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Estate Planning: Attorneys and CPAs ' Perfect Together
June 30, 2009
Whether or not a law firm offers its clients estate planning services, the input of a CPA is vital to ensure that a client receives the most comprehensive estate planning advice. Law firms without estate planning capabilities should work closely with accounting firms that do have estate planning expertise in order to realize an additional revenue stream from existing clients.
Cash Management: Know What You Need, Get It, and Put It to Work
June 30, 2009
The cash-flow statement is the single most important tool for the success of any business. Most lawyers, and even many large law firms, begin to realize that they are in trouble only after the money ceases to come in the door. However, cash flow cessation is usually the last symptom of a downward spiral that started long before.
Movers & Shakers
June 30, 2009
Who's doing what; who's going where.
IP News
June 30, 2009
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
Facing a Government Investigation: Common Insurance Issues
June 30, 2009
A policyholder that is mindful of a few issues that commonly arise in seeking coverage for a government investigation is in a much better position to obtain prompt payment of defense costs. This article addresses four common obstacles to obtaining prompt payment of defense costs.
Coverage for Spoliation Claims
June 30, 2009
The most controversial and far-reaching remedy for spoliation has been its recognition as an independent tort claim for either intentional or negligent destruction of evidence.
Disgorge This: The Restitution Defense Meets the Duty to Defend
June 30, 2009
The restitution defense to insurance coverage proceeds from a simple and logical premise. If I steal money from you and am forced to return it, there is no loss for my insurer to reimburse because I never had a right to the money in the first place. Life is rarely so simple, however, and insurers have asserted the restitution defense — with varying degrees of success — in a broad range of situations, some having little connection to the original premise.
Foreign Defendants: Alternative Service via e-Mail
June 29, 2009
Federal courts are increasingly allowing litigants to serve foreign defendants via e-mail under certain circumstances.
Takeda v. Mylan: High-Cost Generic Drugs from Baseless Paragraph IV Certifications
June 29, 2009
In <i>Takeda v. Mylan</i>, the Federal Circuit revisited attorney fees in the context of an ANDA application. In doing so, the court provided additional guidance regarding factual circumstances that may support such awards and addressed several of the unanswered questions from the <i>Yamanouchi v. Danbury</i> opinion.
Kubin and Permissibility of the 'Obvious to Try' Standard
June 29, 2009
Urged by the Supreme Court's opinion in <i>KSR</i>, the Federal Circuit has addressed its precedent regarding the obvious-to-try standard, positively stating a standard implied in its previous holdings.

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