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Navigating the Changing Technological Landscape
In <i>City of Ontario v. Quon</i>, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a government employer's search of an employee's communications on an employer-issued pager was reasonable under the circumstances and, therefore, did not violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The Court's narrowly tailored decision underscores that cases in the area of employee privacy will continue to be highly fact-sensitive.
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Client Speak: Client Feedback ' The 12 Essential Steps
This article ' in two parts ' will deal with the Client Feedback process, specifically the 12 essential steps involved. This first part lists the 12 steps and then describes steps 1 through 4a (pre-interview planning).
Career Journal: Possession Is Not Nine-Tenths of the Law
Even if law firms have made no changes to their existing structure, partners have done little lately to bolster the cause of their marketing organizations.
ERM 2.0 ' What's Next for Legal Marketers
Enterprise Relationship Management (ERM) is what firms today use to track and manage their relationships to determine which connections firm-wide can be valuable in growing their business. But ERM, like most marketing technologies, has evolved.
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Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Under the Obama Administration
Judging by the numbers, the Obama DOJ has been as active, or at least as successful, in criminal antitrust enforcement as candidate Obama promised. Criminal antitrust fines in 2009 exceeded $1 billion...
Criminal Prosecution Under New York State's Martin Act
In the decades following the Great Depression, the Martin Act became a powerful tool for civil protection against fraud. By the early 1990s, the Martin Act was regularly employed against larger institutions as well as smaller fraudulent schemes.
Expanded Criminal Enforcement in the Financial-Services Industry
Since the economic meltdown began in 2008, the media have waged a relentless attack on the financial industry as the greedy culprit. "So where are all the prosecutions that we were promised?" the white-collar bar has wondered.
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Real Property Law
In-depth analysis of key cases you need to know.
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