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Voice of the Client: Assumptions Can Kill You Image

Voice of the Client: Assumptions Can Kill You

Bruce Heintz

Shouldn't we be more deliberate and questioning about the assumptions we make about clients ' in order to ensure that we don't end up with self-inflicted client relations issues?

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<i>Wilton /Brillhart</i> Abstention Update Image

<i>Wilton /Brillhart</i> Abstention Update

William P. Shelley, Jacob C. Cohn & Andrew C. Lucking

While it is not unusual for federal courts to apply the <I>Wilton/Brillhar</I>t abstention doctrine in response to a party motion, a recent case is remarkable because not only did the district court dismiss the case on its own motion, it did so fully a year after removal, with no parallel state court action pending and after the magistrate judge had issued a 39-page report recommending that the coverage question be answered in the insurer's favor.

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Settlement Between Gaga and Manager To Stay Out of Public View

Mary Pat Gallagher

Lady Gaga and her former producer, Rob Fusari, won a court order that keeps a lid on the terms of a 2010 settlement agreement between them that has become pertinent to another case now headed for trial.

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Media & Communications: Corporate Journalism, The Future of Law Firm Marketing Image

Media & Communications: Corporate Journalism, The Future of Law Firm Marketing

John Ford

Corporate journalism ' also known as brand journalism ' is journalistic content produced by a law firm (or any other entity) about that firm, its work, or the issues that it deals with on a regular basis. Here's how it works.

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Understanding The New Flood Insurance Law

Cynthia C. Russomano

President Barack Obama signed into law the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act in March. This legislation is intended as a solution to extreme flood insurance rate increases caused by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.

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If You're Not on Facebook, You're Committing Malpractice Image

If You're Not on Facebook, You're Committing Malpractice

Josh King

Imagine you're cross-examining a witness about a phone call, but you've never used a telephone before. Ridiculous, right? But is it any different than wading into a new client matter where social media communications are at issue without having ever used social media?

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Supreme Court Opinion Calls into Question Hundreds of NLRB Rulings Image

Supreme Court Opinion Calls into Question Hundreds of NLRB Rulings

Matthew C. Lonergan & Anne Knox Averitt

On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited <I>Noel Canning</I> decision, and invalidated President Obama's January 2012 appointments of three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or Board).

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The DNA of an In-House Corporate e-Discovery Project Manager

Jared Coseglia

What is the DNA of an in-house e-discovery project manager ' and how can you become one, whether you are a lawyer or a technician? Let's define an in-house e-discovery project manager, examine in-house corporate hiring trends and endeavor to understand what the corporate appetite is for grooming talent or, conversely, for hiring experienced e-discovery professionals.

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Phila. Bar Association Issues Guidelines on Social Media Use

P.J. D'Annunzio

A recent Philadelphia Bar Association ethics opinion detailing how lawyers may instruct their clients on the use of social media provides greater clarity to lawyers caught in the middle of a constantly "evolving" digital landscape, some attorneys said.

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The EU 'Right to Be Forgotten' Google Judgment

Andre Bywater, Jonathan Armstrong

In mid-May, the European Union's highest court, the European Court of Justice, handed down a controversial landmark ruling in a matter commonly referred to as the "right to be forgotten" case, concerning Google. Here's what it means to U.S. businesses.

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