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July 16, 2008 |

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November 14, 2005 |

Deferral of Capital Gains

If retirement assets are sold, a capital gains tax must be paid. Instead, consider the transfer of the low basis assets to a charitable remainder trust that will not recognize capital gain on the subsequent sale of the assets and the charitable remainder trust can provide a fixed annuity to the individual for the remainder of his or her lifetime.
9 minute read
February 10, 2003 |

State v. Corriero,

4 minute read
August 24, 2007 |

How Much Will 'Best Law Firms for Women' List Influence Attorneys?

Female law students entering the recruiting season have another weapon for their interviewing arsenal: a list of the 50 U.S. firms deemed most woman-friendly. The survey by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers covers benefits and compensation; parental leave and policies; child care; workforce profile; flexibility; and retention and advancement. Some women in the profession, however, question how much of an impact the list might have on a newly minted attorney's employment decisions.
6 minute read
September 13, 1999 |

Fen-Phen Trial Testimony: Risks Stop One Year After Use

American Home Products' former top medical executive tried to strike at the core of a class action over fen-phen last week by testifying that the risk of heart and lung disease disappears a year after patients stop taking the diet drugs. The testimony by Dr. Marc Deitsch, former senior vice president of medical affairs at AHP subsidiary Wyeth Laboratories who was called by the plaintiffs as a hostile witness, was key because the class is made up of people who used the drug but are asymptomatic.
5 minute read
December 17, 2008 |

Newsbriefs

5 minute read
March 19, 2002 |

N.J. Bans Freewheeling Consent Searches

`Reasonable and Articulable
5 minute read
January 20, 2006 |

Candidate Picked for Top New Jersey Law Job

New Jersey Gov.-elect Jon Corzine last week named Zulima Farber, a black, Cuban-American Democrat, as his attorney general, as part of his pledge to promote diversity -- and his intention to make a series of key appointments before his inauguration. But as Corzine's transition team discovered, it's not so easy to get high-caliber lawyers in private practice to drop what they're doing, take a pay cut, submit to strict new public disclosure requirements and be somebody else's executive.
4 minute read
November 01, 2004 |

U.S. Judge Voids 'Anthrax' Screen Of Prison Mail

A federal judge has ordered the state Department of Corrections to halt its practice of opening prisoners' legal mail before delivering it - allegedly due to the increased threat of anthrax contamination after Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. District Judge William Walls in Newark issued an injunction against the mail policy, concluding it was unrelated to its stated objective.
4 minute read
January 12, 2007 |

Changes to Key Retention Plans

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 significantly modified the treatment of key employee retention plans and severance plans in bankruptcy, by adding a new � 503(c) to the Bankruptcy Code. New � 503(c) eliminates much of the discretion that debtors had previously enjoyed in implementing KERPs and severance plans and that bankruptcy courts enjoyed in evaluating and approving them.
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