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Abstracts: DOL provides guidance on in-kind contributions. SEC proposes new alternative replacement for Rule 16b-3. IRS proposes modifications to sections 410(b), 401(l), and 414(s) regulations
Abstracts: DOL's final rule on insurance company general accounts: how much does it resolve? ERISA guidelines for plan payment of plan-related expenses
Abstracts: Domestic violence and U.S. asylum law: eliminating the "cultural hook" for claims involving gender-related persecution
Abstracts: Domestic violence. Divorce and distribution. Family law; a federal look at child support
Abstracts: Domino effect? Circuits topple tying-claim cases; two appellate courts have ruled against franchisees and suppliers that brought antitrust tying claims against franchisors
Abstracts: Do minority shareholders matter? Mixed signals from the Tax Court. Income taxes and stock values
Abstracts: Domino's Pizza delivers ... a blow to franchisee tying claims. Class actions
Abstracts: Donors taxed on gain even though stock given to charity. No refund of excess interest paid on tax deferred by installment method
Abstracts: Do not underestimate the president's lawyer; he's been keeping his skills sharp away from court. Quiet partner to high-profile lawyer
Abstracts: Don't bank on it; thinking of leaving law for the investment world? Learn from those who switched and returned
Abstracts: Don't be locked out; the right strategy can open doors to evidence that might otherwise be inadmissible at trial
Abstracts: Don't blame the lawyers for their ubiquity. Revisiting contingency fees for class counsel. Considering law practice in Japan? Good luck
Abstracts: Don't get duped. Conference in an instant. Easy assembly
Abstracts: Don't leave home for CLE; the Lawyers Communication Network now brings the programs to you. Funding the future
Abstracts: Don't leave home without it ... your office, that is. What is your computer hiding? For those who know where to look, the information is still there
Abstracts: Don't take experts from strangers; be leery of consultants charging contingency fees for finding expert witnesses
Abstracts: Don't tell juries about statutory damage caps: the merits of nondisclosure. Shareholder litigation under indeterminate corporate law
Abstracts: Don't unleash FBI. Severance of trials should be used more often. The FBI laboratory system is deeply flawed
Abstracts: Do parties to nuisance cases bargain after judgment? A glimpse inside the cathedral. Allocating the burden of proof in 60(b)(4) motions to vacate a default judgment for lack of jurisdiction
Abstracts: Do pharmacists have a right to refuse to fill prescriptions for abortifacient drugs? Antiprogestin drugs: research and clinical use in Sweden
Abstracts: D&Os may be exposed in corporate bankruptcy; when suits against them are likely, directors and officers may be unprotected by policies
Abstracts: DOT, ADA, and FMLA: overlap, similarities, and differences with respect to the new Alcohol and Drug Testing Rules
Abstracts: Dot-com firms redefine leasing needs in cyber age; traditional requirements of location above all else give way to 24/7 access as Internet start-ups settle into bricks and mortar
Abstracts: Do the ends justify the means test? House-passed bill designed to reduce Ch. 7 filings by consumers is not the best means of increasing their payments to creditors
Abstracts: Do those who cannot speak really have a voice? Analysis of power in medical decision-making: an argument for physician autonomy
Abstracts: Double blind lawmaking and other comments on formalism in the tax law. Formalism and realism in Commerce Clause jurisprudence
Abstracts: Double jeopardy: act two: justices suggest that feds can seize felons' assets. L.A. cops take case to high court
Abstracts: Double jeopardy claims gaining: issue is raised with some success in civil-forfeiture, drunk-driving cases. One crime, two punishments: asset forfeiture cases offer chance to sort out double jeopardy issues
Abstracts: Double jeopardy downs DUI cases: but appeals courts balk on license suspension issue. Prisoner suits plentiful, but few do much time
Abstracts: Double jeopardy law after Rodney King. We the people(s), original understanding, and constitutional amendment
Abstracts: Double speak: two reviewers share their opinions on Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition software. When presentation is everything: Dreamweaver and GoLive go head-to-head to get you on the Web
Abstracts: Double taxation and taxing dividends: administration's latest reform proposals. IRS issues guidance on 1997 changes to effect of 10/50 dividends on foreign tax credit
Abstracts: Doubts about direct final rulemaking. Publication rules in the rulemaking spectrum: assuring proper respect for an essential element
Abstracts: Do we really need criminal and civil penalties for contraventions of directors' duties? A spanner in the works: the impact of Mesenberg v Cord Industrial Recruiters on enforcement rights under the Corporations Law
Abstracts: Do we really want more leaders in business? Ethical development of advanced technology: a postmodern stakeholder perspective
Abstracts: Downloading from the Net is dangerous; well-intentioned companies that download or hyperlink to copyrighted material online may find themselves liable for infringing
Abstracts: Downsizing is difficult in European countries: government protections make employee terminations costly, especially by U.S. standards
Abstracts: Downsizing is often dangerous. References a key to hiring. Keeping staff happy takes skill; recession woes
Abstracts: Down to business; at midterm, the high court's business docket goes international. Supreme Court's business docket lacks legal punch
Abstracts: Downward departures from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines based on the defendant's drug rehabilitative efforts
Abstracts: Drafting dispute resolution clauses in complex business transactions. Drafting arbitration clauses: avoiding the 7 deadly sins
Abstracts: Drafting flexible irrevocable trusts - whom do you trust? The disclaimer-activated generation-skipping trust: a useful strategy
Abstracts: Drafting for the marital deduction in light of the new family-owned business exclusion. Can incentive trusts encourage children to behave responsibly?
Abstracts: Drag-and-drop difference; innovations make this outlining program a handy tool for lawyers. Multitasking marvel; the copier that does everything but take orders for lunch
Abstracts: Dragging lawyers into the '90s. The virtual library looms; stacks of books may be a thing of the past. But skeptics still exist
Abstracts: Drawing adverse inferences from the non-production of evidence . A missed opportunity to revise the Arbitration Act 1996
Abstracts: Drawing a fine ethical line: is it creative or cunning? Counsel who use demonstratives must zealously advocate their clients' interests but stay within the boundaries of the truth
Abstracts: Drawing a line in the sand; suits by lifeguard, student to define standard for sexual harassment liability. Changing rules on the job; new sex harassment standards please bosses and workers
Abstracts: Drawing the line: CompareRite and DeltaView battle to be the best. No-sweat tables of authorities
Abstracts: Draw the fire away from the witness. A giant-killer should limit scope of attack. Tough it out to a big victory
Abstracts: Dreams really do come true. Bouncing back. The great escape; the joys and woes of resort town practice
Abstracts: Dressing like a lawyer: whether in a law office or courtroom, what you wear may be almost as important as what you say
Abstracts: Driven to defection; fed up with insurers' auditors, defense lawyers go to work for plaintiffs. Five more leave Graham & James; the group defection follows a year of declining profits and the departures of other key partners
Abstracts: Drivers' pay and allowances. Still weighting: location allowances in 1997
Abstracts: Drive-time stories for stressed-out lawyers; the growing availability of books on tape provides great choices for journeys
Abstracts: Drug approval overregulation. Regulatory report card. A troubling diagnosis
Abstracts: Drug-assistance programs funded by Title II of the Ryan White CARE Act: a survey of the states. HIV consortia services funded by Title II of the Ryan White CARE Act: a survey of the states
Abstracts: Drug courts do work; a study finds recidivism is reduced; Los Angeles is model for the national. Drug war's big showcase falls apart
Abstracts: Drug laws went wrong 25 years ago. Buying up the political franchise in America. As our freedoms dwindle, death is a consolation prize
Abstracts: Drug makers, biotech weigh patent suits; judge's ruling gives green light to sue universities. Gray market goods barred by judge
Abstracts: Drug policy for results. Yes: silencing the homeless. No: a solution to intimidation
Abstracts: Drugs warp the system. Lawyers and accountants must make it work. Uniform discrepancies
Abstracts: Drugs warp the system. Whose is the privilege? Ex parte gets harder to pin down
Abstracts: Drug testing and the right to privacy: arguing the ethics of workplace drug testing. Ethics in the workplace: an effective tool to combat employee theft
Abstracts: Drug war on the cheap: studies tout savings, other benefits for addicts. Is capital punishment for killers only: state seeks death penalty against child rapists, raising constitutional questions
Abstracts: DSR produces indexed databases of documents; document-recognition software combines scanned images with a database of search terms
Abstracts: Ducking the artful dodger: ethics problems within the law firm require special care. Litigating in theory: a strong plan builds a good foundation for winning the case
Abstracts: Due diligence requires assessing value of all IP; valuation of both patents and marks begins with a search. Patent due diligence helps ensure exclusivity; areas of inquiry should include inventorship status and rights assignments or reservations
Abstracts: Dueling software makers: company president claims badmouthing in suit against competitor, then lobs his own allegations
Abstracts: Duel of the document managers. Voice dictation software: the next generation. Case management in the spotlight
Abstracts: Due process and witness anonymity. The Crown Court Witness Service: little help in the witness box. The due process right to opt out of class actions
Abstracts: Due process. Establishment of religion. Fifth Amendment
Abstracts: Due process in the discipline process. I don't trust you, but why don't you trust me? Recognizing the fragility of trust and is importance in the partnering process
Abstracts: Due process in the discipline process. Managing client emotions: how a mediator can help. An arbitrator's view of writing briefs
Abstracts: Duke blue devil troika ascends to high-level Justice Dept. posts. Professor maps plan to tackle Rwanda genocide crime backlog
Abstracts: Dump it here, I need the money: restoration damages for temporary injury to real property held for personal use
Abstracts: Dunfee re Frederick: nature and norms. Securing the ties that bind: a response to commentators. Precis for: 'Ties that Bind'
Abstracts: Durable power can alleviate effects of client's incapacity. Good Heavens, it's c By God. Developing Good Client Relations
Abstracts: Dusting for Daubert; several defense lawyers argue fingerprint evidence is not scientific. So far, the courts aren't buying it
Abstracts: Duties of care under the Revised Uniform Partnership Act. Of the latest attempted revisions to the Bankruptcy Code: Can they really change anything?
Abstracts: Duties of good faith: where lies the pendulum between insurer and policyholder? Avoiding class action exposure through due diligence in vendor selection: insurance carrier utilization of third party vendors
Abstracts: Duties to mitigate vary state by state; while Texas' high court recently held a landlord to the duty, appellate decisions in New York, Pennsylvania ruled against it
Abstracts: Duty of consistency creates taxable estate. Second-to-die life insurance policy not included in gross estate. Stolen art objects includible in gross estate
Abstracts: Duty of disclosure for corporate officers and directors under ERISA. U.S. Supreme Court overrules Seventh Circuit; holds that HMO "treatment" decisions are not fiduciary acts under ERISA
Abstracts: Dwindling judicial resources; chronic underfunding leading to delays, reduced services, shutdowns. Tackling criminal justice reform; ABA task force to direct efforts at the public, media and legislators
Abstracts: Dye is cast: color can be trademarked; ruling could benefit those seeking protection for unusual product features
Abstracts: Dying for work; a weak OSHA and declining unions mean danger on the job. Off the rails: danger signals for Automatic Train Protection
Abstracts: Dynasty trusts: sheltering descendants from transfer taxes. Structuring GRATs under the Section 7520 regulations
Abstracts: Early merger talks may be subject to disclosure; Third Circuit decision greatly expands a corporation's duty to update public statements
Abstracts: Early retirement window programs within qualified plans - complying with the final coverage and nondiscrimination rules
Abstracts: Earn a J.D. on your home PC; 'distance learning' online catches on, but full accreditation comes up short. Be paid up when you're laid up; disability insurance can help keep a law practice off the critical list
Abstracts: Easier legal citations: WordPerfect for Windows' QuickCorrect and Abbreviations features can ease your formatting blues
Abstracts: Easing the credit crunch: a "functional" approach to lender control liability under CERCLA. CERCLA arranger liability in the Eighth Circuit: United States v. TIC Industries
Abstracts: Easing the pain of budgeting: best practices of law firms. How effective are graphics and presentations at trial?
Abstracts: Eastern states convene over ozone compliance; under its 1990 Clean Air Act revisions, Congress set up an Ozone Transport Commission
Abstracts: Easy and familiar time tracking: Timetag works seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook. Phenomenal browser-based system
Abstracts: EC-ACP economic partnership agreements and WTO compatibility: An experiment in North-South interregional agreement?
Abstracts: E.C. cases may create uncertainty. NFL sues to protect blackouts; League has winning streak. Decisions may signify a judicial turnabout
Abstracts: ECJ ducks key question on contracting out. When non-payment of the agreed remuneration is a repudiatory breach of contract
Abstracts: ECJ requested to interpret merger directive in context of German requirement for double rollover of book value
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