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<b><i>Business Development:</i></b> Making a Bus Dev Coaching Program Stick
<b><I>Five EssentialTips</I></b><p>This article provides five tips to consider for an impactful, productive and successful business development coaching program for lawyers.
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What 'Originalist' Viewpoints May Mean for Patent Law
The landscape for patent law has changed more quickly over the last five years than it had in preceding decades. Recent cases have profoundly changed the way courts and the USPTO treat patents and patent applications. The U.S. Supreme Court will have ample opportunity, if it chooses, to revisit the issues that have been raised by these cases over the next few terms.
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New Data Types in the App Age
While the threat of "big data" has cast a shadow over IT and legal departments for several years, the real challenge can often be the variety. The authors believe the real challenge is less about "big data" and more about "new data types" — that quickly defeat traditional collection and review tools and strategies.
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In the Courts
Discussion of a ruling in which the Third Circuit Third affirmed the conviction and 42-month sentence of a man convicted in a PA bribery case.
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Med Mal News
A look at the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017.
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Future Shock? Uncertainty over Long-Term Effects of the FCC Privacy Rules Repeal
<b><i>The Repeal May Open Up ISPs to Future Legal Challenges on How and When They Can Sell Their Customer's Private Data</b></i><p>While the recent repeal of the Federal Communications Commissions' (FCC) broadband privacy rules have caused an uproar over what many may see as lagging federal data privacy protections, it does little to change how broadband ISPs handle their users' data.
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IP News
District Court's Decision Retroactively Excusing Failure to Mark Patented Products Vacated By Federal Circuit<br>Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Unpatentability Findings Made In an IPR Proceeding Despite Prior Judicial Opinions Upholding Validity
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Case Notes
In-depth analysis of two cases of interest.
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Verdicts
In-depth analysis of two recent rulings.
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Creating a Legal Event Team
<b><I>The Key to Efficient and Effective Corporate e-Discovery</I></b><p>The best way to create a successful business process is to start by identifying the people who are key to both creating and managing that process, and then bringing those people together to do just that. This is especially true when it comes to disaster recovery, business continuity, data breach detection and response.
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