LJN Newsletters

  • How Technology Can Help Reduce e-Discovery Costs

    Economists rarely agree on anything. But, if the Fed's recent actions are any guide, most believe the U.S. is already in a recession (defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth). This downward economic outlook for the country will soon begin impacting corporate budget discussions, forcing every department ' including legal and the law firms that serve them ' to re-examine their expenses. When companies are struggling to grow the top line, every cost gets scrutinized. Legal expenses are no exception, especially given the sharp increase in spending and dollars going towards e-discovery.

    May 28, 2008Kamal Shah

  • Customizing Office 2007

    The default settings of software applications can impact your productivity and accuracy. Taking the time to address those that are annoying or counter-intuitive place the control for formatting your documents back in your hands.

    May 28, 2008Judye Carter Reynolds

  • Specialists Should Be Diligent When Acquiring ESI Through LAW

    As the courts are clarifying the new FRCP, good e-discovery specialists must diligently review the options, configurations and protocols of e-discovery products to ensure that the proper options are selected to match these new rules. One of the products available for ESI acquisition is Legal Access Ware PreDiscovery ('LAW').

    May 28, 2008Todd M. Haley

  • In the Marketplace

    Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.

    May 28, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Strategic IT Decisions: The Backroom Brawl

    This article discusses the business issues and challenges that are driving the need for lessors to reassess their IT strategy and approach. The focus of this discussion is on the factors management should consider as it examines the company's IT strategy for core leasing operations, i.e., front-end and back-end systems.

    May 28, 2008Shawn Halladay

  • What Lessors Need to Know About Antitrust : Competitors of Copier Equipment Provider Entitled to a 'Kodak Moment' in Alleging a Single Provider Relevant 'Aftermarket'

    The Ninth Circuit recently examined an antitrust issue with significant relevance to the equipment leasing industry. In Newcal v. IKON Office Solution, competitors of a copier equipment provider, IKON Office Solution, alleged that defendant IKON used 'fraudulent practices' to secure and lengthen its customer contracts, thus reducing the ability of competing copier equipment providers to contest for 'aftermarket' business.'

    May 28, 2008Don T. Hibner, Jr.

  • Movers & Shakers

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

    May 28, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Key Pre-emption Ruling in Third Circuit

    On April 8, 2008, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a significant decision concerning the authority of federal regulatory agencies to pre-empt state tort claims, Colacicco v. Apotex Inc., No. 6-5148.

    May 28, 2008Alan Klein and Thomas A. Lincoln