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Cooperatives & Condominiums
May 02, 2015
Discussion of two recent rulings involving condominiums.
Questions Every Leader Should Ask
May 02, 2015
Leaders in today's law firms are so caught up in managing their caseloads, achieving billable hour goals and putting out fires, they rarely stop to consider how well they are leading.
When Binding Loyalty Creates Loyalty Binds
May 02, 2015
Behavioral science research has found that children are best served when they have healthy, quality relationships with both parents. Children are poorly served when one parent interferes with the child's relationship with the other parent.
Beware: Not All Communications Between Court-Appointed Bankruptcy Professionals Are Privileged
May 02, 2015
A successful Chapter 11 representation requires a close working relationship between the client's attorneys and non-attorney professionals, and the latter are generally kept fully abreast of the attorney's strategies on behalf of their common client. But where a communication otherwise protected by the attorney-client privilege is disclosed to, or made in the presence of a third party, the communication may no longer be, or deemed never to have been considered privileged.
Financial Services Lawyers Cheer Quicken Loans' Lawsuit
May 02, 2015
A legal challenge by Quicken Loans Inc. to the U.S. government's aggressive scrutiny of its FHA mortgage loans reflects widespread industry unease with government investigation of lenders, financial-services lawyers said.
Challenging Estate Plans
May 02, 2015
The year 2012 saw a deluge of trusts being formed to take advantage of what was perceived as the last opportunity to make large gift transfers before a possible decline in the exemption from $5 million to $1 million. The result of all of this should be the need to evaluate more trusts in more divorce cases in the future.
Case Notes
May 02, 2015
A bellwether bone loss drug case is settled.
Navigating PubliclyTraded Securities When Soliciting a Chapter 11 Plan
May 02, 2015
Just because a company's stock is not publicly traded doesn't mean it doesn't have publicly traded debt. Churches, utilities, and hospitals are common types of debtors that issue debt, but many others do as well.
The Internet User's Duty of Care
May 02, 2015
The duty one Internet user has to another has changed, particularly with respect to cyber-security and privacy. Negligence by Internet users has enabled hackers and creators of viruses to exploit computer systems and engage in crime and unwanted computer intrusions.
Verdicts
May 02, 2015
Discussion of two recent important rulings.

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