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Microsoft Word 2007 'Track Changes' and 'Compare'
With respect to document comparison, Microsoft Word 2007 couldn't have been released at a better time for law firms. Word 2007's Track Changes and Compare features are as good, if not better, than traditional “outside-the-application” document comparison products. Couple this with the current economic recession in which most firms are reevaluating their document comparison technology investments ' and for good reason. Investing in outside the application document comparison products is expensive. “A PC that cost $1,500 when a firm did its last hardware refresh might cost $800 now, yet it still takes between $3,500 and $5,000 per year to support that computer,” according to market research firm Gartner, Inc.
Today's license and support costs for outside-the-application document comparison products, plus the additional costs for clean-up tools that work with them, are about 2%-4% percent of the yearly support cost for a PC. A significant number of firms are now, for the first time, asking themselves: “Why should we invest in outside technology for features already built into Microsoft Word 2007?” The question they should really be asking: “Is Microsoft Word 2007 ready to go it alone?”
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.
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Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
One Overlooked Element of Executive Safety: Data Privacy
Executives have access to some of the company's most sensitive information, and they're increasingly being targeted by hackers looking to steal company secrets or to perpetrate cybercrimes.
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?