Does a prior owner's oral grant of permission to enter the disputed land at the owner's death operate to defeat an adverse possession claim by a person who, after the oral grant of permission, occupied the land for the statutory period?
Research over the past four years is showing a slow-moving upward trend of law firms hiring professional sales people. This trend spans all sizes of firms, from small to global.
How does a law firm discover what it takes to become a Preferred Provider for a particular key client? Simple, just ask the client.
Business as usual is different now, and we're not going back to the "good" old days when the fa'ade of increasing billing rates masked a multitude of law firm management sins.
Law firms have begun to recognize that segmenting their services can be a good thing and a legitimate business model to deploy.
Every touch point a client has with a firm can contribute meaningfully to client satisfaction ' or dissatisfaction.
In the U.S. workplace, increasing religious diversity means additional labor and employment responsibilities for in-house counsel, according to a new report from the Tanenbaum Center for Religious Understanding.
Recent notable whistleblower cases are in some instances defining what it takes to be a successful retaliation plaintiff; in other ways, these cases are merely shaping the battleground for cases yet to come.
The government routinely requires certifications from its contractors, who provide everything from weapons systems used in combat to health care services paid by Medicare and Medicaid.
Rulings in two cases have substantially defined the landscape of non-competition law in Illinois, and have a profound impact on employers' use of restrictive covenants with their employees.
