What's Your Twitter Level?
There was a time when big, respectable law firms would never use silly words like "tweet," "Twitter" and "Twitterverse," but that seems to be changing, at least for some firms. Let's look at which American firms are actively tweeting and how they are making Twitter part of their marketing strategy.
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Keyword Advertising and Trademark Infringement Update
This article reviews keyword advertising generally and discusses recent developments in keyword litigation.
From Dissonance to Consonance: Skoler, Abbott & Presser and Orion SFE
For over 40 years, Skoler, Abbott & Presser has exclusively practiced labor and employment law. A boutique firm, we have a main office in Springfield, MA, and two satellite offices ' one in Worcester, MA, the other in Meriden, CT. I have been the firm's bookkeeper for 14 years and recently played a vital role in my firm's decision to purchase new financial and practice management software.
The Calming Influence of the Cloud
Game-changing insights in IT are few and far between. Rather than challenge the status quo, too many IT leaders are content with patching outdated software and performing tedious maintenance work for on-premise systems simply because it's what has been historically expected. This type of environment rarely produces true corporate innovation, as the IT department is challenged with being thought of as crucial to the business only when things go awry. We changed that at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson a couple of years ago by, if you can believe it, giving ourselves less work.
Office 2010 Purchase and Installation Decisions
We all know how budget constraints, deployment, support, client needs and training resources can ' and often do ' affect IT managers' decisions on which software to purchase and deploy. However, when updating to Office 2010, there is more to it than meets the eye ' and the Microsoft Office 2010 marketing presentations can be very enticing.
Best Practices for Conducting Secure and Reliable Online Jury Research
Online jury research is a practice growing in acceptance and is becoming an increasingly important weapon for litigators as they discover more about its effectiveness. In addition, because litigators can use this online tool to cost-effectively poll so many more jurors, legal professionals are using online panels for a much wider range of cases.
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Don't Ask and Don't Tell: How to Avoid GINA Liability
Organizations that obtain, use and/or disclose an applicant's or employee's genetic information may run afoul of Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which prohibits companies from using genetic information to make employment decisions.
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