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Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Business Process Management and Law Firms Image

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Business Process Management and Law Firms

Zachary Beauchemin & Alisha DiGiandomenico

Though traditionally considered laggards when adopting new technology, law firms have recently started to explore new tricks to fortify performance across their organizations. While this evolution is critical to a firm's survival, it's important that firm administrators understand that substantive improvements are only possible through multi-directional change.

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Lack of Gender-Diverse Partnership: Is It the Woman or the Firm?

Daniella Isaacson

<b><i>Data-Driven Research by ALM Intelligence Suggests Three Reasons Why Gender-Diverse Partnership Fails</b></i><p>It is now common knowledge that female headcount within the ranks of Big Law partnership, both equity and non-equity, has held steady for the past few years at around 20%. The obvious question is, why?

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Second Circuit Directs Consideration of an 'Efficient Market' Interest Rate for <b><i>Momentive</i></b> Cramdown Plan Image

Second Circuit Directs Consideration of an 'Efficient Market' Interest Rate for <b><i>Momentive</i></b> Cramdown Plan

Robert W. Dremluk

On Oct. 20, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. v. BOKF, NA (In re MPM Silicones, L.L.C. "MPM")…

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Date Approaches for Start of EU Trade Secrets Directive

Jonathan S. Cohen

In 2016, concerns about protecting trade secrets in the European Union resulted in Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 8, 2016. Directive (EU) 2016/943, which will impact the entertainment industry, seeks to protect undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure.

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When Lack of Informed Consent Is Not the Issue

Janice G. Inman

When an injury occurs, the first reaction of those in the medical office might be to ask, "Did the patient sign an informed consent form?" When the answer is "Yes," and the harm that occurred is listed as a possibility on that signed form, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. Right? Not so fast.

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Exclusion of Evidence: The FDA's 510K Process

Janice G. Inman

In a drug or medical device injury case, one of the defense's most potent arguments often is that the product in question underwent FDA approval. But when a device is approved for sale to the public through the FDA's 510(k) process, the rigorous safety and efficacy analysis required of new and unique medical devices has not been undertaken.

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Children of a Married Same-Sex Couple

Janice G. Inman

<b><i>The Presumption of Legitimacy</i></b><p>In what is being hailed as a landmark decision, New York's Appellate Division, First Department, recently held that the presumption that a child born to a married couple is their legitimate offspring applies not only to biological children of both spouses, but also to children born through more modern means — even when the married parties are in a same-sex marriage.

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MAGA: Make Acronyms Great Again!

John J. Buchanan

The author discusses how acronyms (and some initialisms) can help you become a better communicator.

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Follow Up on False Claims Act Actions

Jacqueline C. Wolff & Benjamin J. Wolfert

The authors discuss several steps to take in order to avoid the pitfalls that could accompany lengthy exposure vis-à-vis state false claims actions.

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