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    Oklahoma's Supreme Court finds a trial court applied the wrong standard in denying sanctions in a discovery dispute, and, a popular gaming system is subjected to another patent infringement complaint. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Discovery, Antitrust and Intellectual Property Litigation Reports. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, go to www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
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    The 2nd Circuit affirms a finding of no jurisdiction over a junk fax class, and, a computer maker is the recipient of a class action complaint alleging gender bias. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Class Actions and Insurance Litigation Reports. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, go to www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
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    The testimony of a treating physician is inadequate to prove causation in a benzene exposure lawsuit, and, a federal appeals court decertifies a consumer fraud class action against a large retailer. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Benzene, Class Actions and Emerging Insurance Disputes Reports. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, go to www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
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    A jury awards $3 million in one diet drug trial while another jury finds for Wyeth in a second trial, and, an NFL lineman sues a supplement maker over a banned ingredient. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Diet Drugs, Asbestos and Emerging Insurance Disputes Reports. Copyright© 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, go to www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Financial Crisis Federal Legislation
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343)   Bill Tracking Report  
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Banking & Financial Services Solutions
Selected LexisNexis resources featuring banking and financial service solutions relevant to the ongoing financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers....
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Current News
Selected LexisNexis resources featuring access to current news content involving the ongoing financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers. If you are...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Investigate Distressed Companies
Selected LexisNexis resources providing access to content enabling investigation of distressed companies impacted by the ongoing financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Related Expert Commentary
Selected LexisNexis Expert Commentary addressing issues related to the ongoing financial crisis Hudson Cook on Correction of Federal Truth in Lending Mistakes - Despite the compliance...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Securities Law Solutions
Selected LexisNexis resources featuring securities law solutions relevant to the ongoing financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers. If you are...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Commercial Law
Selected LexisNexis resources featuring commercial law content relevant to the ongoing financial crisis.   The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers. If...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Bankruptcy Law
Selected LexisNexis resources featuring bankruptcy content relative the ongoing financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers. If you are not currently...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Insurance Law
Selected LexisNexis resources featuring insurance content relevant to the on-going financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers. If you are not currently...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Real Estate
Selected LexisNexis resources featuring real estate law content relevant to the ongoing financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers. If you are not currently...
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LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff Tax Law
 Selected LexisNexis resources featuring tax law content relevant to the ongoing financial crisis. The resources links below can be accessed by lexis.com subscribers. If...
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Analysis of important legal issues, authored by leading practice area experts.
Insights & Analysis
Alyssa Moir, Jeff Kray and Brad Marten
Posted By: Alyssa Moir, Jeff Kray and Brad Marten
FREE DOWNLOAD: Marten Law Group on Great Expectations: President-Elect Obama’s Environmental and Energy Policies
Gerald W. Paulukonis, J.D.
Posted By: Gerald W. Paulukonis, J.D.
New Bailout Legislation Contains Extensive Tax Provisions
Significant Impact on Energy, Executive Compensation Taxation
James A. Fanto
Posted By: James A. Fanto
Fanto on the Upheaval of the United States Financial System
Victoria Strohmeyer,Meredith Jolivert,Karen Sealy
Posted By: Victoria Strohmeyer,Meredith Jolivert,Karen Sealy
Strohmeyer, Jolivert, and Sealy on Cogeneration Association of California, et al. v. FERC
Andrew Stutzman
Posted By: Andrew Stutzman
Stutzman on a Bank's Duty of Care to a Non-Customer
Philip R. Fink, J.D.
Posted By: Philip R. Fink, J.D.
Taxation of U.S. Citizens Working in a Foreign Country
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Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
Posted By: Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
Using rock formations, really, to reduce greenhouse gases
In a prior post I noted that the IEA was pitching the construction of 10,000 carbon capture and storage projects in order to keep GHG emissions to a level that may limit the increase in global temperature...
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Ed Viguerie
Posted By: Ed Viguerie
Statement From This Weekend's G20 Summit
The G20 issued a  statement   from last weekend's summit. The statement includes a brief analysis of the problems, a statement on measures to be taken to shore up the world economy, a statement...
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Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
Posted By: Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
International Energy Agency claims that 10,000 large-scale carbon sequestration projects needed by 2050 to avoid major global warming
According to the International Energy Agency, there are only four carbon capture and storage ("CCS") projects in operation today, and none involves capturing emissions from coal-fired power...
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Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
Posted By: Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
California's Air Resources Board proposes major limits on emissions from currently operating diesel trucks and buses
In prior posts it has been noted that the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been attempting to implement a program to reduce diesel emissions in the area of and around the Ports. Prior posts have...
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Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
Posted By: Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
Substantial quantities of extractable methane hydrates identified in Alaska
Methane hydrates (aka frozen gas, frozen methane, gas clathrates, gas hydrates, clathrate hydrates) are water ice that contain a large amount of methane (aka natural gas) within their crystalline structure...
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