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First Circuit Raises Troubling Questions
August 30, 2012
The recently published First Circuit opinion in <i>Rosciti v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania</i>, presents an increasingly common interplay between two somewhat different and often conflicting areas of law &mdash; insurance coverage and bankruptcy.
Med Mal News
August 30, 2012
Two items of interest.
The IP Exclusion: The Elephant in the Room
August 30, 2012
So-called Intellectual Property exclusions in commercial general liability ("GL") insurance policies have received relatively little attention from the courts. However, the ubiquity of new advertising technologies, recent appellate decisions confirming GL "personal and advertising injury" coverage for patent claims, and new claims that policyholders are facing for alleged electronic invasions of privacy may well turn the IP exclusion into the proverbial "elephant in the room.
Pay-for-Delay Contracts
August 30, 2012
The Third Circuit has determined that, when a patent-holding drug manufacturer makes payments to potential generic competitors to keep them out of the marketplace, that fact alone serves as <i>prima facie</i> evidence of violation of U.S. antitrust laws.
The Attorney-Client Privilege
August 30, 2012
Because in-house counsel may be involved in giving advice on many issues that are more business-oriented rather than legal, conversations in which in-house counsel is a participant ' as well as documents addressed to or from in-house counsel ' are readily susceptible to discovery.
Practice Tip: Filing 'Direct' Cases in an MDL
August 30, 2012
Is there any problem with filing your case directly with the MDL court? According to the author, the relative simplification of doing so may bring more problems than it is worth.
Company Representatives and Modern Medical Technology
August 30, 2012
While company representatives can provide technical support for complex devices and keep surgical staff informed about new technology, their presence in operating and procedure rooms is not without controversy.
Getting It Back: Recovering Transfers That Create Insolvency
August 30, 2012
Over the past few years, several companies have run out of money and been forced to declare bankruptcy within months of completing transactions that depleted their equity value and rendered them insolvent. By understanding the test for determining whether such transactions can be unwound, lenders, recipients and creditors all benefit.
The 'Cat's Paw' Doctrine in the Second Circuit
August 30, 2012
Imputing liability to an employer that relies on input from a biased employee is known as the "cat's paw" theory of liability. Here's how this affects your practice.
Retiree Health Care Issues After the Affordable Care Act
August 30, 2012
Following implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the funding and providing of promised retiree health benefits has a new series of requirements that must be met by Taft-Hartley retirement plans, employers and plan sponsors.

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