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December 01, 2008 | Legaltech News

Growth by Association

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May 22, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The Medicare and Medicaid Exclusion Penalty

In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli of Greenberg Traurig analyzes the government's power to exclude individuals and entities from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Because government health benefit programs pay for so much of health care costs, imposing the exclusion penalty can mean the end of one's career or business in the health care industry.
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February 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Bilked investor balks at firm's deal

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker has asked an Atlanta federal judge to approve a settlement of a case alleging that some of the firm's Los Angeles lawyers helped clients sell investments in roving billboards that they should have realized were a scam. The settlement filed with the court is still under seal, but a letter from an investor to U.
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April 08, 2010 | Law.com

Native American Farmers' Class Action Unsettled as Next Deadline Looms

The clock is ticking on negotiations to settle another mammoth discrimination suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this one brought by Native American farmers and ranchers. The class action, filed in D.C. federal court in November 1999, accuses the department of denying thousands of Native American farmers and ranchers the same opportunity to obtain farm loans it routinely gave to white farmers. The discrimination allegedly caused the loss of billions of dollars in credit over a 25-year period.
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July 14, 2010 | Delaware Law Weekly

Legal Implications of Social Networking Websites in the Workplace

The use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter continues to increase. Recent statistics show that Facebook has more than 100 million users in the United States and an estimated 350 million users worldwide. Given this growth, it should come as no surprise that employers use information gathered on these sites in making employment decisions.
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August 20, 1997 | New Jersey Law Journal

Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 5, No. 158 -- August 20, 1997

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October 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MySpace is a treasure chest for cases

AT MALBROUGH LIRETTE in Houma, La., a secretary browses MySpace and Facebook Web sites each day. She's not checking the online social networking sites for personal reasons; she is performing one of her job duties. "It's an everyday occasion," said Joan Malbrough, a partner at the three-attorney firm, which handles family law, personal injury and corporate law matters.
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May 25, 2005 | Law.com

Harsh Criticism for Attorneys in Lupron Class Action

In the litigation over alleged illegal pricing tactics used in marketing the prostate cancer drug Lupron, the fate of hundreds of plaintiffs remains unclear despite a federal judge's approval earlier this month of $150 million in settlements. And complicating the claims of nearly all of the so-called "opt-out" plaintiffs is the fact that their lawyers were harshly criticized by the judge for their marketing tactics, which included a pair of Web sites and an allegedly misleading "Dear Client" letter.
9 minute read
August 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Municipal Law

For the second time, a Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas has dismissed a complaint by the National Rifle Association challenging a city ordinance requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms and providing for a fine or jail time for failure to comply.
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March 27, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Remedies for Spoliation of Evidence

In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner and Gail S. Kelner of Kelner & Kelner review decisions demonstrating the broad discretion the courts have to to ensure an aggrieved party is not unfairly disadvantaged in proving its case or defending its actions, whether that is by striking a pleading, issuing an adverse inference charge, precluding testimony or other sanctions.
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