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Antitrust
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Litigation
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Banking and finance
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Acquisitions and mergers
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Agricultural financing
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Asset based loans
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Bankruptcy financing
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Branch acquisitions
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Bridge loans
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Commercial loans
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Enforcement of loan documentation
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Equipment finance
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High yield debt
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Lease financing
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Lender liability
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Loan documentation
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Loan workouts
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REIT financing
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Secured loans
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Technology and intellectual property financing
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Bankruptcy/creditor's rights/insolvency
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Adversary proceedings
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Creditor representation
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Creditor's litigation
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Debtor representation
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Deficiency judgment actions
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Discovery in aid of execution
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Financing
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Foreclosures
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Mechanics liens
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Workouts
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Construction
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Alternate dispute resolution
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Arbitration
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Commercial development
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Contracts and contract disputes
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Errors & omissions claims
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Financing
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Insurance coverage
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Liability defense
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Litigation
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Mechanics' liens
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Negotiations
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Corporate/business
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Angel investments
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Anti-takeover defenses/poison pills
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Asset acquisitions and divestitures
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Asset-based and cash flow lending transactions
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Capitalization transactions
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Captive insurance
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Convertible and hybrid securities
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Corporate governance
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D & O responsibilities
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Debt and equity financings
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Distribution arrangements
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Divestitures
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ESOPS and reverse ESOPS
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Entity formation/governance
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Equity line of credit financings
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Exit strategies
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Family businesses
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General corporate counsel
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Going-private transactions
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Hart-Scott-Rodino analysis and notification
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Hostile takeovers
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Insurance issues
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Investment company act issues
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Investor relations
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Joint ventures and strategic alliances
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Leveraged buyouts
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Licensing, distribution and general contract matters
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Liquidations
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Mergers and acquisitions
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Mezzanine financing
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Preferred and common stock placements
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Private equity/venture capital
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Proxy contests/annual shareholder meetings
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Recapitalizations
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Registration exemptions
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Rescission offers
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Securities
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Seed capital transactions
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Shareholder agreements
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Spinoffs of subsidiaries and divisions
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Start-up and emerging growth companies
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Stock agreements
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Stock option plans and restricted stock agreements
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Stockholder/partner/LLC disputes
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Strategic planning
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Succession issues
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Syndications
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Taxable and tax-free exchanges, mergers and consolidations
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Tender offers
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Venture capital
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Collegiate sports
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Athletics business matters
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Certification assistance
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Compliance programs
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Infractions
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Student-athlete eligibility
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Title IX Gender Equity
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Contracts
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Copyright protection and transfer matters
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Environmental
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Acquisitions and financings
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Air pollution
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Brownfields
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California Commission and Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) permits and enforcement
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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
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Clean Air Act
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Clean up and remediation
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Conservation easements
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Criminal
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Development entitlements
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Drainage issues
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Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance and enforcement
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Ground and surface water
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Insurance coverage
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Lender liability
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Litigation
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National Environmental Protection Act
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Permitting & compliance
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Regulatory
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Underground storage tanks
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Waterfront development
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Wetlands
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Estate and Financial Planning
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Accumulation, preservation and distribution of wealth
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Administration of probate estates, trusts and foundations
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Charitable giving strategies
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Estate and wealth preservation planning and administration
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Estate, gift, generation skipping tax
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Federal income tax/Estate/Gift tax in business
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Income tax planning
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Life insurance planning
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Private foundations
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Succession planning - family owned/closely held businesses
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Family law
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Adoption
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Appeals
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Child custody and support
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Claims to interests in deferred or delayed compensation
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Claims to interests in trusts, pension and profit-sharing accounts
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Complex asset division
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Complex business valuation
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Custody
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Divorce and separation
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Enforcement and modification of decrees entered in other states
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Guardianship of minors
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Health insurance and medical coverage
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Litigation
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Paternity
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Pension and profit-sharing entitlements
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Post dissolution and modifications
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Prenuptial agreements
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Trust and various investments
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Eminent domain
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Ethics and conflict of interest
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Health care
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Health care systems
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Business formation and organization
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Corporate compliance
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HIPAA compliance
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Integrated delivery systems
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Living wills/right to die
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Medical and organizational ethics
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Medical staff organization and peer review
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Mergers, sales, acquisitions and reorganizations
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Nursing homes/Long term care facilities
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Organizational governance and responsibilty
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Physical therapy groups/clinics
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Physician recruitment, employment, service contracts
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Practice support plans: Hospital/Physician
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Procurement contracts
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Provider licensure
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Provider self-referral (Stark) compliance
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Specialty provider joint ventures
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State and federal regulation
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Structuring and entity formation
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Tax-exempt organization qualification and preservation
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Terminations, suspensions, restrictions
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"Of Counsel" coverage
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Insurance coverage
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Allocation and priority among multiple insurers
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Anti-kickback
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Application fraud
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Business enterprise exclusions
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Contracts
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Coverage for "Innocent Insureds"
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FDA approval for medical device products
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Federal and state regulatory agencies
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Formation of joint ventures
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Formation of joint ventures
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Gaining a profit/ Advantage exclusions
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Group purchasing agreements
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Group purchasing agreements
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Insurance claims appeals
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Insured vs. Insured exclusions
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Intentional acts exclusions
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Late notice
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Medical supply marketing agreements
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Mergers & acquisitions
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Non-profit healthcare entities
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Operating structures for medical companies
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Per claim limits vs. aggregate limits
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Related Wrongful Acts
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Litigation
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Life, health and disability claims
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Medical malpractice
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Medical malpractice defense
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Nursing homes/Long term care facilities
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Hospitality
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Business
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Administration and regulatory compliance
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Contracts
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Corporate ownership, control and management
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Emerging business
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Executive compensation
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Operations
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Private and public financing
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Hotels and resort properties
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Immigration
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Employment-based immigration matters
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Intellectual property
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Anti-piracy litigation
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Confidentiality/ non-disclosure agreements
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Copyright - advice, registration and litigation
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Development agreements
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IP issues in business transactions
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Infringement
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Licensing and technology, distribution agreements
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Litigation (patent, trademark, trade secret litigation)
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Network hardware and software purchase and installation agreements
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Non-compete covenants
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Patent infringement defense
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Piracy claims
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Trade dress
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Trade secrets
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Transfer and assignment
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Labor, employment & employee benefits
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Affirmative Action and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Arbitration
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COBRA & HIPAA Compliance
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Civil rights
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Compliance advice
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Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA)
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Constitutional claims
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Contracts
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DOL compliance
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Defamation
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Disability Discrimination & Accommodation (ADA)
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Discipline and discharge
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Discrimination claims (Title VII, ADEA, Section 1981)
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Downsizing and layoffs
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Drug and alcohol testing
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Employee stock ownership plans
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Employment contracts & independent contractors
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Executive compensation
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FLSA issues
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Family and Medical Leave (FLMA)
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Handbooks and policies
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Hiring procedures
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Hirings, separations, layoffs and terminations
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IRS compliance
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Immigration guidance for employers
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Insurance coverage and disputes
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Internal investigations
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Litigation
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Non-competition, confidentiality, and trade secrets
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Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA)
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Pension and benefits
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Privacy
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Recordkeeping
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Reduction in force compliance and defense
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Retaliation and whistleblower claims
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Sexual harassment
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Training programs
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Unemployment compensation hearings
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Unemployment tax and benefits
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Unfair labor practice defense
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Wage and hour
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Workplace violence
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Wrongful termination
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Litigation
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Alternative dispute resolution
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Appellate
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Arbitration
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Conspiracy
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Construction defects
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Contracts
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Defamation
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Employment covenants
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Fidelity and surety law
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Fraud
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Insurance bad faith
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Lender liability claims
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Mediation
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Product liability
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Professional negligence
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Retail premises liability
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Securities arbitration and compliance
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Shareholder derivative actions
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Will contests
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Workers' compensation
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Wrongful death
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Automotive
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Aviation
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Insurance coverage
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Liability defense
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Bankruptcy
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Business and corporate disputes
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Condemnation
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Conspiracy
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Constitutional
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Corporate governance and investigations
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Criminal
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Dealer and distributor
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Deceptive trade practices
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Defamation
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Defense of M&A and JV agreements
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Eminent domain
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Fidelity and surety
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Fiduciary duty
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Financial fraud
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First amendment
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Fraud
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Governmental entities
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Hazardous waste site proceedings
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Healthcare
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Insurance bad faith
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Investigative and enforcement proceedings
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Land use
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Libel, slander and violation of privacy
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Media and telecommunications
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Minority stockholders
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Non-compete litigation
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Oil and gas
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Open meeting/public records
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Patent related antitrust abuse
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Personal injury
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Premises liability
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Probate & trust litigation
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Product liability
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Public contracts
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Qui Tam
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RICO
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Real estate
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Regulated industries
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Retail premises liability
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Securities
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Shareholder derivative actions
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Surety coverage
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Tax abatement
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Technology
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Title disputes/insurance
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Tort Defense litigation
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Contract disputes
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Contract disputes
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Legal malpractice
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Negligence
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Products liability
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Toxic Tort
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Unauthorized practice of law controversies
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Water law litigation
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White collar criminal defense
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Antitrust, environmental, and RICO crimes
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Business and financial fraud
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Criminal, civil or administrative laws and regulations
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Defense procurement fraud
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Federal criminal defense
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Fraud investigations
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Government investigations/White collar crime
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Healthcare, securities and tax fraud
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Public corruption
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Will contests
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Wrongful death
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Media & communications
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Advertising and trade regulations
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Copyright and intellectual property
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Professional liability
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Breach of fiduciary duty claims [corporate and ERISA]
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Defense of claims/litigation
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Accountants
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Adjusters
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Ambulatory care clinics
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Architects
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Construction managers
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Corporate directors & officers
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Designers/Builders
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Engineers
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Financial advisors
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Insurance agents and brokers
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Investment counselors
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Lawyers
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Psychiatrists
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Psychologists
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Real estate agents & brokers
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Registered representatives
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Securities brokers & dealers
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Title Insurers
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Dentists
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Physicians
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Professional negligence
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Securities violations
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Gas & electric
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Real estate
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Abatements
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Condemnation
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Condominiums, cooperatives and PUDs
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Design/Build joint ventures
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Developer representation
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Disposition
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Eminent domain
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Energy issues
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Entitlements
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County
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Federal
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Municipal
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State
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Equity investments
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Exempt financings
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Finance
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Financing
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Commercial
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Industrial
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Financing acquisition
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Hotels
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Increment financings
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Industrial
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Infrastructure development
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Joint ventures
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Land use
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Landlord and tenant representation
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Leasing
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Commercial
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Lending
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Construction
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Real estate
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Liens
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Construction
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Landlord/tenant lien property disputes
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Mechanics
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Management
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Manufactured housing (Mobile Home) parks
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Multiproperty financings
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Multistate financings
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Office buildings
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Oil and gas permitting and exploration
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Permitting
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Planned unit developments
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Property valuation
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REIT's
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Sale/Lease-back transactions
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Tax
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Appeals
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Deferred exchanges
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Planning
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Title
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Clearance
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Insurance
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Troubled properties
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Workouts, foreclosures, bankruptcies
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Zoning
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Sports
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Negotiation and interpretation of players' and coaches' contracts
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Tax issues
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Tax
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Business acquisition planning
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Charitable giving strategies
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Corporate taxation
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Corporate/business tax disputes
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Domestic
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Employee benefits
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Employment tax audits
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Gross receipts
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IRS collection
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Income tax planning
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Entity selection and formation
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IRS administrative examinations and appeals
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