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Two interesting news items are discussed

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Lifestyle Analysis

Thomas A. Hutson

Last month, we discussed the fact that a lifestyle analysis provides a great deal of useful information to clients and their counsel, the court or other users, and also serves well as a stepping stone to the development of a realistic personal living expense budget for post-divorce years. The discussion concludes herein.

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Are Search Engine Results Protected Speech?

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

Search-engine results have become the lodestar of the Web for most users. Whether the user constructs a narrowly-tailored query designed to exclude inapplicable results, or a broad search designed as an introduction to a given topic, the algorithmic apparatus fueling search engines will usually produce pertinent information. As a matter of fact, this article on search results was in part fueled by using results acquired from a search engine.

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Setting Condominium Assessments: Limits on Board Power

Stewart E. Sterk

When a condominium incurs costs for repairs of common areas, how much discretion does the condominium board have in allocating those costs? A look at a recent ruling.

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Construction Contracts and Project Management

Daniel Goodwin, Roger Fitzgibbon

Whether designing and constructing a new retail center, a tenant finish-out or a renovation project, retail real estate developers, property managers and tenants interact with construction contracts, contractors, architects and other construction industry professionals on a regular basis. Those interactions may include lengthy, sophisticated contracts, very basic contracts or no written contract at all. This article addresses some of these common issues from the perspective of protecting the owner of the project.

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Several pivotal cases are discussed.

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Snapchat Settles With FTC on Privacy Assurance

Jenna Greene

Snapchat messages are not nearly as ephemeral as the company promised, the FTC alleged in an administrative lawsuit against the app maker.

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In-House Survey Suggests Best Practices for Vendors

Ari Kaplan

In November 2013, I surveyed 26 predominantly administrative professionals throughout Fortune/Global 500 law departments. In addition to questions related to pricing predictions for hosting, review, processing, the future of predictive coding, the trend towards growing in-house teams and the expansion of managed services, I asked for their impressions of certain leading vendors in the market.

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Three Magic Words

Larry Bodine

To be successful in generating new business and attracting new clients, it is essential to speak the language of your target clients. Furthermore, lawyers should actually use the words that clients want to hear.

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Sales Speak: 'Pitch Meetings'

Bruce Alltop

Why things tend to go off the rails related to conducting a successful introductory meeting with a potential target (prospective client).

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