Reviewable maintenance in Illinois, the focus of this article, is awarded to a spouse for a specific number of months or years, at the end of which the court is to review the award and decide whether or at what level maintenance is to continue.
Over the years, the author has observed many common mistakes that law firm management makes, and he now identifies the five most common ones so that they may be recognized and avoided.
Lawyers must encourage clients who want a pre-nuptial agreement to address it early, honestly and frankly.Here's how.
Partners want to work for a firm that runs its operations well and gives them the best opportunity to be well compensated. There are many specific traits that can be debated, but there are three inherent operational difference makers that every law firm can control: business development, pricing controls, and controlling overhead costs.
Law departments are looking not only at the bottom line price, but also at the components that contribute to that bottom line. Law firm administrators can use the same type of analysis and information to guide pricing and matter management, and therefore demonstrate their firms' commitment to providing value and efficiency.
SXSW Music Conference 2011 CLE Program. Austin, TX, March 18-19
Film Investment Negotiations Lead to Personal Jurisdiction over Out-of-State Defendants
Music Festival Insurance Doesn't Cover Assault by Security Guard
No Grandfathering for Louisiana Film Tax Credit
"Offering" Allegation Insufficient for Infringement Claim
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SINGLE PUBLICATION RULE
TRANSFORMATIVE USE DEFENSE
Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.
In cyberspace, the activities of ostensible rogue Web sites ' many attacking U.S. commercial interests or preying on our citizens in a variety of endeavors ' include copyright infringement, illegal gambling and pornography, to name a few. Web site domain seizures may be the 21st-century digital equivalent of 20th-Century gang busting police raids on the haunts of criminal organizations. In place of the remnants of destroyed contraband, a subsequent visitor to these targeted Web sites may instead confront a message left by court order, declaring that the site has been "taken down" for certain illegal activities.
