Partners and their managing-partner colleagues should consider implementing the strategies enumerated in this article to maintain cash flow and improve margins.
February 24, 2012Joel A. Rose
The state Senate passes legislation to authorize gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey to marry, but with fewer votes than needed to override Gov. Chris Christie's expected veto of the bill.
February 14, 2012Michael BoothTaking a narrow approach in deciding the blockbuster challenge to California's ban on gay marriage, a split panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 7 found Proposition 8 unconstitutional.
February 07, 2012Ginny LaRoeTaking a narrow approach in deciding the blockbuster challenge to California's ban on gay marriage, a split panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 7 found Proposition 8 unconstitutional.
February 07, 2012Ginny LaRoeThe New York State Bar Association announced the release of its free Mobile Ethics App that allows judges, lawyers and law students to access instant ethics advice from portable devices.
February 01, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |As our practice and the number of files we handled both grew, we continually needed to manage and expand our file room space. However, since the file room space could not be used productively to accommodate fee billers, maintaining a large file room amounted to a negative ongoing overhead cost for the firm.
February 01, 2012Bryan Davidsone-Mail is still the number one source of relevant information for litigation, so it's no surprise that it's the starting line for corporations seeking to implement information management policies. One of the more straightforward methods is with an e-mail archiving platform.
February 01, 2012Brett BurneyDocuments are the currency of law firms. Attorneys author, edit and submit thousands of documents daily. While content is the most important aspect of legal documents, and the majority of time should be spent on this, the formatting of a document can often create issues and burn up precious billable hours. The time spent reformatting and cleaning up documents can be reduced significantly if firms have a process in place for creating and fixing documents based on Microsoft Word's best practices.
February 01, 2012Randall FarrarThis article explores the ways in which geotracking data can be created, potential issues associated with this information, and how it might all relate to e-discovery, including how long the information is stored, whether it is discoverable and how or whether it can be used in a case.
February 01, 2012Neal Lawson and Trent LivingstonGoogle has won another key victory in a lawsuit challenging its AdWords keyword advertising program. In early January, Judge Edward Davila of the Northern District of California declined to certify a purported class action, which alleges that the search engine engaged in deceptive and unfair advertising regarding Google AdWords.
February 01, 2012Amy Miller