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• The Lemon Law: The Sweet and Sour Facts

  Are you tired of getting the run around by a car dealer? Being told that the problem can not be found or you bring it back time and again for the same problem. The dealer and manufacturer have an obligation to fix your car. The best way to have the ...

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• The Letter of Intent: Why Business People Love ‘Em and Lawyers Hate ‘Em

  Letters of Intent (LOI), also known as Memoranda of Understanding and Memoranda of Agreement, are devices used to signal parties' agreement to the basic structure of serious negotiations to close a deal. An LOI typically comes into play after a ...

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• The Need for Immediate Action at the Highest Corporate Levels to Solve The Year 2000 Software Crisis

  American Lawyer (Special Edition, November 1996) and Comlinks Magazine (November 1996) Background. After festering for years behind the scenes in computer technology circles, the Year 2000 software crisis has finally emerged as a hot topic in the ...

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• The OHADA Treaty: Recent Developments Will Spur African Investment and Project Financings

  On October 17, 1993, 16 African States signed a treaty known as the Organisation pour l'Harmonisation du Droit des Affaires en Afrique (Organization for the Harmonization of Commercial Law in Africa (The OHADA Treaty)). The 16 signatories were ...

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• The “Other” Costs of Securities Class Action Settlements

  It is no secret that the costs of settling securities class actions are high and continue to rise. The numbers are clear: prior to the adoption of the Private Securities Reform Act by Congress in 1995, the average class action settlement was under ...

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• The Pennsylvania Plain Language Law: Keeping Contracts Simple

  On June 23, 1993, the Plain Language Consumer Contract Act (the "Act") was signed into law in Pennsylvania. This law requires many lenders, retailers and landlords to redraft their loan, sale, lease and other agreements. The objective of this Act is ...

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• The Rise and Rise of Structured Finance

  The extraordinary evolution of financial products and instruments over the past two decades, made ever more complicated through continual innovation and globalisation, has made structured finance the fastest growing specialism in legal practice ...

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• The Use of Computerized Crime Mapping by Law Enforcement: Survey Results

  Title: The Use of Computerized Crime Mapping by Law Enforcement: Survey Results. Series: Research Preview Author(s): Cynthia A. Mamalian, Nancy G. LaVigne, and the staff of the Crime Mapping Research Center Published: National Institute of Justice ...

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• The Year 2000 Bug: The Official Pain of the New Millennium

  A version of this article appeared in , September 1998 ©1998 Distributed Computing, all rights reserved; reprinted with permission. y now, all of us have heard ad nauseam about the perils of December 31, 1999. Centuries ago, sages warned that we ...

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• The Year 2000 Software Crisis: Management and Legal Gauntlet of the Millennium

  After festering for years behind the scenes in computer technology circles, the Year 2000 software crisis has finally emerged as a hot topic in the business and popular media. Much of what you read and hear may be unduly dramatic and doomsday-like ...

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