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Huge Filing Creates Experts' Paradise
By Norman L. Pernick, Jeffrey C. Hampton, and Domenic E. Pacitti
Saul Ewing LLP

 
2002 should be crowned the "Year of the Mega-Case." More than 190 public companies representing nearly $379 billion in assets filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code last year, including five of the 10 largest bankruptcies ever filed. Chapter 11, historically a haven for companies with troubled credit histories, has now become a leading vehicle for corporate restructuring.
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Treasury Final Rules on Verifying Customer Identity for New Accounts
By Mark E. Plotkin, D. Jean Veta & Jim Hanlon
Covington & Burling

 
On May 9, 2003, the U.S. Department of Treasury, jointly with several federal functional regulators, published final rules requiring certain types of financial institutions to verify the identity of individuals and businesses opening new accounts.
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Online Copyrights and Wrongs
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 with Jim Burger
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC

 
At least since the beginning of the 20th century incumbent content providers have regarded new technologies as a "threat." The player piano by the music industry in 1908, radio by the same, photocopiers by the print industry, TV by the movie industry, cable TV by the TV industry, VCR by the movie industry, and DVD Players. In the end, all of these turned out to be financial winners for the content industry. Today the "threat" is the Internet and computer technology. What are the "rules of the copyright road?" Is enforcement the only answer? Are there market alternatives? Should computer design be dictated by the government? Attorney Jim Burger was online to answer these questions and more.

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Terrorism Risk Management Strategies for Business
ACCA Docket August 2003. Published with permission of ACCA.

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