented litigants alike when the fundamental right to custody of one's child is at stake ...
April 29, 2013Alton L. Abramowitz and Sophie Jacobi-ParisiWhat if there are problematic issues with a DSS investigation, or with the caseworker assigned by DSS? When, and how, if at all, may a party's attorney contact DSS about those problems?
April 29, 2013Jerome A. Wisselman and Lisa M. Gregg