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Online e-Discovery Ethics

Jonathan Bick

Although attorneys are rapidly becoming familiar with structuring digital data requests and responding to those requests in a way that is thorough, but reasonable, most attorneys feel at sea in the e-discovery ethics arena.

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Demand Is Down, So Why Are Billing Rates on the Rise? Image

Demand Is Down, So Why Are Billing Rates on the Rise?

Julie Triedman

Contradicting the ordinary rules of supply and demand, law firms have continued to jack up hourly fees faster than flat demand and a projected 1.7% annual inflation rate would suggest.

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Patchwork Paid Sick Leave Laws

Lisa M. Schmid

When it comes to initiating employment legislation, we're living in a time when state and city lawmakers are the change agents. From adopting equal pay legislation to raising the minimum wage or instituting paid parental leave, inaction by the United States Congress has resulted in many states and cities taking matters into their own hands.

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U.S. Firms Expand into Latin America at a Record Pace

Nicholas Bruch

Recent data reveals that Latin America is the fastest-growing emerging market for Am Law 200 firms. The reason for U.S. firms' growing interest in the region is clear: Many Latin American economies boast above-average GDP growth and strong economic ties to the U.S. and Europe.

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Patents: When the 'Plain and Ordinary' Meaning Is Neither Plain Nor Ordinary Image

Patents: When the 'Plain and Ordinary' Meaning Is Neither Plain Nor Ordinary

Matthew Chivvis

It is common in patent cases for the patentee to ascribe "plain and ordinary" meaning to terms in a patent claim, while the defendant often seeks a narrower construction. But what if the parties agree that "plain and ordinary" applies but then dispute what the plain and ordinary meaning should be?

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Three-Way Stop: Project Management, Technology and Process Improvement

Micah Ascano

Legal Project Management has seen an explosion of interest from the legal industry in recent years. It has been touted as the key to efficient legal work and a cure-all for the woes of fixed fees, fee caps, and lawyers who blow budgets. But there are drawbacks.

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Employee Benefit Plan Information

Marc Bussone

Cyber threats are so pervasive that many privacy and security experts advise that responsible parties ' like fiduciaries of employee benefit plans ' should prepare for when a data breach occurs, not if . Data collected by employee benefit plans includes sensitive information that make them a particularly attractive target for cybercrime.

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Leasing to a Foreign Entity Requires Special Attention

Eugene J.M. Leone & Alexis Kessler

Leasing real property to a foreign entity presents a special set of concerns for landlords, and those who are leasing real property to a foreign entity should carefully evaluate these concerns ' and, where appropriate, address them in the lease. This article highlights the special considerations that a landlord encounters when leasing to a foreign entity.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Artist Merchandise-Approval Form Doesn't Shield Live Nation From Liability for Willful Infringement of Photographer's Works<br>Country Artist Wins Attorney Fees After Prevailing in Record Label's End-Run Copyright Suit<br>District Court in Fourth Circuit Decides Copyright Office Must Act on Registration Application Before Plaintiff Can Proceed With Infringement Suit<br>

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Money Laundering Case Puts Spotlight On Law Firms' Use of Trust Accounts Image

Money Laundering Case Puts Spotlight On Law Firms' Use of Trust Accounts

Susan Beck

A $3.5 billion asset forfeiture case that the DOJ brought in July grabbed the public's attention for the alleged purchases involved: a luxury jet, a Beverly Hills mansion, Las Vegas casino junkets and a stake in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie <i>The Wolf of Wall Street.</i> But for experts in how law firms handle client funds, another detail in the case may merit special scrutiny.

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