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June 11, 2012 |

The Unworthy Client And Other Intake Considerations

These are difficult times for lawyers. In such times, lawyers and law firms, of every size, are understandably reluctant to turn down any opportunity to gain a new client, and so may tend to see every potential client as a good one.
8 minute read
August 17, 2012 |

Divorced - And Then Bankrupt

Imagine this scenario: You represent a spouse in a divorce proceeding in which the couple has co-owned credit card debt. Your client never made a single purchase in connection with that credit card. After the divorce is finalized, the other spouse files for bankruptcy. Your client becomes the target for the credit card company to pursue for the full balance due on that credit card, and the separation agreement you drafted did not specifically account for this possibility. How could this situation have been avoided?
6 minute read
January 25, 2013 |

The Unfinished Business Doctrine: Law Firm Dissolutions Bring Risks

Based on the efforts of a highly paid legal industry consultant, your firm has been in confidential negotiations with a practice group looking to leave a prominent, nationally known law firm.
8 minute read
August 23, 1999 |

Should Connecticut Regulate Surgery in Doctors' Offices?

Connecticut's medical centers and physicians' offices offer patients convenient and affordable access to outpatient surgical procedures. But the state's hospitals are raising issues of patient safety and want regulation of the increasingly sophisticated surgical procedures performed in physicians' offices, the same way hospitals are regulated. Physicians reply that such an intrusion is unprecedented, unwarranted and unfair. That puts the ball squarely in the court of the state Office of Health Care Access.
10 minute read
June 29, 1999 |

Bankruptcy Reform May Be Bigger Headache

Bankruptcy lawyers, judges and trustees in Connecticut are worrying about bankruptcy reform legislation making its way through Congress. The legislation is considered by many to be too creditor-friendly, with the potential of causing a severe migraine for lawyers and judges alike.
6 minute read
May 20, 2013 |

Federal Law Allows Guilt By Association

Imagine a hospital's assistant administrator submits millions of dollars in false claims to the Medicare program. Would the administrator face criminal liability if he had no knowledge of the criminal conduct of the assistant? The answer to this question is likely "yes."
6 minute read
Royal Insurance Co. of America v. Lexington Insurance Co.
Publication Date: 2004-08-02
Practice Area: Insurance Law
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U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Judge Casey Royal Insurance Co. of America ("Plaintiff"), an excess insurer, sues Lexington Insurance Co. ("Defendant

April 08, 2013 |

Modern Communities Designed To Recreate Feel Of Traditional Villages

Did your grandparents ever regale you with stories of their youth, living in a village where most things were within walking distance? Or maybe you grew up in such a place yourself. Though small town life still exists in many places, the growth of the post-World War II suburbs means that a great many people did not grow up in a walkable village and probably do not live in one now.
4 minute read
January 18, 2013 |

Estate Planning For Digital Assets

While technology can simplify our lives while we're living, it can complicate things significantly when we become ill, incapacitated, or die.
5 minute read
August 16, 1999 |

Fallout on the Y2K Frontier

Xerox has sued its insurer, American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., claiming that $183 million in Y2K-related expenses should be covered under the "sue and labor" provision of its policy.
7 minute read

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