After publishing hundreds of posts during the year, LexisNexis is pleased to announce the top posts across the LN Communities for 2010. The posts cover a wide variety of subjects from bankruptcy to workers' compensation. Read the posts in their entirety to find out what legal topics were the most popular of the year.
CALIFORNIA TOP CASES, powered by California Compensation Cases
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/workerscompensationlaw/blogs/topcases/archive/2010/03/24/california-top-cases-powered-by-california-compensation-cases-updated-3-10-2010.aspx
California Compensation Cases provides up-to-the-minute coverage of the activity of the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board as well as workers' compensation cases from the California appellate courts. All en banc opinions and selected panel decisions of the Appeals Board are reported here, as well as digests of important decisions denied judicial review by the California Court of Appeal. The digests are the only source for information on these cases other than the actual pleadings.
The Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act - Fashion Industry Friend or Faux?
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/copyright-trademarklaw/blogs/fashionindustrylaw/archive/2010/08/25/the-innovative-design-protection-and-piracy-prevention-act-fashion-industry-friend-or-faux.aspx
Louis S. Ederer and Maxwell Preston discuss the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (IDPPPA), introduced on August 5, 2010 by Senator Schumer and ten co-sponsors. This bill enjoys the support of both the CFDA and AAFA, whose members together represent a majority of the creative designers, manufacturers, and suppliers in the fashion industry.
Duties Of Sports Agents To Athletes And Statutory Regulation Thereof
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/LitigationResourceCenter/blogs/litigationblog/archive/2010/04/21/duties-of-sports-agents-to-athletes-and-statutory-regulation-thereof-1.aspx
Darren Heitner discusses the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act of 2004 (SPARTA) and the Uniform Athlete Agents Act (UAAA). These acts have helped protect student-athletes and educational institutions against harmful acts by unscrupulous sports agents.
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Legal Alert: PPACA Rules on Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions of Coverage, and Patient Protections Issued
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/insurancelaw/blogs/insurancelawblog/archive/2010/07/01/sutherland-asbill-amp-brennan-llp-legal-alert-ppaca-rules-on-preexisting-condition-exclusions-lifetime-and-annual-limits-rescissions-of-coverage-and-patient-protections-issued.aspx
A Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Legal Alert that discusses interim final regulations regarding PPACA's rules on preexisting condition exclusions, lifetime and annual limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections related to the selection of healthcare providers and access to emergency care. This Legal Alert highlights the guidance set forth in the regulations.
2010-2011 New York State Budget
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/taxlaw/blogs/practitionerscorner/archive/2010/08/06/2010-2011-new-york-state-budget.aspx
Robert Mark S. Klein, Timothy P. Noonan and Christopher L. Doyle from Hodgson Russ LLP summarize the most significant tax changes in the 2010-2011 New York State budget.
Introduction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/emergingissues/blogs/spotlightonhealthcarereform/archive/2010/09/13/introduction-to-the-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-and-the-health-care-ppaca-and-education-reconciliation-act-of-2010.aspx
Timothy S. Jost discusses the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, and the much shorter Health Care Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, signed into law by the President on March 30, 2010.
Randy Spiro on practical considerations in estate planning's most uncertain year
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/estate-elderlaw/blogs/podcasts/archive/2010/06/22/LexisNexis_AE00_-Estate-Practice-_2600_-Elder-Law-Community-Podcast-featuring-Randy-Spiro-on-practical-considerations-in-estate-planning_2700_s-most-uncertain-year.aspx
In this Estate and Elder Law Podcast, Randy Spiro of Beverly Hills, California, discusses uncertainties surrounding the current federal estate tax law, the rules for basis of property acquired from a deceased person, and A/B trusts where the first spouse dies in 2010.
Pennsylvania Dormant Oil and Gas Act
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/emergingissues/blogs/oilgasandenergylaw/archive/2010/01/24/Pennsylvania-Dormant-Oil-and-Gas-Act.aspx
Lisa McManus discusses the Pennsylvania Dormant Oil and Gas Act. The act establishes a method to insure that owners of oil and gas interests are not deprived of the opportunity to exploit their rights by the unfortunate inability to locate other owners of oil and gas rights.
New Foreclosure Law in New York -- Effective April 2010 -- Will Lead to Tenants Being Abandoned
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/realestatelaw/blogs/realestatelawblog/archive/2010/04/12/new-foreclosure-law-in-new-york-effective-april-2010-will-lead-to-tenants-being-abandoned.aspx
Heather C.M. Rogers, a partner in Davidson Fink LLP, discusses RPAPL 1307, a new foreclosure law in New York. RPAPL 1307 provides that, effective April 14, 2010, "a plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure action who obtains a judgment of foreclosure...shall maintain such property until such time as ownership has been transferred through the closing of title in foreclosure, or other disposition, and the deed for such property has been recorded."
Impact of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Broker-Dealers
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/corpsec/blogs/corporateandsecuritieslawblog/archive/2010/08/24/impact-of-dodd-frank-wall-street-reform-and-consumer-protection-act-on-broker-dealers.aspx
Attorneys from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP discuss the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This act was signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010. The attorneys share their thoughts on the likely impact of the act on broker-dealers.
Garlock Sealing Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/tortslaw/blogs/productsliabilityandtoxictortsblog/archive/2010/06/07/garlock-sealing-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy.aspx
A Mealey's report on the voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by Garlock Sealing Technologies. The petition is to establish a trust to resolve all current and future asbestos claims against it.
Student Loans In Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Recent Court Decisions Show A Disturbing Trend
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/bankruptcylaw/blogs/bankruptcylawblog/archive/2008/06/27/Student-Loans-In-Chapter-13-Bankruptcy_3A00_--Recent-Court-Decisions-Show-A-Disturbing-Trend.aspx
Kent Anderson discusses recent trends in decisions involving student loans in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.
Fixtures and Fixture Filings under U.C.C. Article 9
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/UCC-Commerciallaw/blogs/emergingissues/archive/2010/05/17/fixtures-and-fixture-filings-under-u-c-c-article-9.aspx
Professor Margit Livingston analyzes a recent bankruptcy case in which the court apparently misunderstood the distinction between chattel perfection and fixture filings.
Any Person Can Sue for False Patent Marking
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/patentlaw/blogs/patentlawblog/archive/2010/09/16/any-person-can-sue-for-false-patent-marking.aspx
Attorneys from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP discuss the false patent marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 292. This statute permits any person to bring a qui tam suit on behalf of the United States against a patent holder and to share in the recovery of any penalties assessed on the falsely-marked articles.
China's Latest Foreign Investment Policy: Moving Up Market and Out West
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/international-foreignlaw/blogs/internationalandforeignlawblog/archive/2010/07/14/china-s-latest-foreign-investment-policy-moving-up-market-and-out-west.aspx
This GT Alert, prepared by Calvin Ding and Peter Neumann in Greenberg Traurig's Shanghai office, discusses a Chinese policy document titled Opinions of the State Council Concerning Further Improving the Work of Utilizing Foreign Investment.
EPA Issues Proposed MACT Standards for Industrial Boilers
http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/environmental-climatechangelaw/blogs/environmentallawandclimatechangeblog/archive/2010/05/05/epa-issues-proposed-mact-standards-for-industrial-boilers.aspx
Mack McGuffey of Troutman Sanders LLP discusses the EPA's long-awaited proposal for a new Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standard for industrial boilers.