LJN Newsletters

  • Legal Tech
    Sedona Conference Releases Finalized Third Edition of the Sedona Principles

    The Often-Cited e-Discovery Guidelines Were 'Put Through the Ringer,' and the Result Is Updated Principles and Expanded Commentary for a New Technological Age

    Outside of guiding rules of evidence and procedure, the Sedona Principles are perhaps the most often-cited guidelines for handling electronic discovery today. But the Principles had not seen a full-scale rewrite since 2007. Since that time, electronic data sources have exponentially increased and e-discovery itself has morphed into a $10 billion business. The wait, though, has come to a close.

    November 02, 2017Zach Warren

  • Read This Before You Set Your 2018 Billing Rates

    Setting the next year's billing rates follows a simple formula at most firms: last year's rate plus a common percentage increase across all lawyer cohorts. A more disaggregated approach is needed -- firms should set higher percentage increases for senior lawyers and lower increases for junior lawyers.

    November 02, 2017Hugh A. Simons

  • Sales Speak: Award Winners: What Can We Learn?

    In every issue of Marketing the Law Firm, we read about best practices and new trends. However, not even that prepared us for this year's LSSO (Legal Sales and Service Organization Inc.) Legal Sales and Service Awards winners — specifically, the long-term success established in a short amount of time at two law firms.

    November 02, 2017Beth Cuzzone and Darryl Cross

  • The FLSA's Overtime Provisions

    Construing Them Broadly, But the Exemptions Narrowly

    FLSA cases holding against employers typically invoke a canon of construction that the FLSA should be construed broadly, and any of its exemptions narrowly. But this canon has a dubious foundation and tends to be applied inconsistently to justify a result.

    November 02, 2017Noah Finkel, Colton Long, Kyle Petersen and John Giovannone

  • Preventing Insider Trading at Biopharma Companies

    Biopharma companies and their insiders often possess material, nonpublic information. And since company equity usually makes up a large part of insiders' compensation, legal issues arise when they have access to such information and want to trade their equity.

    November 02, 2017Scott R. Jones

  • Oral Appellate Arguments in 'Blurred Lines' Copyright Case

    Lawyers for Marvin Gaye's heirs and recording artists Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke were singing past each other in court in October. But it wasn't clear which side was making the most headway with the appellate court.

    November 02, 2017Scott Graham

  • After a Hurricane: Can the Property Manager Be Blamed for a Lessee's Losses?

    The recent decision in Sears Roebuck & Co. and Kmart Corp. v. W/S Lebanon LLC seems timely in light of the fact that commercial landlords, tenants and their insurance providers are grappling with the problems caused by the extreme wind and rain of hurricanes. Here's what happened in that case.

    November 02, 2017Janice G. Inman

  • Case Notes

    The U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether to consider the case of Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida v. Charles, which pits a plaintiff against a hospital in the ongoing battle over which documents are privileged as adverse event records for the improvement of quality of care, and which must be turned over to aggrieved patients and their families.

    November 02, 2017ljnstaff

  • New-Wave Legal Challenges for Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

    As the adoption of cryptocurrencies spreads throughout the business and financial sectors, so too do the concerns that lack of regulation render the new-age currency susceptible to fraud, manipulation, and to being used as a vehicle for money laundering. Nevertheless, recent efforts by U.S. enforcement agencies to apply and enforce financial regulations mean greater scrutiny than ever before.

    November 02, 2017Robert J. Anello and Christina Lee