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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's going where; who's doing what.

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Company-Appointed Rep May Commence Chapter 15 Case

Pedro A. Jimenez & Mark G. Douglas

As the seventh anniversary of the enactment of Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code draws near, the volume of Chapter 15 cases commenced in U.S. bankruptcy courts on behalf of foreign debtors has increased rapidly. And so has related litigation.

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Recovering Transfers That Create Insolvency

David Gottlieb & Michael D. Schwarzmann

An important lesson from recent high-profile bankruptcy cases is that secured creditors can no longer make loan decisions based solely on the value of pledged collateral.

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Seventh Circuit: Bankruptcy Code's Definition of 'Intellectual Property' Does Not Include Trademarks

Marc Fineman & Jonathan Friedland

A recent decision by the Seventh Circuit provided a trademark licensee with protection when its licensor filed for bankruptcy and rejected the trademark license.

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Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of 'Sale' Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Gil A. Abramson & Katherine Levy

The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that pharmaceutical sales representatives, commonly known as "drug reps," are qualified as "outside salesm[e]n" under the FLSA and are, therefore, not subject to the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Act.

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Conducting Discovery in Japan

Jeffrey Soble & Masahiro Tanabe

The unique problem with conducting depositions or requesting production of documents in Japan, however, is that you cannot simply go to Japan and conduct discovery because it could be considered a violation of Japan's judicial sovereignty.

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Corporate Internal Investigations

Vince Farhat, Vito Costanzo & Stacey Wang

This is the second of a three-part series providing companies with a step-by-step guide for planning and conducting sensitive internal investigations into potential wrongdoing.

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Criminal Background Checks

Veena A. Iyer

In January 2012, Pepsi agreed to enter into a settlement agreement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a sweeping charge of race discrimination. The alleged discriminatory practice? The company's criminal background check policy.

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EEOC Recognizes Title VII Cause of Action for Transgender Individuals

E. Fredrick Preis, Jr., Rachael Jeanfreau, & Joseph R. Hu

In a recent unanimous decision, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) took the dramatic step of extending the protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to transgender individuals on the basis of their "transgender" status.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A number of major rulings are analyzed.

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