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Legal Tech: Summer 2019 E-Discovery Case Law Review Image

Legal Tech: Summer 2019 E-Discovery Case Law Review

Mike Hamilton

A review of recent cases involving e-discovery.

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Legal Tech: Litigation Support, E-discovery and the Recovery of Costs Image

Legal Tech: Litigation Support, E-discovery and the Recovery of Costs

Nathan Curtis

The Data Explosion vs. Recovery Model Stagnation For law firms, the pace of exponential growth of data is a substantial problem — mainly due to the fact that the law firm business model of processing, hosting and storing this avalanche of client data, however, has not evolved as quickly as the data itself.

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Legal Tech: What GCs Want from Legal Technology Image

Legal Tech: What GCs Want from Legal Technology

Gina Passarella Cipriani & Zach Warren

Legal Tech Companies Have to Get Out of Their Own Way In Vying for Law Department Adoption The legal technology industry has some significant hurdles to overcome in its increased push to sell into legal departments, general counsel say, admitting they themselves are part of the problem.

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'Mixed Messages': DOJ Efforts to Dismiss Qui Tam Actions Image

'Mixed Messages': DOJ Efforts to Dismiss Qui Tam Actions

Jonathan S. Feld & Katie J. Welch

Despite the historical trend of reduced government involvement in qui tam actions, the government is sending "mixed messages" regarding its view of FCA relators.

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Third Circuit Clarifies Appeal Process in Settlement and Reorganization Plan Disputes Image

Third Circuit Clarifies Appeal Process in Settlement and Reorganization Plan Disputes

Michael L. Cook

The Third Circuit recently took a "pragmatic approach" when affirming lower court orders denying a stay of bankruptcy settlement distributions pending appeal. After holding that the district court's "stay denial order" was "final" for jurisdictional purposes, it also confirmed "the applicable standard of review" on motions for stays pending appeals.

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Litigation Support, E-discovery and the Recovery of Costs

Nathan Curtis

The Data Explosion vs. Recovery Model Stagnation Firms are struggling with a legacy practice of writing off litigation support/e-discovery and related costs but have been challenged to identify and implement recovery models or managed services models that are both acceptable to the firm and to their clients. On top of all of this, many firms simply fail to dispose of the data at the matter closing and costs continue to accumulate year over year. Mattern has launched the first ever e-Discovery and Litigation Support Cost Recovery Survey to gather that needed data to help drive firms' better business decisions.

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A Tenant's Perspective on SNDAs: Non-Disturbance Is Not Enough Image

A Tenant's Perspective on SNDAs: Non-Disturbance Is Not Enough

James O'Brien

Part One of a Two-Part Article This article outlines the basic elements of an SNDA and will explain the differences between the concepts of "non-disturbance" and "recognition," while contending that lease recognition is more important to the tenant than not having its possession disturbed.

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It's Time to Take Third-Party Risk Seriously Image

It's Time to Take Third-Party Risk Seriously

Mark Sangster

The use of new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile and cloud by vendors add to the question: Where is my data, and how can I protect it when it is in someone else's hands? In the hustle and bustle of daily business, third parties often become the overlooked or unwitting accomplice in criminal activities.

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Lessor Repossession of Property on Eve of Lessee Bankruptcy Image

Lessor Repossession of Property on Eve of Lessee Bankruptcy

Theresa A. Driscoll

Voluntary Turnover or Face Contempt Lessors who repossess property immediately prior to a lessee bankruptcy filing may be required to return such property or face sanctions by the bankruptcy court. Federal courts are currently split on the issue of whether the lessor must voluntary surrender property seized pre-petition or may hold such property until such time as the debtor seeks, and obtains, an order of turnover.

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Leadership for the Strong

Silvia Coulter

There are a few things about being an effective leader that books and professors don't seem to directly address. Here are some tips to help partners who lead operational teams, offices, practices, departments, or the firm itself, to implement for leadership impact.

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