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As a result of FATCA, many long-term expats are facing the heart-wrenching decision to give up their U.S. citizenship.

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A new decision clarifies when an insurer's duty to defend arises.

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With the recent statement by Attorney General Eric Holder, it is simply a question of time.

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The NSA's sweeping phone surveillance programs may have just sounded the death-knell for lawsuits brought under California's I...

Dr. Debbie De Girolamo's new book illuminates how the practice of mediation has evolved into something dark, chameleon-like an...

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