LJN Newsletters

In-house counsel are facing a dramatic increase in discovery costs, the associated expenses related to compliance and a growing emphasis on initiatives such as diversity programs within an increasingly challenging economic landscape.

The SEC has pursued FCPA enforcement actions against companies that make contributions to charities to curry favor with foreign officials, who oversee awards of government contracts and "hint" that a contribution to such a worthy organization would be welcome.

With competition growing, clients terminating long-term relationships and the inability of firms to keep up with technology and marketplace changes, business development training and coaching have become mainly a palliative measure, ignoring the primary problem.

The author presents 15 ways to help you maximize the business development opportunities created by speaking or presenting a seminar. Most are simply common sense ' but not common practice.

Many of the best attorneys understand the importance of utilizing a group of experts when they review a lease. This article focuses on two of the most frequently misunderstood areas of a lease: insurance and construction provisions.

For a long time, people have generally felt it appropriate to go onto various image search engines, find a photo and then cut and paste it into their publication or website. One of the reasons this was so easy to get away with was that there was no effective way for photographers to find unlicensed uses of their work. Of late, however, photographers either have acquired new technology or have engaged search companies that have image-searching technology.

In last month's newsletter, we discussed the fact that, in some jurisdictions, evidence that medical facility policies and/or procedures were not followed may be introduced to show that its medical practitioners did not meet the standard of care. The discussion concludes herein.

This article looks at what happens when a couple is granted a civil divorce,but one of them refuses to sign a religious divorce. What can a family law practitioner do, if anything?