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When and How Can Departing Lawyers Contact Clients?

Jeffrey P. Ayres

A primer on ethically contacting clients after a lawyer has left his or her firm.

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In the Spotlight: The Right of a Landlord to Share in Consideration Received in Connection with Transferring Leased Property

M. Rosie Rees & Sean M. Bahoshy

This article examines three common provisions used by landlords to obtain all or a portion of the excess rents or other consideration received by a tenant pursuant to a sublease or assignment. Additionally, it addresses issues associated with the enforcement of these provisions and the landlord's ability to receive excess rent where the lease is silent on the issue.

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Profits Per Me (PPM)

Mark Jungers & Jane Sullivan Roberts

Lateral partner candidates need to look beyond PPP and focus on what the authors call PPM ' "profits per me." Averages are great, but how much of the law firm's profits can one fairly expect to get?

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<i>Product Review</i> Acrobat 9.0 Looks Quite the Same, But Feels Very Different

Brett Burney

Who can dispute that the Portable Document Format has become the lingua franca of legal documents today? PDF is the standard for electronic filing, scanned documents, digital signatures, form distribution, and much more. Adobe has now released version 9 of its flagship application, and while there isn't much that is brand new, there are some noteworthy improvements for the legal community.

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Ethical Issues of the 21st Century

Frederick L. Whitmer & Benjamin D. Goldberg

Why and how a "confidential e-mail" might not be so confidential--and what can ensue when it leaks.

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To Catch an e-Criminal

Ken Stasiak & Dave Kennedy

Someone is stealing electronic data from you ' right now. A person your firm or company has trusted for years is doing things that are making you suspect he or she is stealing. You don't know how or with whom, but you know something is wrong. What do you do? Where do you turn? How do you find out for sure?

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What's So Great About SharePoint?

Michael Savino

The popularity of SharePoint is undeniable. As the legal competitive landscape intensifies, more and more firms are looking to SharePoint to improve client service and collaboration. SharePoint allows law firms to store and locate critical information in convenient, flexible, sites, bringing it together in a meaningful way and enabling attorneys to become educated on industry trends and client concerns via the use of wikis, blogs, RSS feeds and the like. Below is an outline of the key benefits of SharePoint to law firms of all sizes, and how firms can take advantage of these features.

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Lotus Platform Presents Unique Challenges In e-Discovery

Amy Dove

Lotus Notes is most commonly known as an e-mail and calendaring application often compared with Microsoft Exchange. However, Lotus Notes can be much more than just e-mail. The collection of Lotus-based data requires a carefully considered approach that can present interesting e-discovery challenges.

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