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Business and Tax: Alert - September 30, 2008

On September 23, 2008, the United States Senate ratified the fifth protocol to the 1980 U.S.-Canada income tax trea­ty. It is safe to say that the protocol will have a significant impact on both investments into the U.S. from Canadian investors as well as investments by U.S. investors into Canada. This alert discusses some of the major changes included in the protocol.

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Holland & Knight  Assists Client in Acquisition of MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, Illinois

CHICAGO – A team of Holland & Knight attorneys, led by Chicago Partner Anne Murphy, today completed a transaction in which client MSMC Investors LLC acquired St. Francis Hospital and Health Center from SSM Health Care. The historic 410-bed hospital, founded in 1905, was slated for closure after earlier efforts to find a buyer were unsuccessful. The acquisition was successfully completed on an unusually aggressive timetable. The hospital is the largest employer in Blue Island, and is known for its high quality service and excellence in cardiac care.

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Counterfeit, Diversion and Privacy and Publicity Counseling: Intellectual Property

Arizona Right of Publicity Statute for Soldiers Trumped by First Amendment
 

MLRC Media Letter

December 1, 2007
 
Thomas W. Brooke- Washington

A Florida circuit court granted a motion to quash a subpoena that sought a reporter's testimony and notes related to an article on an alleged affair between a teacher a her former student. In what appears to be the first written opinion to hold that a part-time, freelance reporter meets the statutory definition of a "professional journalist," the subpoena was quashed.

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