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PDF Proficiency at Your Law Firm
A PDF (Portable Document Format) is an electronic file format that captures all elements of a printed document as an electronic image that you can view, navigate, print or forward to someone else. Its importance within the legal industry continues to grow as more and more of our colleagues, as well as the courts (both Federal and State) require lawyers to produce output in a PDF format. In fact, as of December 2010, most, if not all of the Federal District Courts required all court filings electronically in PDF format. With this fact comes the realization that most legal professionals utilize less than 10% of the features and functionality included in the Adobe Acrobat product suite. This article hopes to shed some more light on how law firms of all sizes and complexities can make better use of this Adobe technology they probably already have.
Formats Matter
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.
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.
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.