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Enforcing Divorce Agreements
March 29, 2012
The Appellate Division, Second Department, has issued three decisions which held that motions to enforce a divorce agreement are not subject to the six-year statute of limitations that controls breach of contract actions.
Case Briefs
March 29, 2012
Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.
Sales Speak: Making It Rain
March 28, 2012
While rainmaking is probably one of many good reasons an individual is moved into an Office Managing Partner leadership role, the more distance from the day-to-day requirements for rainmaking, the more inevitable is the erosion of those skills.
Career Journal: The 'Online' Resume
March 28, 2012
While the resume remains a critically important document ' one that in most instances is hard to do without ' the art form of presenting oneself continues to evolve.
The Voice of the Client: Billing As a Marketing and Business Development Tool
March 28, 2012
The following information and recommendations come directly from clients ' the consumers of your legal services.
Media & Communications Corner: What Matters in Client Reports
March 28, 2012
Done right, creating activity reports can be more than a regurgitation of effort and achievement ' they can be crucial tools to identify trends and business opportunities ...
Content Marketing and Web Analytics
March 28, 2012
The information generated by web analytics is a valuable tool to help lawyers and law firms plan ' and continuously improve ' their content and their online content distribution campaigns.
American Natural Gas
March 28, 2012
To critics, natural gas may be associated with potential environmental hazards, which has predictably spawned a growing trend of litigation and regulatory scrutiny around the country.
Practice Tip: The Do's and Don'ts of Depositions
March 28, 2012
In the author's words, "There appears to be an almost universal disregard to posing a proper question."
Leveling the Playing Field
March 28, 2012
The age of ESI changed everything in terms of how quickly and easily documents are created and then stored. As a consequence, every corporate defendant in a product liability case today can expect to spend thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars producing documents in discovery.

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