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Making Your Firm More Productive
November 02, 2013
Owners and partners at law firms must learn more about the commercial realities of competition, pay attention to client retention, counter the increased security risks to private data on the cloud and understand how technology can reduce operating costs.
Establishing Copyright Damages When A Party Moves for Summary Judgment
November 02, 2013
Section 504(b) of the Copyright Act allows a copyright owner to obtain both the owner's actual damages as well as an infringer's profits attributable to the infringed work that weren't included in the actual damages award. What are the burdens of proof when a copyright infringement plaintiff seeks this recovery after a pre-trial summary judgment motion has been filed? How does an expert's report work into this? These issues were recently examined in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
The Media
October 31, 2013
While the media creates the impression of an out-of-control tort system, this is out of alignment with actual jury behavior.
Practice Tip: Why Product Manufacturers Should Heed Privacy Trends
October 31, 2013
A recent jury verdict and consumer survey indicates that privacy is touchstone issue for a majority of consumers.
What Remains of CE-Style Insurance Neutrality After GIT?
October 31, 2013
Among the most hard-fought battles involving insurers, policyholders, and asbestos claimants are those that have played out in courts called upon to review orders confirming plans of reorganization in asbestos bankruptcies.
Liabilities
October 31, 2013
This article is the seventh installment in an ongoing series focusing on accounting and financial matters for corporate counsel
From A to ZIP Codes, and Beyond
October 31, 2013
An ever-increasing number of companies find themselves facing potential liability for the use, collection, or release of consumer data -- including ZIP Codes.
When Med Mal and Mass Tort Claims Overlap
October 30, 2013
Med Mal defense attorneys must also be aware of the potential overlap between malpractice claims and mass tort claims.
Do Actions Speak Louder than Words?
October 29, 2013
Extrinsic evidence of past policy interpretation may take many forms, and one form is evidence of the parties' own course of performance with regard to the insurance policies at issue.
Mind Your Flanks
October 28, 2013
This article describes the range of potential collateral litigation and sets out a series of considerations for counsel as they manage FCPA actions.

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    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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