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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).

Features

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Is There Standing to Prosecute Fraudulent Transfer Claims if Unsecured Creditors Have Been Fully Paid?

Paul A. Rubin & Leslie W. Chervokas

The answer depends, in part, on where the debtor's case is pending. In the Second Circuit, courts allow defendants to escape exposure to fraudulent transfer actions if the debtor's estate cannot identify at least one general unsecured creditor who would benefit from a recovery in that litigation. Not so in other courts.

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Practice Tip: Traveling Globally

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Increased concern about international child abductions has led the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department to institute certain policies and procedures for single parents travelling internationally with a child. Practitioners should pay attention to these special considerations, particularly with summer travel on the horizon.

Features

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Paper's Hidden Security Risk

John Gilbert

It is almost impossible to open a newspaper today without reading about cybersecurity breaches. Target Corp., Neimann Marcus and many other companies have been targeted, and many experts think it is only a matter of time until law firms are targeted (if it's not too late already). All this "cyber risk" may have you pining for the days before computers, when almost all information was stored on paper.

Features

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Exhibits: Details and Timing

Steven J. Roberts

Today's lease exhibits are more numerous, have greater detail and often make up major terms and provisions of the lease. They need to be prepared and negotiated early in the lease preparation and negotiation process.

Features

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Protect Your Brands on Social Media

Camille M. Miller & Elizabeth Lai Featherman

Online counterfeit sellers are increasingly more sophisticated and are engaging in social media counterfeiting to exploit social media tools to bolster their sales of counterfeit products online.

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