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e-Discovery Revisited
This article presents some historical context illustrating the early development of e-discovery jurisprudence, continues with a discussion of the influential Sedona Conference and the findings of the Advisory Committee on the federal rules, analyzes the most recent case law, and outlines a prudent approach to e-discovery.
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Potential Insurance Coverage Implications
More than 300 lawsuits have already been filed in Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama against BP and other corporations involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including Transocean, Halliburton, and Cameron, with thousands more anticipated. This article briefly addresses the contours of the coverage lawsuit already filed against BP and other coverage disputes we may see in the future.
Leadership Training Is an Oxymoron
Leadership development is about learning, not training. Your firm's future leaders must be given the opportunities, tools, and motivation to develop their leadership.
Policing Workplace e-Mail Use
On-the-job Internet surfing has become a problem that employers can no longer ignore. A recent Office of Inspector General investigation, for example, revealed that senior-level SEC staff, including an attorney, used their workplace computers to view online pornography for up to eight hours per day during the period of time that led this country's biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression.
Pricing Management Survey
A comprehensive, worldwide survey of pricing management practices in the legal sector conducted by the author's firm shows that law firms continue to face a significant execution gap in the context of pricing management ' meaning they intellectually understand what's needed to price legal services more effectively, but they struggle in executing this to their advantage.
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Client Profiling and Segmentation
By profiling current clients and looking back over the years of data accumulated, law firms have an abundance of experience to determine what works and what does not when it comes to business development. The key is to set up a systemized approach to extract that data.
Matrimonial Firm to Go on Trial for Allegedly Aiding in Child's Abduction
Questions over the role of a New Jersey matrimonial firm in an international child abduction are at the heart of an unusual suit on trial in Bergen County, NJ.
In the Marketplace
Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
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