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Use Twitter to Cut the Clutter
The other day, my son was sitting next to me while I did some work on the computer. He started pushing icons on my screen with his finger. My computer doesn't have a touch screen like my iPad, so nothing happened, but it demonstrated an expectation with which my son is growing up: He expects to get the media he wants, when he wants it, at a touch of a button. When I was a kid (not very long ago), the only options for watching cartoons were right after school and Saturday morning. My son will likely never have to deal with this constraint. I had to search through libraries to find content as a child; for my kid, finding content will be as simple as a Google search.
This search capability presents a problem, referred to by many as information overload. “I don't have time to answer my e-mails every day ' how will I find time to use social media?” complained one attorney. “I just can't handle sifting through any more information,” complained another. What these lawyers don't realize is that as this technology progresses, so does its ability to organize information.
Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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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Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights
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.
Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel
'Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel is a continuation of the discussion of client expectations and the disconnect that often occurs. And although the outside attorneys should be pursuing how inside-counsel actually think, inside counsel should make an effort to impart this information without waiting to be asked.