U.S. lawyers are still spending too little of their workday on billable hours, a year after an eye-opening report found lawyers devoted only 29% — 2.3 hours — of each eight-hour workday to billable hours.
November 01, 2018Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Friday the 13th Screenplay Author's Copyright Termination Notice Found Valid
Infringement Suit over Justin Timberlake's “Damn Girl” Allowed to ProceedNovember 01, 2018Stan SoocherMeritas, a nonprofit association of law firms, now requires its law firm members to follow a new cybersecurity standard. The reason for this new standard? Law firms' clients.
November 01, 2018Victoria HudginsThis article focuses on the impact of tax reform on C corporations and looks at the significant and complex changes to pass through entities.
November 01, 2018Ronald L. SeigneurA bankruptcy court properly dismissed a creditor's involuntary bankruptcy petition “for cause” when it “would serve none of the Bankruptcy Code's goals or purposes … and [when] the sole [petitioning] creditor is not substantially prejudiced by remedies available under state law,” held the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Murray.
November 01, 2018Michael L. CookTexasBarCLE 28th Annual Entertainment Law Institute
Annual Entertainment, Sports & Media Law InstituteNovember 01, 2018ssalkinThe Supreme Court's decision in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling has significantly constricted the range and nature of statements that will support a successful objection by a creditor to the discharge of a debt that was obtained by the statements in question. This constriction could have a very real impact on how entities that loan money or provide services on credit review and collect information regarding a borrower's creditworthiness.
November 01, 2018John A. Thomson, Jr.Obviousness Determination Can Be Different for Apparatus and Method Claims
Petitioner “Bears the Burden” On Demonstrating Real Parties in InterestNovember 01, 2018Jeff Ginsberg and George SoussouPetrobras Pays $853.2 Million to U.S. and Brazil Authorities to Settle FCPA Charges
November 01, 2018Collen SnowGiven the Obstacles Law Firms Are Facing, Profitability Shouldn't Be Increasing
Rising competition from alternative service providers and the ever-forward march of technology adoption should be having a similar, negative, effect on profitability. This raises an obvious question — how are law firms doing it?
November 01, 2018Nicholas Bruch
