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LexisNexis Commercial Law Podcast
  • LexisNexis® Commercial Law Center Podcast for August 13, 2008
    On this edition, Professor Ingrid Hillinger of Boston College Law School on tort claims, commercial tort claims and Article 9. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/commercial.
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  • LexisNexis® Business Law Center Podcast for August 26, 2008
    On this edition, F. Mark Reuter of Keating Muething & Klekamp in Cincinnati on loopholes that provide activist securityholders unfair advantages in takeover contests, and, how targets can fight back. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/business.
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Mike Mard
Posted By: Mike Mard
“Fair Value” Leads to Volatility; Volatility Leads to Litigation
Fair value will be full implemented at the end of this year, impacting fully the first quarter next year.  Fair value is part of the change of financial reporting from
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Tom Hagy
Posted By: Tom Hagy
Proposed Accounting Change on Reporting “Liabilities With Uncertainties” Generates Emphatic Comments from Companies, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Changing accounting standards requiring corporate reporting on “assets and liabilities with uncertainties” – such as lawsuits – clearly is a concern of many of the nat
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Tom Hagy
Posted By: Tom Hagy
'Lost Sales' Damages Valuation Based on Independent Data Verification Prevails
A case from federal court in Wisconsin, involving starkly different approaches to valuing damages in a contract dispute, stresses the importance of independent verifi
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