LJN Newsletters

  • How Torys Updated Its Intake Processes and Systems

    In 2008 we began actively looking for a new system that would allow our lawyers and staff to easily enter all of the required pieces of information about potential new clients. We wanted a system that could create a central repository for that information and integrate seamlessly with our financial and document management systems. CorpIntake has helped us to dramatically cut down the amount of time it takes to open new matters, comply with regulations and keep all of our information in a central location.

    May 02, 2014Grace Emanuele

  • Consumer Groups Decry FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal

    Consumer advocates reacted with dismay to reports that the FCC plans to allow Internet service providers to charge companies a toll for faster access, while FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler defended the proposed rules as consistent with the underlying goals of net neutrality.

    May 02, 2014Jenna Greene

  • Online Extra SEOs, Meet Your New BFF, the PR Professional

    It's not so long ago that the 'Basic Tips' to boost a website's rank in search engine results were about tracking page rank, using keywords, and creating internal links, with content ranking low on the totem pole. Well, guess what? That's changed and, as Google ' the most popular search engine ' becomes the arbiter of quality in determining what your eyeballs see, it will continue to evolve. '

    April 21, 2014Nicholas Gaffney

  • Development

    Hardship Waiver for Pine Barrens Development Upheld

    April 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Verdicts

    Chiropractic Care Is Not Necessarily 'Medical' Care

    April 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • UPDATE -- Blurred Lines

    In the March 2014 issue, in their article titled 'Blurred Lines,' the authors discussed a number of decisions from various jurisdictions concerning the applicability of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine in the context of an insurer's claims investigation. Among those decisions was National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. TransCanada Energy USA, Inc.

    April 02, 2014Marc S. Voses and Steven P. Nassi

  • Author's Rights Grant to Publisher Included e-Books

    Today's book publishing agreements typically include a grant of e-book rights from an author to a publisher. But contracts from the pre-e-book era have been contested as to whether the older agreements give the author or the publisher the e-book rights in the author's works. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has decided that the phrase "now known or hereafter invented" granted the e-book rights to the publisher.

    April 02, 2014Stan Soocher