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Client Speak: Client Feedback
So what's the deliverable once you finally convince Firm Management and the designated Lead Partners to buy into a Client Feedback program focused ' at least initially ' on its Tier 1 or key clients?
Media & Communications Corner: Law-firm Media Relations in a Bloomberg Age
For media-relations professionals advising lawyers and law firms, the question is simple: How does the emergence of the Internet as the primary vehicle for delivering news affect law-firm media relations?
Career Journal: Running on Empty; Traveling in Today's Economy
For a number of reasons, selective travel leading to invaluable "face time" with key firm stakeholders is, ultimately, more economical than succumbing to the impulse to stay close to home.
Making Your Business Development Plan Recession-Proof
This article reviews some of the time-tested ways to solidify client relationships and gain new clients during a down economy.
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Business Crimes Hotline
CALIFORNIA Alleged Conspiracy to Fix LCD Prices Yields Additional Indictments On June 10, 2010, the DOJ announced that additional charges had been filed in its long-running investigation into alleged price-fixing for panels used in a host of consumer electronics, including computer monitors, The panels, known as thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD), represented a worldwide market of $70 billion at the time the alleged conspiracy ended. …
FCPA and Indemnification
To avoid personal exposure for any loss, not just losses under the FCPA, directors and officers will first seek indemnification from the corporation under any relevant corporate documents, such as the corporate charter or bylaws, or any employment agreements. If that fails, they will likely turn to directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither indemnity nor insurance, however, may be sufficient to protect a director or officer from personal exposure created by the FCPA.
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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Federal Judge Hands Google Victory in Viacom's $1 Billion Suit Over YouTube Content
A federal judge handed Google Inc. a major victory on June 23 by rebuffing media company Viacom Inc.'s attempt to collect more than $1 billion in damages for the alleged copyright abuses of Google's popular YouTube service.
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Government Overpayment
It is not fraud when the government mistakenly overpays businesses who participate in government programs or otherwise receive federal funds. But a false statement made to retain an overpayment is a "reverse false claim" in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA).
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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Aggressive federal prosecutors may have a new weapon in their arsenals to prosecute even low-level employee thefts of confidential employer information.
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