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Med Mal News
April 28, 2012
The latest information.
Drug & Device News
April 28, 2012
Recent news of importance to you and your practice.
Gathering Evidence in Qui Tam Actions
April 28, 2012
According to the federal government, while the act of gathering evidence creates a direct conflict between competing interests, the interest in disclosing the fraud generally outweighs the defendant's interest in keeping the fraud from being divulged.
New Drug Battle Rises in D.C.
April 28, 2012
A series of new DES cases proceeding in federal district courts in the District of Columbia and Boston is bringing a relatively untested issue in DES litigation to the forefront.
Journal Article's Authors Not Responsible for Loss of Claim
April 28, 2012
Are there, or should there be, legal consequences for authors and publishers when medical journal articles do not state the truth, thereby causing harm?
When Does a Child Custody Evaluator Stop Collecting Data?
April 28, 2012
When is the work of a child custody evaluator complete? Over the past several years, the author has repeatedly run into this question. Here are his thoughts.
Retaining Local Counsel When Dividing Retirement Assets
April 28, 2012
Dividing retirement assets in equitable distribution is well known among matrimonial practitioners as one of the most confounding, and potentially complex, areas of our practice. Do you need outside counsel?
NY Firm Disqualified
April 28, 2012
In New York, a Brooklyn appellate court has disqualified a Long Island law firm from handling a woman's divorce after the judge presiding over the case retired and joined the firm.
Representing a Celebrity Client
April 28, 2012
Famous clients' net worth, income and the details of their investments are never publicly revealed. Custody is not disclosed. It is all kept private. How?
<b><i>Product Review:</b></i> Digital WarRoom Pro
April 27, 2012
Not long ago, Gallivan Gallivan &amp; O'Melia LLC released Digital WarRoom' Pro for only $895 for a single license. It claimed DWR Pro could handle all electronic discovery needs in modest cases (less than 500,000 documents). This is still the only product I'm aware of that purports to offer this much functionality for this low a price. Frankly, it sounds too good to be true.

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    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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