LJN Newsletters

  • Integrating Multiple Systems: Making e-Billing Work

    The concept behind electronic billing is that it is almost no additional work, that the invoice approval process is faster, and that the firm will get paid more quickly. Unfortunately, the reality of electronic billing is a little more complicated. Law firm clients often use different electronic billing systems, requiring the creation of customized invoice formats or manipulation of electronic files manually. As more clients continue to require electronic bills from their outside law firms, the challenge is in finding ways to more efficiently create and manage electronic invoices.

    November 25, 2008Peter Secor

  • Web 2.0: Don't Miss the Big Picture

    Web 2.0 is more than merely an upgrade of Web 1.0; rather, it is an evolutionary step toward a major change to the practice of law ' and the end of the bricks-and-mortar world of law firms as we know them today. The fact is that law firms spend the bulk of their fixed overhead in two areas: office space and personnel. One of these expenses, office space, can be dramatically reduced today; and personnel costs, especially on the support side, can be reduced today and dramatically reduced in just one more generation.

    November 25, 2008Jay M. Jaffe

  • e-Discovery Compliance: Using Technology for Keyword Transparency and Defensibility

    With the recent decision in Victor Stanley v. Creative Pipe, corporations and law firms need to be concerned about ensuring that proper searching is done on electronically stored information more than ever before. However, most e-discovery software today, designed for processing and/or review, was designed more for enterprise search rather than for the specific use as an electronic discovery search tool.

    November 25, 2008Todd M. Haley

  • Bit Parts

    Crew Member Injury/Employee Status
    Merchandising Rights/Film Remakes
    Trademark Infringement/First Amendment Defense

    November 25, 2008Stan Soocher

  • Upcoming Event

    Nashville Bar Association Annual Entertainment Law in Review, featuring Entertainment Law & Finance Editor-in-Chief, Stan Soocher.

    November 25, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Counsel Concerns: Fed Court Denies Client's Impleader Against Counsel

    A magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California decided that a copyright and trademark infringement defendant couldn't file an impleader action against his former lawyer for secondary or derivative liability.

    November 25, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • SoundExchange Counsel Faces Royalty Skirmishes

    SoundExchange originated as a division of the RIAA and was spun off as a separate group in 2000 to collect and distribute digital performance royalties. It's the only agency authorized to do so. Today, it represents more than 3,500 record companies and more than 6,000 labels and their artists. Michael Huppe, general counsel for SoundExchange, says music labels and artists will increasingly depend on the performance royalties SoundExchange distributes to survive.

    November 25, 2008Amy Miller

  • Indiana Court Transfers Publicity Rights Litigation To New York

    The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana grant- ed a defendant's motion to transfer to New York federal court a suit over the alleged unauthorized use of the names and likenesses of legendary baseball players, including Lou Gehrig, Thurman Munson and Jackie Robinson.

    November 25, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Protecting Interests if Another Company Files for Bankruptcy Protection

    In light of the current economic tsunami, which is certain to throw a few entertainment companies into bankruptcy, this article provides a basic overview of the common issues that arise in connection with such bankruptcies. The most important reason to understand bankruptcy is to protect oneself from the draconian results that can result from a bankruptcy of the other party to a transaction.

    November 25, 2008Schuyler M. Moore