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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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.

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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).