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With its 2010 decision of Conkright v. Frommert, the Supreme Court has once again opted to resist a proposed carve-out to the general rule of deference to ERISA plan administrators — this time in situations where an administrator's first attempt to construe an ERISA plan has been held by the reviewing court to be unreasonable.

According to the New Jersey Supreme Court in Myron Corp. v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder's right to recover counsel fees extends even to those fees incurred defending against an insurer-initiated, out-of-state declaratory judgment action.

It has recently been reported that the Japan Ministry of Justice has decided to revise its Practicing Attorney Law to allow a foreign law firm to conduct its law practice in Japan through a Legal Professional Corporation. These revisions may be submitted to the Extraordinary Diet session this autumn for introduction in 2012.

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott CEO Timothy P. Ryan makes no bones about the fact that not all of his firm's attorneys were born with the sales gene. Here's how the firm solved the problem.

Examining realization is important to maintaining good fiscal health in a law firm. This article provides the most common areas to begin review.

Companies increasingly select law firms based on a formal RFP (Requests for Proposal) process. Although your firm may match the criteria that are needed to service these clients, much more is required to win the work.

What activity can possibly strike fear in the hearts of many lawyers, an activity that for some comes as naturally as breathing but for others is something to avoid at all costs? Naturally, we're talking about the cocktail party.

This article discusses profitability drivers and the characteristics and content of useful management information reports that distill critical information to facilitate informed decisions by firm leadership.