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Practice Tip

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Discussion of personality disorders in divorce, and e-filing in Connecticut.

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IP Outsourcing

Jayne Durden

The growing demand for IP to be at the center of commercial strategy, together with a squeeze on resources and budgets, has resulted in many in-house teams looking for alternative ways to organize and manage their IP work.

Features

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Court: Condo Association Has the Right to Amend Bylaws to Bar Smoking Within Individual Units

Jack Malley & Ken Jacobs

In February 2014, a Westchester County condo association amended its bylaws to bar smoking everywhere on the condominium property, including inside individual units. One unit ownercontinued to smoke in his unit. Herein is a discussion of the litigation that followed.

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Transforming e-Discovery Into a Standard Business Process

Scott M. Giordano

In recent years, the need to treat e-discovery as a repeatable, streamlined process has been well-evidenced by a series of U.S. court opinions citing a wide range of e-discovery failures, including those related to preservation of electronically stored information (ESI), document productions and identification of potential custodians.

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Strategic Content Management to Maximize Net Revenue

Jeff Catanzaro & Robin Snasdell

Strategic contract management and the deployment of the right supporting technology can help organizations extract maximum value from their contracts. Many organizations are not there yet, however, according to a recent survey.

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CA Employers, Heads Up!

Steven M. Schneider & Amara Russell Bromberg

Beginning in 2015, California employers will be required by law to provide paid sick leave to employees. Because California is often a bellwether state for changes in others, this legislation is of national interest. Will your state be next?

Features

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Attorney Fees Under ERISA

Saranac Hale Spencer

After broaching the issue in a nonprecedential opinion released last summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit suggested during arguments on Oct. 21 that it might soon answer definitively whether the catalyst theory for recovering attorney fees applies in ERISA cases.

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Case Notes

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In a recent decision subject to multiple flaws, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts refused to dismiss a suit against the manufacturer of an investigational drug and medical device used in a clinical trial based on the allegedly inadequate warnings the clinical trial investigator provided to patients in obtaining their informed consent to the trial.

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The Bumpy Road: Tort Reform in New Jersey

Gary L. Riveles & Cyndee L. Allert

In New Jersey, the AOM Statute, although reducing the number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed overall, has created virtually as much litigation by way of motion practice and appellate practice; these make up for the reduced number of lawsuits.

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Linking Business Development to Partner Compensation

Timothy B. Corcoran

In recent years, as client fee pressure has increased and client loyalty has decreased, law firms are investing significant time and money in business development programs. Some partners receive training to dust off selling skills that were largely unnecessary during a time of plenty. Other partners receive training, then individualized coaching, then more training, then more coaching, in an often-futile attempt to turn everyone into a capable rainmaker.

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