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As corporate clients continue to push back on legal costs and define client value, law firms are looking at technology to drive internal efficiencies and productivity to achieve these twin aims. Jaye Lapachet is the Manager of Library Services for the San Francisco-based law firm of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP. In this Q&A, she discusses her application of WestSearch capabilities within WestlawNext and Folder Sharing, which she has found drive significant efficiencies and productivity.
Ms. Lapachet has served as Manager of Library Services in various size firms throughout San Francisco, and she has served as an information industry consultant. She is the Convener of the Mid-Sized Firm Librarian Group based in San Francisco and was involved in developing the Law Firm Libraries Disaster Planning Template. She has served on the board of the local SLA chapter and writes frequently for a variety of legal and library publications.
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.
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
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?
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.
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.