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Linda S. Crawford
While EHRs are here to stay, what are the benefits and risks of this product? Do they create more or less legal liability for medical providers?
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Aleta Norris
Most law firm leaders have not figured out that this assignment is not about them. It is about the people they are in a position to serve. And, because they just don't realize this, they make mistakes.
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Milton Springut
On Aug. 20, 2014, summary judgment was granted to the plaintiff insurance company, upholding its denial of coverage to indemnify judgments in two trademark counterfeiting cases. <i>United States Fidelity & Guarantee v. Ashley Reed Trading.</i> The opinion provides insight to trademark practitioners about insurance coverage and provides information about strategies for trademark owners' enforcement efforts.
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Matthew Churchill
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Allain Andry
When a client seeks representation on an equity joint venture, there are eight primary structural considerations that provide the framework for documenting the venture: 1) initial capital contributions; 2) future capital needs; 3) cash distribution waterfall; 4) governance; 5) transfers; 6) exit rights; 7) restrictive covenants; and 8) affiliate transactions.
Jesse M. Brody
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Suemyra A. Shah
While numerous companies now maintain an active presence on Twitter, the extent to which brands can lawfully interact with other Twitter users for advertising and similar commercial purposes is still not yet clearly defined and, consequently, the legal risk associated with each tweet is not always properly weighed before a promotional social media campaign is launched.
Jeff Catanzaro
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Robin Snasdell
Strategic contract management and the deployment of the right supporting technology can mitigate issues and help organizations extract maximum value from their contracts.
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David A. Martindale
There are both tactical and ethical reasons to refrain from having litigants prepared for evaluations by forensic mental health consultants. Here's why.
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Michael D. Goldhaber
For five years, a team at international law firm Hogan Lovells tracked the wild financial peregrinations of a Kazakh oligarch suspected of running a $10 billion fraud. But this is more than a cloak-and-dagger story.
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John Marchioni
ALM research indicates that 52% of surveyed corporate counsel and small, medium and large firms are either already using an electronic signature solution or plan to implement one in the next 12 months.
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Morey Raiskin
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Celeste Thacker
While there are not currently any laws in the United States forbidding employers from gleaning information from social media ' whether during the hiring process or at any point in the employment relationship ' improper use can get them into trouble.
