The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Shanon S. Levin | March 23, 2018
When the ADA was enacted, the vast information infrastructure of the Internet that allows ready access to employment, health care, education, government services, goods and entertainment did not exist.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By John A. McCreary Jr. | March 22, 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 inserted a new subsection (q) into Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code which denies deductions for payments made in settlements of sexual harassment or sexual abuse cases, and “related” attorney fees.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Penny Conly Ellison | March 19, 2018
Traveling with a pet can create quite the dilemma. Many pet owners are reluctant to leave their pets behind when they travel, but traveling by air can be both stressful and, at times, dangerous for pets.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Kate A. Mahoney | March 19, 2018
Fraudulent conveyance litigation arising from failed leveraged buyout transactions is frequently pursued in bankruptcy proceedings as the sole source of recovery for creditors.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Patricia E. Farrell | March 13, 2018
Reports of institutional sexual harassment and abuse have flooded newsstands for the last several months, wreaking havoc on the reputations of Hollywood big wigs and high-powered officials.
By Sue Reisinger | March 7, 2018
DOJ announced it had extended its voluntary self-reporting guidelines last week at the American Bar Association's 32nd annual National Institute on White Collar Crime in San Diego.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kyle R. Bahr and James L. Sanders | March 6, 2018
Businesses in possible criminal violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) may be inclined to reach for the olive branch that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently extended with its new “FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | March 6, 2018
The U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides distressed companies an array of tools to reorganize their business affairs and restructure their debt.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold | March 2, 2018
When the Supreme Court scrapped Conley v. Gibson's “no set of facts” federal pleading standard in Twombly (2007) and Iqbal (2009), courts initially struggled to apply the inherently ambiguous “plausibility” standard. In the immediate aftermath, some courts frankly misconstrued Twombly and Iqbal to invite a Daubert-style “gate keeper” appraisal of complaints in which judges could (and should) prune claims that, based on their own personal experience with the subject matter at issue, appeared dubious.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jonathan D. Klein | March 1, 2018
So often articles related to cybersecurity focus solely on assessment and preparedness against external forces (e.g., cybercriminals, hackers, ransomware, etc.), yet do not convey the full array of protections necessary to ensure complete cyberpreparedness for a busin
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