In an era when employees change jobs frequently, your most important witness is often a former employee. At best, a former employee may be ambivalent toward your company. At worst, he or she may be downright hostile. What should you do?

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Last month, the author discussed RECs (recognized environmental conditions) in depth. This month, she presents a sample clause regarding a tight tank for a hypothetical Massachusetts hair salon.

Procure-to-Pay automation technology has finally come of age as a user-friendly, flexible, and cost-effective strategic business solution. It is a solution that can ease pressures from the law firm partnership by decreasing the cost of doing business.

In today's technology-driven culture, law firms are able to compete for the representation of clients located throughout the country and, as a result, many attorneys have provided legal services to clients located in a state other than the one(s) in which they are licensed. Here's a look at ABA Model Rule 5.5.

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Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.

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This article discusses the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards rendered outside of the United States, with an emphasis on English law and a recent English Court of Appeal decision upholding an anti-suit injunction that prevented a challenge to a London arbitration award.

You are renting a new office or store and are negotiating an allowance for improvements, and planning for the costs you'll incur on fitting out the space. How can you maximize deductions from leasehold improvements and other costs you are likely to incur?

Too often, surrender provisions in today's commercial leases are not adequately coordinated with the landlords' marketing needs, and lack adequate remedies to ensure compliance by tenants at the end of their lease terms. This article discusses the problem.