<i>Commentary:</i> Favored-Nation Clauses: Live Nation's Expansion Into 360-Degree Deals with Artists
I think the 10-year deal that concert-industry giant Live Nation just closed with Jay-Z is brilliant. It builds on Live Nation's groundbreaking deal with Madonna and reinforces its unique position to make these deals profitable.
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Client Attrition: More Tools to Stem the Trickle of Lost Work
The billable hours lost each month to attrition stand to impact a firm's bottom line unless firm managers counteract this trickle with affirmative measures.
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Case Briefs
Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.
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Joint-and-Several Allocation and Policy Provisions Governing the Stacking of Limits
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted a 'multiple trigger' approach, whereby, under primary insurance policies obligating the insurer to 'pay on behalf of the Insured all sums which the Insured shall become legally obligated to pay,' all stages of the disease process, from initial exposure through incapacitation, are deemed to be 'bodily injury' triggering coverage under all primary policies on the risk during the entire period in which the disease evolved.
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Damages Beyond the Policy Limits
The New York Court of Appeals recently rendered two important insurance coverage decisions that are certain to have a dramatic effect on the relationship between New York policyholders and their insurers.
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Subprime Mortgages and D&O Coverage: Will Insurers Pay and for What?
Part One of this article addressed the roots of the subprime crisis and resulting litigation, and provided an overview of D&O coverage. This month's installment focuses on specific D&O coverage issues.
Is Your Conflicts Technology in Conflict with Business Practices?
Systems that facilitate a firm's new business review and inception processes, such as client intake and conflicts management software, are major technology investments. It's important for you to be aware of what's coming down the road so that you can properly plan for and support the initiatives coming out of your firm's new business intake and conflicts departments.
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Effectively Mitigating The Cost of Data Back-Up
As any business grows, so does the volume of data that its IT staff must back-up and store. Storing back-up data off-site is critical and becomes particularly important when a crisis occurs and access to on-site data back-up is impossible. There is no benefit to creating a back-up file of valuable data if this information is not transferred via a secure method and stored in an off-site data storage center with foolproof protection. And with the increase in data that requires storage, off-site storage facilities are in even more demand.
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