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Taxing Consequences

The Costs Add Up Fast for Individuals Who Fail to File or Pay

Seeking the Cure

With Health Care Fraud Rampant, States Are Urged to Pass Their Own False Claims Acts, But Foes Warn of Windfalls for Plaintiffs Lawyers

Backing Away from the Abyss

Courts May Be Starting to Get a Grip on Asbestos Litigation

Preparing for the Worst

Working Together Will Help Both Government and Private Companies to Weather Disasters

Troubled Kingdoms

As Franchises Seek to Expand Their Empires, Individual Operators Look for Ways to Protect Their Turf

Collaborative Counselors

Newest ADR Option Wins Converts, While Suffering Some Growing Pains

Check, Please

Sorting Through Conflicts Issues Is a Growing Problem for Lawyers in a More Complex Legal Environment

The Price is Right

Courts Are Searching For New Ways to Determine Value

Stolen Lives

Victims of Identity Theft Start Looking for Damages from Companies That Held Their Personal Financial Information

Long Road to Recovery

Victims of Hurricane Katrina Face Legal Issues at Every Turn

Sea Change in Patent Law

Proposed Legislation Would Wean the United States from a ‘First to Invent’ Approval System

Feeling a Chill

Changing Government Policies Are Pressing Corporations and Attorneys to Disclose Protected Information

Taxpayer Savings Time

Tax Laws Contain Incentives to Put Money Away for Retirement and College, but Some May Disappear After 2010

Watch What You Say

Regulators Still Take Ethics Rules on Lawyer Marketing Seriously, So Practitioners Should, Too

When Home Comes to Work

Experts Say Employers Should Seek a Balanced Approach in Dealing With Workers Facing Domestic Violence

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