Features
Municipal Leasing: Favorite Son or Leasing's 'Red-Headed Stepchild'?
This article addresses a few of the primary challenges for traditional leasing companies entering the municipal leasing market.
Federal Judge Rules On Post-<i>Tincher</i> Product Liability
In one of the first federal opinions to address the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's November decision that retooled product liability law in the state, the judge decided to send the claims for negligence and strict product liability to trial.
Features
Survey: Strong Rentals and Equipment Acquisitions
According to Wells Fargo Equipment Finance's 2015 Construction Industry Forecast, contractors and equipment distributors remain optimistic regarding the prospects of local, nonresidential construction activity this year and respondents expect a strong rental market and increasing equipment acquisitions.
Features
Same As It Ever Was?
In last month's issue, the author noted that in the past few years, the Supreme Court has issued several important decisions limiting the availability of class-wide arbitration. As he discussed, lower courts, however, largely consider the landscape for consolidation relatively unchanged. The discussion concludes herein.
Features
<i>Social Media Scene:</i> Identifying the Utility of Social Networks
You've heard it a thousand times: You need to market yourself and your firm on social media. And it's true, you do, but maybe not for the reasons you think, and maybe not on the networks that self-proclaimed "experts" tell you to be active on.
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<i>Marketing Tech:</i> Law Firms Are on a Collective Mission to Evolve, Adapt and Succeed
About a year ago, the author launched a cloud-based technology platform that provides weekly networking programs and accountability software to help lawyers execute their business development activities. Here's how it works.
Columns & Departments
<b><i>At the Intersection</i></b>: The Human Barrier to LPM Technology
The author recently returned from the World Master of Law Firm Management Conference in Sydney, Australia, where she compared notes with folks deeply invested in the future of legal technology. They agreed that when it comes to Legal Project Management (LPM), the platforms, tools, templates and technology are evolving at the speed of ' frustration.
<i>Professional Development:</i> Leading Succession
The majority of law firms faced with generational change do not survive into the next generation after the founders retire. This risk of decline or dissolution can be greatly mitigated if your firm plans ahead of time for succession.
Features
Legal Issues in Fantasy Sports
Fantasy sports once represented a seasonal hobby among friends and coworkers. However, it has now undeniably blossomed into a force in both the American culture and, more important, the U.S. economy. The explosion of fantasy sports can be directly traced to the favored status bestowed upon fantasy sports contests by federal anti-gaming laws ' specifically the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIEGA).
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<b><i>Product Review:</b></i>Time Tracker by eBillity
Time tracking and billing, an unpleasant and time-consuming distraction at the best of times, became far more painful than it needed to be.
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