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October 29, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Maximizing Infringement Damages

When asserting causes of action under both Copyright and Lanham acts, careful strategy can lead to increased recovery.
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September 21, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Juarez Violence Leads to More Work for El Paso Lawyers

The border town of Ciudad Juarez is the most violent city in Mexico, but because the violence largely has not crossed the border into Texas, it is El Paso immigration and real estate lawyers — not the criminal-defense bar — that are getting a boost to their practices.
6 minute read
January 20, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Internet outage would cause mass disruptions

If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger. In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a city, state or country for a day or a week.Sure, we'd survive. People have done it. Countries have, as Egypt did last year during the anti-government protests. And most of civilization went along until the 1990s without the Internet.
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December 03, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Dodd-Frank's Diversity Clause

In their Labor Relations column, John P. Furfaro and Risa M. Salins of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom discuss a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that requires each covered agency to establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and to take specific steps to promote diversity within its own work force.
8 minute read
March 28, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

MF Global General Counsel Tells Congress of the Firm's Collapse

In testimony prepared for a congressional committee, Laurie Ferber, the general counsel of the bankrupt MF Global Holdings Ltd., described the feverish negotiations that led to uncovering the firm's nearly $1 billion deficit.
6 minute read
June 14, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Discovery Demands From Nonparties

In his Products Liability column, Michael Hoenig, a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, writes that when it comes to discovery demands directed to nonparties, mere conclusory verbiage recited by the requesting party will leave the notice or subpoena vulnerable to attack, particularly so in courts within the Second Department.
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February 15, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Cornyn Sues HMO Under "Delegated Networks" Law

It`s a case of dueling lawsuits that could force the courts to determine whether the state can require a health maintenance organization to pay physicians and hospitals more than it contracted to pay and fine it if it fails to do so. theAlleging that the failure of PacifiCare of Texas Inc. to pay tens of millions of dollars of claims has disrupted patient care, Attorney General John Cornyn sued the HMO on Feb. 11. Cornyn filed State of Texas, et al. v. PacifiCare on behalf of Texas Insurance Commissioner Jo
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March 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Settling Claims in New York: Avoid a Trap for the Unwary

John B. Berringer, a partner at Reed Smith, writes: It is relatively common in many jurisdictions for a policyholder who has received a disclaimer of coverage from his insurance carrier to settle a liability claim with the underlying plaintiff for the policy limits and then assign his insurance rights to the plaintiff in exchange for a release. The plaintiff would then seek to recover against the absent insurance company, with the only issue being whether the insurance company's original denial of coverage was justified. In New York, however, it appears that this relatively common practice could result in the loss of insurance depending upon the manner in which the underlying claim is resolved.
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October 17, 2002 | Law.com

Pro Bono Cyber-Publico

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