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Trying 'Best-Efforts' Cases
This article offesr concrete tips ' based on the authors' experience from several recent trials ' for defending a best-efforts case.
Best Practices (And Even Better Questions) to Apply to Your Back-Office Operations
While the economy continues to limp along and the experts continue to predict a flat legal market, it is more important than ever to ensure your back-office operations are functioning in the most cost-effective, efficient way possible.
'Discovery Rule' Does Not Apply
In <i>Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission,</i> the Supreme Court unanimously concluded that Section 2462's limitations period began to run from the date of the alleged misconduct, not from the date the SEC discovered the alleged fraud.
New Litigation Trends Survey Reveals a Rising Tide
A look at The 9th Annual Litigation Trends Survey, commissioned by Fulbright &amp; Jaworski L.L.P. and conducted during 2012 by an independent research firm.
Outparcels in Retail Projects
The key to being able to sell or lease an outparcel successfully may often turn on the care that was taken by the initial developer of the subject project.
Business Crimes Hotline
Analysis of two key rulings.
In the Courts
A look at a recent decision involving the SEC and the "discovery rule.
NY State White Collar Enforcement for the 21st Century
Over the last several decades, the federal government moved ahead of New York in attacking the problem of white-collar crime .But now, the state has launched the New York State White Collar Crime Task Force..
A Terrible Trap
The FAR trap that is buried deep ' is found at 3.1003 and 52.203-13 and is known as the 'mandatory disclosure rule.'
The Federal Prosecutor As Regulator
In the heavily regulated health care sector, the line between human error and a knowing "false claim" can be indistinct, aided and abetted by prosecutors' reliance on the FCA-defined concepts of "reckless disregard" and "deliberate ignorance" as proxies for proof of actual knowledge.

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