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At the Intersection: Cutting Corners
In this second of three related posts, we consider whether clients' increasing efforts to control outside legal spend forces their outside counsel to "cut corners."
Features
Professional Development: Better Rainmaking
Are you an ISTJ or an ENFP, perhaps an INTP? What is this alphabet soup, you ask? It's the letters used in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment tool. Why should you care? Because knowing your letters will help you be a better rainmaker.
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What Happens to Your Digital Estate After You Die?
Ever wonder what happens to your social media accounts, e-mail, online texts and other digital content when you die? Do they simply expire, leaving nothing behind but digital dust? Or can you authorize someone to take them over after you pass on? And if so, what powers would such a person possess?
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IP News
Federal Circuit Defines "By Means Of" <br>Doctrine of Claim Differentiation Insufficient to Overcome Plain Meaning of Claim Term<br>Patentee's Failure to Connect the Dots Insufficient, But Not Sanction-Worthy
Features
Legal Analytics and Corporate Law Today
In this Q&A, panelists discuss the impact of Legal Analytics on the legal profession and how it can be used to gain an edge in the highly competitive business and practice of law.
Features
Digital Media and the New U.S. Copyright Office Compendium
Much has been written about the so-called "monkey selfie" and the dispute about whether nature photographer David Slater owns a photo snapped by a macaque monkey. As entertaining as that story is, there are more practical and far-reaching consequences for businesses that arise out the Copyright Office's overhaul of its standards and practices.
Features
Security Interests in Energy Conservation and Performance Leases and Loans
How important is a Section 30 approval to lenders participating in Energy Conservation Contract or Energy Performance Contract lending to Housing Authorities ("HA")?
Features
Going Digital ' With Signatures
When was the last time you had to sign a document or collect signatures as part of a larger business process? Or wait on someone else for a signature? Did you opt for the old-fashioned "wet signature" or the new-fashion electronic version?
Features
Dividing Retirement Plan Assets in a Divorce
The first or second largest asset in a marital estate is one or both spouses' retirement plans. Therefore, a mistake made in dividing these assets in a divorce could be very costly for one of the spouses.
Features
Leadership: Linking Business Development to Partner Compensation
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 ... in an often-futile attempt to turn everyone into a capable rainmaker.
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