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Pressure Points: How to Move Forward Successfully with Technology Leasing
The 2013 IT Budget Benchmark Report conducted by Corporate Executive Board (CEB) Global reveals CIOs across the globe expect a modest growth in total IT expenditure while capital expenditure growth will stay flat. See, www.executiveboard.com/it-blog/2013-it-budget. Despite CIOs' efforts to reduce maintenance and mandatory spending, this continues to represent nearly 70% of total IT expenditure. This trend is amplified in the 2012 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey (http://bit.ly/12nQwgj) where overall law firm technology spend ' as a percentage of total revenue and per attorney ' is still down from the pre-2009 economic downturn and firms across the board were spending less on technology as allocated per attorney.
However, according to a Gartner report just released on 10 critical tech trends for CIOs over the next five years, there is significant growth in IT complexity. Faster change cycles are being predicted with shorter development timelines and end-users increasing demands on IT.
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.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
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 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?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
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.
Coverage Issues Stemming from Dry Cleaner Contamination Suits
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.