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ljnstaff & Law Journal Newsletters

A case in which a board's special permit denial was entitled to deference.

Allocating Costs to Policyholders for Periods of No Insurance

Elaine A. Panagakos

Last month, we discussed the fact that the "unavailability exception" originated with <I>Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Insurance Co.</I> The discussion continues herein.

Features

Fifth Circuit Vacates DIP Financing Orders

Michael L. Cook

The Fifth Circuit, recently vacated five bankruptcy court and district court Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing orders due to: 1) the lender's lack of good faith in relying on a third party's shares of stock as collateral; and 2) the bankruptcy court's lack of subject matter jurisdiction to authorize a lien on third party collateral subject to disputed ownership claims.

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Measuring Firm Quality with Client Value Initiatives

Vince Cordo

When it comes to competitive pricing, both clients and law firms are more and more focused on quality. That sounds good, but how can quality best be represented in actual metrics? While quality is a degree of excellence, what makes that degree marketable enough so that customers can swiftly leverage metric "facts" as a guide in the counsel selection process? Furthermore, how can these quality metrics be leveraged to delineate themselves from one another? The goal should be to highlight experience as an actual quality success metric rather than just attractive pricing.

Columns & Departments

Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of several important rulings.

Practice Management Takes Hold in Smaller and Mid-Size Firms

Joel A. Rose

Even though lawyer management in most mid-size firms recognize the importance of developing and implementing principles of practice management as a means to insure the high quality service to clients and to improve profitability, the extent to which practice management may be implemented varies greatly from firm to firm.

Features

Judicial Scrutiny of 'Other Insurance' Clauses

Spiro K. Bantis & Daniel W. London

Other insurance" clauses are unique within the liability policy because, unlike the rest of the policy, these clauses apply to the insurer's interaction with other insurers and not to the insurer's interaction with the insured.

Columns & Departments

Case Notes

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at a case in which an ex-employee failed in his bid for Sills Cummins' financials.

In the Spotlight: Lease Agreements

Mark Morfopoulos & Avram E. Posner

It has been the authors' experience that many attorneys, who do not practice commercial real estate full time, and their clients are not aware of some of the issues that should be taken into account by landlords, tenants and their counsel in the preparation and negotiation of lease provisions

Marketing Tech: Maximize Your Content Marketing Efforts

Melanie Trudeau

Keeping up with the demands of a law firm content marketing strategy is almost as challenging as running a marathon. Many law firms find they are highly motivated at the start, but run out of steam after a few months.

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