Today we bring you Part II of my conversation with Wayne Burton and Cyndy Nayer of the Center for Health Innovation, where we get into some specific examples of successful programs.  The Center represents over 40 million lives, and brings together employers and providers to focus on a limited number ...

Here's some food for thought: A multi-millionaire who dies today in the US might not have to pay any estate tax. There may have been a silent and temporary estate tax repeal this year. Now, if you're thinking about drafting some estate planning documents, you might be left scratching your head. D ...

What happens when: (a) a state attorney general charges that the officers of a financial institution are garden variety fraudsters, while (b) a federal agency whose avowed purpose is to protect the investing public decides that insufficient evidence exists to prove that said officers v ...

UW Law School students will help Dane County homeowners facing foreclosure take their cases through a mediation process with their lenders, reports UW-Madison News. Beginning in February, Dane County Circuit Court will require lenders to tell homeowners they have an option to mediate their foreclosu ...

Image via CrunchBaseAfter a two-month production delay, New York-based bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc. expects its Nook electronic book reader to be available for purchase in most of its bookstores this week, Reuters reports.Until now, the rival to Amazon.com, Inc.'s Kindle reader could only be had ...

Source: NLJ.com, February 8, 2010. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Snow Covers Washington Courts "Scenes from around Judiciary Square in downtown Washington today -- in case you are at home and wondering what it looks like." ...

NO-FAULT – DEFAMATION – QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE – MALICE Hame v. Lawson (2nd Dept., decided 2/2/2010) Can an insurer be sued for defamation in relation to statements it makes about the insured or claimant while it is investigating whether or after it has concluded that the claim is fraudulent?&nbs ...

Did you know that some of your gifts could be included in your income tax calculation? But only those that the IRS says are "not really" gifts. Let's break this concept down. Also, keep in mind that there is a tax that is entirely separate from income tax and it is called "gift tax." It has i ...

The confluence of law and technology is a topic of constant interest among attorneys, discussed in one form or another at almost every large professional gathering. At the ABA's 2010 Midyear Meeting, held Friday in Orlando -- because what could be more fun than a bunch of lawyers running around the ...

Here are some scenes from around Judiciary Square in downtown Washington today -- in case you are at home and wondering what it looks like. The Justice Department, at Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. and 10th Street. The sidewalk around Main Justice...