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Update: The IRS Whistleblower Program
April 26, 2012
A discussion of the key provisions of the revised Whistleblower Program and the steps involved in a whistleblower claim.
Thoughts on the Proposed FCPA Guidance
April 26, 2012
This year may mark the beginning of a new, more predictable era in the world of FCPA compliance and enforcement. Here's why.
<B><I>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> <b>Judge Peck's Predictive Coding Decision in Da Silva Moore OK'd</b>
April 26, 2012
Predictive coding software will be used in the case of <i>Monique da Silva Moore, et al. v. Publicis Group SA, et al</i>, U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Carter ruled on April 25.
The Consequences of an Insurance Company's Breach
April 26, 2012
A policyholder that establishes its insurance company was in breach need not necessarily show that particular costs were "covered" under the policy in order to recover them as contract damages resulting from the breach.
First Circuit Raises Troubling Questions
April 26, 2012
The First Circuit opinion in <i>Rosciti v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania</i> presents an increasingly common interplay between two often conflicting areas of law ' insurance coverage and bankruptcy.
Avoid Mistakes of the Past
April 26, 2012
This article discusses a number of cases to have considered officer and director fiduciary duties in the context of insolvency.
Dispelling (Some) of the Darkness of Stern v. Marshall's Bleak House
April 26, 2012
The Amended Standing Order issued by Judge Loretta Preska has significantly reduced the procedural quagmire and uncertainty faced by attorneys and the courts as a result of <i>Stern v. Marshall</i>. Here's why.
TOP 5 MYTHS OF ATTORNEY SELLING - PART II.
April 16, 2012
MYTH # 2 - Attorneys should step in to the business development process only after the marketing department develops a strategy. Ultimately, the onus is upon the attorneys to bring in (and keep) the business. The role of law firm marketing should support these goals with collateral materials, public relations activities, social media and identifying seminars and workshops that help facilitate network development. Once you have the information and sales training, plan a strategy to pursue the&#133;
IT BOILS DOWN TO ONE CLIENT AT A TIME
April 03, 2012
Here's a little secret about professional services marketing. It always comes down to selling the individual clients ' one by one. And it doesn't matter if your firm is the largest or the smallest.
Top 5 Myths of Attorney Selling
March 30, 2012
MYTH #1: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND LAW FIRM MARKETING ARE INTERCHANGEABLE TERMS Law firm marketing is about being found, not chosen. How you get found is through publicity, media outreach, networking, collateral materials, conducting and attending workshops. These tactics are the eyes, ears and interests of your potential client. But first you have to locate the target -- that's business development. Perhaps a more appropriate term for business development is "business generation," which requires (dare I write it)&#133;

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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