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Dawn M. Lurie, Catherine Risoleo; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 On Friday March 8, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rolled out a brand new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form, revamping America’s most complicated one page form into a two-page form. In the world of immigration compliance, the release...
|  | Mexico's Education Reform May be a Catalyst for Change
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Legal Alert/Article March 14, 2013, previously published on March 12, 2013 Under the leadership of President Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico has recently approved a historic constitutional amendment reforming the country’s archaic education system. In order to push this historic reform, which is commonly known as the “education reform”, President Pena Nieto...
| | Lenders Beware - Oral Statements may Trump Written Agreements
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Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 The California Supreme Court recently held that a borrower may rely upon oral promises to support a fraud claim against its lender even when such oral promises contradict the written agreement.
| | Tribal Corporate Bankruptcy Petition Raises Issues of First Impression for Bankruptcy Court
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 7, 2013 On March 4, 2013, ‘SA’ NYU WA, Inc., a tribally-chartered corporation wholly owned by the Hualapai Indian Tribe, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona. This is a very important case for tribes and any party conducting business...
| | Bankrupt Municipality May Reduce Retiree Benefits
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 8, 2013 The bankruptcy of the largest U.S. city to file a chapter 9 bankruptcy petition has yielded a decision with serious implications for municipal creditors. Specifically, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California overruled the objections asserted by retired employees of...
| | Claims by Alleged Developers of the Huffington Post Permitted to Proceed
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 6, 2013 In Daou v. Huffington, No. 651997/2010 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty. Feb. 14, 2013)-a case strikingly similar to the Facebook lawsuit popularized in The Social Network-the Supreme Court (J. Ramos) ruled that political consultants Peter Daou and James Boyce (collectively “Plaintiffs”) could...
| | Ninth Circuit Off-Label Marketing Decision Suggests More Prosecutions Will Be Coming
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 7, 2013 The Ninth Circuit has reopened a door for off-label marketing prosecutions, and it is important to review your compliance and risk management programs in light of this recent decision. Last December, the pharmaceutical and medical device industries exhaled a sigh of relief in response to the...
| | Subpoena of AOL Senior Executive under the "Apex Rule" Disallowed Absent Special Knowledge
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 6, 2013 In Daou v. Huffington, No. 651997/2010 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty. Feb. 14, 2013), the Supreme Court (J. Ramos) granted nonparty Timothy Armstrong’s (“Armstrong”) motion to quash a subpoena served on him by political consultants Peter Daou and James Boyce (collectively...
| | Court of Appeals Finds The Phrase "Other Good And Valuable Consideration" In A Contract To Be A Clear And Unambiguous Statement
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 6, 2013 In Schron v. Troutman Saunders LLP, 2013 NY Slip Op 00952 (N.Y. Feb 24, 2013), the New York Court of Appeals held that the phrase “other good and valuable consideration” within a contract was not ambiguous, and therefore extrinsic evidence (evidence other than the contract itself) could...
| | California Supreme Court Resolves Court of Appeal Split, Holding that Section 2010 of the California Corporations Code -- California's "Survival Statute" -- Does Not Apply to Foreign Corporations
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Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 In Greb v. Diamond Int’l Corp., 2013 WL 628328 (Cal. Feb. 21, 2013), the California Supreme Court unequivocally and unanimously laid to rest the assertion that dissolved foreign corporations may be sued in California after the time of the statute of limitations provided by the laws under...
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