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Law Firm Accounting: Opening the Books

Susan Beck

The criminal fraud trial of three former executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf last year cast a spotlight on an arcane, often tedious but essential part of the operations of any big law firm: accounting practices.

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Law Firm Marketing and Business Development

Amanda K. Brady

Change is constant and hard ' and usually lumpy. This is especially true when it reaches the core of how an organization operates and goes to market.

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Update on Bankruptcy Fee Shifting

Michael L. Cook

Professional fees are always important to clients and lawyers in bankruptcy cases. As the recent decisions discussed in this article show, the fee-shifting debate is still alive.

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Abhishek Bapna

Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Decision On Obviousness <br>Federal Circuit: <i>Inter Partes</i> Review System Is Constitutional<br>Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decision Finding Negative Claim Limitation Satisfies 35 U.S.C. '112

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Investigations in Developing Countries

Jeffrey Sklaroff & Gregory Kehoe

Conducting an internal investigation into questionable company conduct is universally a stressful experience. Imagine having to handle all that in a remote location, thousands of miles and multiple time zones away, in a developing part of the world with logistical and infrastructure challenges, and with cultural, political and legal systems that differ markedly from those in the United States.

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Mobile Data, Social Media, and Modern e-Discovery

Jim Gill

It's easy to see how the Information Age has transformed the world once again. Old ways of doing things are no longer practical, and new guidelines for the way we conduct business are being formed in real-time. Keeping up with this changing landscape is vital in order to survive.

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The Inevitable Reinvention of the e-Discovery Industry

Jared Coseglia

Electronic discovery professionals should consider a future where their current skills no longer merit the salaries they are accustomed to commanding. The current talents and knowledge bases that allow for professional leverage or vertical mobility in today's e-discovery job market still have, and will always have, immense value to their employers. However, the growing reality is that employers will not need ' or be able ' to compensate the professional population with premiums in salary.

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Defining Big Data In the e-Discovery World

John Ferguson

As a data analyst, I'm always interested in investigating data trends in different industries. In 2015 ' and at the end of the last five years ' I've looked back at what Big Data really means in the e-discovery world, where large data volumes can equal a lot of time, a lot of money, and a more challenging case.

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Catching Counterfeiters With Page Vault

Rob Holmes

As the CEO and founder of IPCybercrime, my team and I have developed a systematic approach to investigating the online sale of fake branded goods. We work with law firms and corporate counsel to build cases against the counterfeiters. In the last decade, we've assisted in shutting down hundreds of thousands of websites offering counterfeit goods for sale. In many cases, $100s of millions were at stake.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Phishing, Attacks Top Data Concerns of Law Firm CIOs

Alan Cohen

Detection and deflection: It may seem like an old boxing adage, but what it really stands for, as our ALM sibling The American Lawyer's 20th annual technology survey finds, is law firms' re-engineered approach to security.

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