Efforts to Reduce Med-Mal Litigation
Physicians and other health care providers continue to be worried about being sued, even in states that have enacted "tort reform." These fears are not unrealistic.
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Career Journal: What to Do After the Interview
Your job interview was a success. But don't celebrate just yet ' you still have your work cut out for you.
Equipment Investment Expected to Stabilize or Improve in Second Half of 2012
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the quarterly update to its 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook.
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Media & Communications: Why Law Firm Marketers Don't Like PR Firms
It's an open secret among marketers that PR agencies often engender feelings ranging from dislike to outright disdain. Among law firms especially, the criticisms are consistent. Here are some solutions.
How to Manage the Expanding Use of Social Media
This article guides lawyers in the equipment leasing industry through some of the prevailing legal implications of using social media.
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Integrated Online Marketing
There's more to online marketing than simply getting a website for your law firm or getting your business listed on Google Places. The biggest trend for 2012 is the use of integrated marketing solutions
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Voice of the Client: Are You Listening?
Clients have been telling lawyers for years how to make the relationships work; what we are looking for and how to win business. Are they listening? Most of us don't think so." Here's what to do.
Key Lessee and Lessor Decisions Made in the Lease Project
Although FASB and IASB Boards finally decided all leases are not alike, they made a split decision as to how to classify them based on type of asset leased.
The New York Convention for the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Cross-border equipment lessors and their financiers often prefer binding arbitration clauses in their lease agreements on the assumption that, under the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, an arbitral award granted, for example, in the United States would be simple and quick to enforce in the foreign jurisdiction of the lessee. This, however, is not necessarily the case.
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