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Managing Credit During and After Divorce
July 02, 2014
If your clients aren't careful to attend to their finances, they could wind up in a major credit hole with no easy way out. Here's how to help them.
Causes of Action over Property Insurance Coverage
July 02, 2014
Rarely do lawyers have the benefit of a decision that is a primer on permissible causes of action arising from property insurance coverage disputes.<I>Kings Infiniti v. Zurich American Ins.</I> is one of those decisions.
Proposed Class in Hulu Privacy Suit Needs Objective Data
July 02, 2014
With eye-popping damages at stake, a federal magistrate refused to allow consumer plaintiffs to move forward as a class with claims that Hulu violated their privacy by sharing the videos they viewed.
The Transgender Child
July 02, 2014
A look at gender dysphoria in "a growing cohort of children who, at ages as young as three or four, announce they do not accept ' the gender assigned to them at birth."
Supreme Court Mandates More Patent Claim Clarity
July 02, 2014
In <i>Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.</i>, a unanimous Supreme Court held that the test for patent claim definiteness in 35 U.S.C. '112, '2 (2006) "require[s] that a patent's claims, viewed in light of the specification and prosecution history, inform those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention with reasonable certainty."
Case Notes
July 02, 2014
Experts analyze the latest key rulings.
Coverage Disputes over Data Breaches
July 02, 2014
Each day, businesses become progressively more dependent on computers and the Internet to gather, store and protect information. But, as sophisticated as this technology may be, it has also proven to be susceptible to breaches, which have time and again resulted in the unauthorized access of confidential information.
Changes to Mental Disorders
July 02, 2014
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the only health-care challenge facing employers. Recent medical disease reclassifications are affecting a large portion of America's workforce, and the long-term impact is proving difficult to predict.
Decisions of Interest
July 02, 2014
An in-depth look at various key cases.
Dealing with Stub Rent After <i>In re Oreck</i>
July 02, 2014
A bankruptcy judge recently held that lessors of a debtor's corporate headquarters were not entitled to administrative expense priority under 11 U.S.C. ' 365(d)(3) for 25 days of unpaid "stub rent" for the period between the Chapter 11 petition and the first postpetition rent payment.

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