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The Coming Age of Nanotorts
“I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.”
' Albert Einstein
Dear Mr. Einstein, The Age of Nanotechnology has arrived. Nanoscience went from imagination to reality in the 1980s with the birth of cluster science and the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. The development of new tools like atomic force microscopes, scanning probes, and optical tweezers have enabled rapid advances in the past 20 years, continuously improving our ability to measure and manipulate individual molecular structures. Within a few short decades, nanotechnology has shown the potential to deliver revolutionary advances ' amazing, economy-disrupting, life-changing advances ' in almost every facet of our lives. Yet few lawyers understand what nanotechnology is and even fewer have a grasp of how the nanotechnology revolution is likely to influence tort litigation.
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993), hastened the assimilation of scientific understanding into
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
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.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
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In the past few decades, law firms have made great strides in catching up with the rest of the corporate world and are reaping the benefits of all kinds of marketing. This acceptance by firm management is in great part due to an increased appreciation of analytics, made possible by digital marketing and social media.
The Business of Legal Spend: How Finance Professionals Can Drive Smarter Outside Counsel Management
Legal spend has become a core business issue that now shapes financial planning, operational decision making and risk management. What once lived primarily in the legal department has become a shared responsibility across client legal, finance, and operations teams and their outside counsel.