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Embedding Compliance
The year 2012 was another banner year for Department of Justice (DOJ) officials charged with prosecuting corporate enforcement actions. The DOJ recovered $4.9 billion from False Claims Act cases, the most ever in a single year.
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Chancellor Strine Creates Path for Business Judgment Rule Review of Controlling Stockholder-Led Buyouts
Dealmakers and their legal advisers have an important choice to make when structuring a controlling stockholder-led buyout.
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Suits Against Generic Pharm Manufacturers
What a recent Supreme Court decision does is to effectively immunize pharmaceutical generics manufacturers from state tort liability when they use FDA-approved labels for their products deemed equivalent to brand-name FDA-approved drugs.
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Building the Family Law Practice
When it comes to family law, specialization is the key.
U.S. Tax Court Trumps State Family Court
Family law judges and lawyers need to be aware that in assigning the dependency exemption to a non-custodial parent, Form 8332 releasing the exemption must be secured from the custodial parent.
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Retained Corporate Earnings in a Dissolution of Marriage Proceeding
Recent case law in Illinois raises the question of how to proceed with discovery and with establishing your case if you are confronted with an issue of retained earnings involving a non-marital business.
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The Supreme Court and Same-sex Marriage
In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two historic decisions involving the issue of same-sex marriage.
Social Networking Abuse and Its Impact on Contemporary Family Law Practice
Technology used in the context of separation and divorce is not always of the facilitating variety. To the contrary, family court judges and lawyers frequently observe how technology is used as a weapon.
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BYOD on the Rise at Law Firms
Cloud computing has spawned a rise in companies encouraging employees to "bring your own device" (BYOD) to work, and it's a trend on the rise at law firms. Here's what you need to know.
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Media & Communications: So You Hired a PR Firm
Once the theoretical value of hiring a PR firm is agreed upon, and some level of buy-in is attained from the partners, legal marketers are often left with a troubling question: Now what?
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