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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A guide to eerything contained in this issue, in an easy-to-use format.

Media & Communcations Corner: Alleviating Client Fatigue Caused by Legal Directories

John D. Tuerck

The process of positioning lawyers and law firms for potential rankings ' all in an effort to boost their stature in a keenly competitive legal market, of course ' may impair the relationships with the very clients they hope to impress.

Career Journal: Marketing's Greater Impact During the Great Recession

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In 2009, the investments that so many had encouraged their respective firms to make actually started to pay some dividends.

Client Speak: Cross-Selling ' Optional or Obligatory?

Donald E. Aronson

<i>Cross-selling in today's environment? You must be kidding. I have enough trouble holding on to what I have.</i> If that's your reaction, it's understandable. After all, businesses are cutting back on expenses; and, as you well know, in-house legal departments are not immune.

Features

MA Recognizes Medical Monitoring Based on Exposure to Cigarette Smoke

David R. Geiger

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") has recognized a cause of action for the projected costs of medical monitoring when a product has not caused any actual disease or illness but solely subclinical physiological changes associated with an increased risk of disease. The decision will have broad implications for product manufacturers and sellers.

Features

Practice Tip: FDA Issues Draft Guidance for REMS

Alan G. Minsk & Lanchi Nguyen

On Sept. 30, 2009, the FDA issued a draft guidance for industry on better understanding and implementing Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), which the FDA requires for certain drugs or biologics.

Features

Movers & Shakers

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Who's doing what; who's going where.

Features

News Briefs

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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

Court Watch

Cynthia M. Klaus & Meredith A. Bauer

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

CPSC Poised to Implement Online Product Hazard Database

Victor E. Schwartz & Cary Silverman

The CPSC is posed to unveil its own online reporting system and public database of actual and potential product hazards. Unless the CPSC implements adequate safeguards, information disseminated through the new online database may be wholly unverified.

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