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What You Need to Know About Topic Review
The process used to review discovery documents in civil litigation has undergone a significant transformation since the introduction of electronic-discovery practices at the beginning of this century.
Consider that only a few years ago, document-review teams conducted their work wearing sweatpants and old T-shirts while sitting in dusty warehouses, surrounded by a desert of boxes of paper. Sure, the boxes were neatly indexed, and logs could be gathered to head the team members in the right direction in their data-reviewing tasks. But despite the searchers' causal dress, those boxes in that warehouse desert presented a daunting task: There were no company picnic notices, and no employees' personal communications to their loved ones; indeed, the boxes contained the team's clients' legitimate business records.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.