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At the Intersection: Game Your Way to Longer Life
A look at "personal gamification" ' how you can create stronger personal motivation and resiliency by drawing on some basic game principles.
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Five Ways to Improve Lateral Recruitment
Here are five ideas that law firm leaders can embrace to improve their own success rate at finding and integrating laterals into their firms.
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Application of the Abuse Exclusion
Based upon the complexity and risk, many sexual abuse claims result in coverage disputes.
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Update: Work-Product Doctrine
Update to last month's article concerning the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine in the context of an insurer's claims investigation.
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Stroke-of-the-Pen Risk in Insurance Coverage
The actions taken by New York in the wake of Sandy, and the recent news that such measures will be the new normal, suggest a move from the rule of law to the "rule of man" that should be troubling for insurers going forward.
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2014 Forecast
Optimism is riding high among construction contractors and equipment distributors that local non-residential activity will improve in 2014, according to a recent survey by Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Inc.
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'Hell or High Water' Clause
As if Superstorm Sandy did not cause enough damage, it has the temerity to become the basis for a new legal precedent.
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Lease Portfolio Purchase Due Diligence
This article examines the due diligence steps that every lawyer must address when advising a client about the merits of purchasing an equipment lease portfolio.
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