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<b><i>Commentary:</b></i> Trademarked Keywords Become Legitimate PPC Targets
February 28, 2011
Since 2009, the legal landscape relating to PPC keyword triggers has continued to evolve, with a number of events that will please those of us who believe that the use of a trademarked term to trigger a PPC ad is not inherently a trademark infringement.
Hybrid Pension Plans: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
February 27, 2011
It is time again for firms to consider hybrid plans, such as cash balance plans. In October 2010, the Department of the Treasury issued very helpful guidance, but many of the most important issues remain either unanswered or answered only by proposed regulations.
Social Networking Initiatives
February 27, 2011
Why women attorneys should participate fully in digital networking.
Make Your First-Years Second-Years
February 27, 2011
How to build your firm to much higher profit levels and realize more income by making attorneys achieve higher value earlier in their careers.
Retreating in Order to Advance
February 27, 2011
Law firms are increasingly turning to retreats to help solve their management problems, improve personal relationships, and increase team spirit. But a retreat will not succeed unless adequate time and effort have gone into the planning process.
On the Move
February 27, 2011
Who's doing what; who's going where.
No Surprises at LTNY '11, But High Expectations For the Year
February 24, 2011
Legal Tech New York 2011 was remarkable for its refreshing return to confidence. Attendees seemed to focus their enthusiasm on rekindling relationships and talking technology in more hopeful tones, with a joint mission of improving the industry.
At 60 Billable Hours Per Week, You Have No Friends
January 28, 2011
Unlike the attorney classes of five years ago, the latest class of attorneys is feeling less pampered and is prepared to immediately accept firm productivity expectations. But are they happy?
Lessons from Failed Mergers Attempts
January 27, 2011
This article offers several real-life scenarios that often prevent stable and profitable law firms from successfully finding a merger partner.
Calculating Reasonable Royalty Damages for Indirect Infringement
January 27, 2011
In two recent cases decided only three weeks apart, the Federal Circuit gave conflicting pronouncements on the issue of whether trial courts can limit damages as a matter of law to proven instances of direct infringement.

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    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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  • Meet the Lawyer Working on Inclusion Rider Language
    At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll had already worked for months to write the language for such provisions. Kotagal was developing legal language for contract provisions that Hollywood's elite could use to require studios and other partners to employ diverse workers on set.
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