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Case Notes
In-depth analysis of two major rulings.
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For-Profit Colleges
The author opines that If Chapter 11 were available to post-secondary schools, rehabilitation for those schools whose problems are balance-sheet issues but not academic or management, would be possible. The result, among others, would be to preserve the institution, the value of credits earned by students and the value of degrees confirmed to alumni.
Safe Harbor European Court Data Protection Ruling
On Oct. 6 of this year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave a very important judgment about EU data protection law in the so-called Schrems case, where it ruled that the EU Safe Harbor regime is invalid and that EU Member State data protection regulators have the power to investigate complaints about the adequacy of the level of protection of data transfers to the U.S.
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Heightened Cybersecurity Concerns Impact IP Strategies
Recent widely reported cybersecurity breaches have further heightened awareness of the issue, which is of significantly increasing concern both to businesses and government. Government regulators have pressed for greater cybersecurity efforts ' with the FTC's authority in this area being recently upheld by the Third Circuit.
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<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Five Critical Questions Every Client Should Ask Law Firms About Budgets
Although dramatic changes in law's economic landscape have conferred far greater bargaining leverage and purchasing power on clients, in budget discussions with outside law firms, many in-house counsel just aren't asking the right questions.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
Discussion of a case in which the purchasers' attempt to retract repudiation of their sale contract was ruled ineffective; a look at case in which a co-op corporation requested a warrant of eviction.
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How to Show a Partner the Door
The practice of law is a business. Typically, partners in a law practice are responsible for keeping the firm afloat through bringing in business. Because partners are expected to bring in money for their firms, making partner in a law firm is no longer the lifetime guaranteed 'employment it once was.
What Is the Cost of Marketing Complacency?
Regardless of the present economic conditions, your lawyers' practices (and by extension, your law firm) will grow and contract in relation to predictable economic cycles. While your lawyers' workloads may be overwhelming today, if not properly attended to, you could find the client list growing shorter and shorter, until, eventually, it is nonexistent.
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Landlord & Tenant
In-depth analysis of several pivotal rulings.
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Billing Scrutiny Creates Tension
Legal bill scrutiny in its many forms ' internally by legal departments, by nonlawyer staff elsewhere in the company, by third-party auditors, or via e-billing software ' has the potential to affect how and when law firms get paid, but the practical effect is up for debate.
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