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
CHOICE OF DOMICILE
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.
Snow is melting, seed catalogs are arriving, and eyes have turned to Spring Training. Some baseball fans are also turning their attention to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to follow the recent developments in U.S. v. Clemens. The indictment charges player Clemens with six counts: three counts of making false statements to Congress, two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of Congress.
An ex-physician in New York recently won the right to pursue a claim against his insurer despite the fact that he did not make a claim for disability benefits until after his license to practice medicine had been revoked because of his repeated medical mistakes.
The rise of reality TV may have hurt the market for writers and actors, but it has provided an additional income stream for a select group of entertainment attorneys. One reason: union rules governing wages, breaks and time worked don't apply to reality shows. As a result, media companies can hire people who are happy, at least initially, to be on TV for little pay.
