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Analysis of a case involving a man who lied about his role as a government agent.

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Are Law Firms Charging Less or Just Making Less?

Roy Strom

In a market where clients are struggling to deliver more legal services for less cost (the challenge), RichardSusskind says a law firm may be tempted to undercut its competition on price in hopes of winning more work. But is it actually happening?

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Verdicts

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In an unpublished opinion, a two-judge panel of New Jersey's Appellate Division recently reinstated a medical malpractice case that had been dismissed for want of an expert.

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In the Marketplace

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Who's doing what; who's going where in the equipment leasing industry.

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Recognizing the Signs of Financial Distress

Steven Strom

Diagnosing financial distress, and the ability to address the relevant issues, is a necessary role of board members and senior executives. This article examines the types of distress, how to measure it versus how the capital markets measure it, and some of the tools and solutions a company has to address the issues during times of stress.

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TexasBarCLE 27th Annual Entertainment Law Institute<br>Copyright Society of the South Copyright Year in Review<br>Nashville Bar Annual Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Institute

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Cyber Disaster Recovery

Jeff Ton

<b><i>How to Take a Law Firm Beyond Insurance</i></b><p>With expectations for an always-on law firm, significant challenges within the legal industry to maintain competitiveness and perform due practice for cybersecurity and other disaster scenarios come from both clients and regulatory bodies.

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3D Printing, Sharing Economy, and Other Emerging Industries

Michael S. Levine & Andrea L. DeField

<b><i>Do You Have Adequate Coverage?</b></i><p>Most traditional or "legacy" insurance products fail to provide sufficient coverage for certain risk exposures vis-à-vis the 3D printing industry, just as they fail to adequately protect businesses in other emerging industries that, along with their concomitant risks, simply did not exist when the legacy insurance products covering them were formulated.

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<b><i>Professional Development:</i></b> Getting 'Gig'gy with It: The New 'Gig Economy'

Michael DeCosta

<b><i>Law Firm Marketing Teams Need to Adapt!</b></i><p>For the most part, law firms continue to structure themselves in a traditional operating and employment models with a dedicated workforce of talent arranged in an organizational hierarchy. In today's Gig Economy, however, this will unlikely hold. Here's why.

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Effective Internal Investigations

Terence Healy

<b><i>A Checklist for In-House Counsel</i></b><p>Every general counsel over the course of his or her career will face the need to conduct an internal investigation into events at the company. Many of these may be routine in nature, such as matters dealing with individual employees or human resources issues. But at times, the company may be required to examine issues affecting the core of its business, with potential serious impact on its financial performance or with regulatory exposure.

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