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K. Bryance Metheny
For all employers, especially franchisors and franchisees who often utilize unique employment models, <i>Concepcion</i> and the cases interpreting it provide valuable lessons. Businesses have been given a road map for every contractual agreement in which arbitration provisions might appear, and the signposts point to fairness.
Nina Cunningham
During the last 20 years, enormous changes have occurred in the information industry. This has affected not only libraries, including private law libraries, but also law librarians and IT staff.
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Mary Pat Gallagher
Two New Jersey defense lawyers have been hit with ethics charges for having used Facebook in an unfriendly fashion.
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Michael E. Mooney
The time is now for all businesses, law firms included, to plan for major tax changes that are scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2013.
Jonathan Bick
Anonymous Internet speech, like traditional Internet speech, is protected. The anonymity and potentially unlimited mass audience of Internet speech, however, poses difficulties for the application of traditional doctrines governing speech. The balancing must take into account the possible value of widespread, instantaneous public information.
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Richard J. Geddes
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Sarah Champion
In <i>George Campbell Painting v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA</i>, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department ruled that because an insurer had sufficient knowledge of a late notice defense nearly four months before it provided a written disclaimer to the insured, the disclaimer was ineffective as a matter of law.
Larry P. Schiffer
This article considers whether alleged personal injuries based on exposure to contaminants disbursed because of a terrorist attack are excluded from coverage by the pollution exclusion commonly found in most insurance policies.
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James D. Cotterman
Succession planning is critical to the sustainability of law firms, and it should command leadership's full attention.
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Kimberly Alford Rice
The key to building a prosperous practice is to attract new clients and retain the ones you have. This requires lawyers to master some basic sales skills, and closing the sale is a non-negotiable part of the process.
