Duane Morris LLP

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Duane Morris LLP, one of the 100 largest law firms in the world, is a full-service firm of more than 650 lawyers. In addition to legal services, Duane Morris has independent affiliates employing approximately 100 professionals engaged in other disciplines. With offices in major markets in the United States and internationally, Duane Morris represents clients across the U.S. and around the world.

Administrative Law, Accountants Liability, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Affordable Housing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Architects and Engineers Liability, Aviation and Aerospace, Aerospace Law, Banks and Banking, Banking Litigation, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Chapter 11, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Business Development, Business Law, Business Litigation, Business Reorganization, Business Start-Ups, Business Taxation, Charitable Giving, Chemical Intellectual Property, Chemical Patent Prosecution, Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Closely Held Business Law, Closely Held Corporations, COBRA, College and University Law, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Commercial Litigation, Computers and Software, Computer and Software Patents, Computer Law, Condominium Law, Construction Law, Construction Litigation, Consumer Law, Content Licensing, Copyrights, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Prosecution, Copyright Protection, Corporate Banking Law, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Creditor Bankruptcy, Criminal Law, Customs Law, Debt Finance, Debtor and Creditor, Debtor and Creditor Rights, Debtor Bankruptcy, Deportation, Disability Benefits, Disability Insurance, Domain Names, E-Commerce, Education Law, Elder Law, Emerging Growth Companies, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Litigation, Employment Authorizations, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Employment Litigation, Energy, Energy Regulation, Environmental Law, Equipment Finance and Leasing, Equine Law, Equity Finance, ERISA, Estates and Asset Planning, Estate and Gift Taxation, Fair Housing, Family Law, Federal Income Tax, Fidelity and Surety, Fidelity and Surety Bonds, Finance, Financial Planning, Franchise and Franchising, Franchise Law, General Practice, Government, Government Investigations, Government Relations, Health Care, Health Care Compliance, Health Care Fraud, Health Maintenance Organizations, Homeowners Association Law, Housing Development, Housing Finance, Housing Law, Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration Law, Independent School Law, Information Technology, Initial Public Offerings, Insurance, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense, Insurance Litigation, Integrated Health Care Delivery, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Infringement, Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property Procurement, Intellectual Property Rights, International Energy Law, International Finance, International Law, International Taxation, International Trade, Internet Intellectual Property, Internet Law, Internet Patents, Joint Ventures, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Land Use Litigation, Leveraged Buyouts, Life and Health Insurance, Litigation, Local Government Law, Local Taxation, Low Income Housing, Managed Care, Managed Care Contracts, Mechanical Intellectual Property, Mediation, Medical Malpractice, Medicare and Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mortgages, Municipal Bonds, Municipal Finance, Municipal Law, Natural Gas, Natural Resources, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Oil and Gas Law, Partnership Law, Patents, Patent Licensing, Patent Prosecution, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Defense, Piracy, Political Asylum, Privatization, Private Foundations, Probate, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Professional Malpractice, Professional Negligence, Proxy Contests, Public Finance, Public Housing, Public Policy, Public School Law, Real Estate, Real Estate Acquisitions, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Tax Assessment, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Law, Reinsurance, Reorganization and Finance, RICO, Risk Management, Secured Creditors Rights, Securities, Securities Fraud, Securities Litigation, Securities Taxation and Telecommunications, Sexual Harassment, Shareholders Disputes, Shareholder Rights, Sports Law, State Government Law, Taxation, Torts, Toxic Torts, Trade Association Law, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Trademark Licensing, Trademark Prosecution, Trademark Protection, Trusts and Estates, Unsecured Creditors Rights, Utility Law, Visas, Water Law, Water Rights, Web Site Development, White Collar Crime, Workers Compensation, Workouts, Wrongful Death, Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Patent Pending: Putting Proposed Changes in Perspective
Lewis F. Gould, Mark C. Comtois, January 6, 2008, previously published by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Counsel to Counsel Magazine on January 2008
Although Congress has long considered the patent system in need of an overhaul, not much has been done. But in 2007, lawmakers vowed anew to reform the system by proposing the most sweeping changes in more than half a century. By Counsel to Counsel Editor Nina Schuyler

Anticipated December Release of Revised, Redesigned Form 990 and Schedules
David M. Flynn, December 10, 2007
On November 16, 2007, an IRS official announced that the IRS intends to release another version of the draft redesigned Form 990 in December, and that the new version will contain many changes to both the core form and its various schedules (so that in many respects it will not resemble the form...

IRS Extends Section 409A Transition Relief to December 31, 2008
W. Michael Gradisek, John A. Reade, Lawrence I. Davidson, November 17, 2007
On October 22, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued Notice 2007-86, which extends to December 31, 2008 the transition relief under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A ("Section 409A") that was scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007. The newly issued guidance...

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