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Quarterly State Compliance Review
This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some enacted and pending legislation of interest to corporate lawyers. It also discusses some recent cases of interest, including decisions from Delaware and New York concerning the awarding of attorneys' fees.
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Client Trust Accounts
What steps can your firm take to reduce the risk of loss or fraud as it relates to IOLTAs? Also, what must be done to meet your state's client trust account record-keeping requirements? This article covers the basics and will help you think about what changes your firm should consider to protect against IOLTA loss or fraud.
Expanded Supervisory Liability for In-House Lawyers
In-house lawyers, beware ' your exposure to potential supervisory liability may extend far beyond the confines of the legal department.
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Fourth Quarter e-Commerce: Lookin' Good!
Fourth-quarter 2010 estimated U.S. retailing rose 3.6% over the third quarter, the Census Bureau reports, as consumer confidence rose through the Christmas season on a wave of slightly rising employment.
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Evolving Online Advertising Techniques
The federal government roared into March like a lion on online advertising, privacy and data'security practices, but hardly left like a lamb.
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Reviving the Not'Quite Dead
Congress passed the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act ("ROSCA") to great public acclaim late last year. But was the new law necessary? Dictionary.com defines restore in several parts, but all refer to bringing back something "lost" or "dead." Looking at recent online business statistics, though, how can anyone reasonably believe that online shopping was "lost" or "dead," much less in need of the "restoration" desired by the new law's authors?
Use Twitter to Cut the Clutter
As social media technology progresses, so does its ability to organize information. Twitter is a great tool for organizing information. Think of every Twitter profile as a TV channel. Pick only the channels that are interesting to you. It isn't about consuming more content, it's about consuming more relevant content.
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<i><b>Product Review</i></b> Is There Really Such a Thing As Social Practice Management?
Law practice management, meet legal productivity, or, as the San Diego developers have dubbed it: social practice management. Welcome to MyCase.
Controlling the Costs of Discovery By Leveraging the Left Side of the EDRM
While the cost of document discovery has always been one of the most significant expenses of litigation, those costs have spiraled ever higher in the past decade with the increasing volume of information in the digital age. However, by leveraging the left side of the EDRM with early planning, the proper identification of people and resources, and the use of well-scoped tools and methods, costs can be controlled and the potential for sanctions can be avoided.
Explaining e-Discovery
The e-discovery process takes place at an intersection between increasingly complex information technology and rapidly maturing information law. Doing this well ' achieving cost-effective, defensible and useful results ' requires coordination between IT professionals and lawyers. Poor communication by the participants turns e-discovery into crisis management ' driving up costs and causing unpleasant surprises. To help avoid such pitfalls, this article dispels some common e-discovery misconceptions.
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