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Challenges and Adjustments in a Merger
September 28, 2011
There is little or no honeymoon period after the marriage of a smaller firm with a much larger one. However, the drama that results from the merger need not ' and should not ' end in tragedy for the partners from the smaller firm.
Asserting the Attorney-Client Privilege in ERISA Cases
September 28, 2011
A spate of recent case law raises the question of which circumstances will enable advice rendered in benefits matters to be protected by the attorney-client privilege and the related work product doctrine.
When Should Attorneys Be in the Office?
September 28, 2011
There are no right or wrong answers as to exactly when an attorney should be in the office, or how many hours are enough (or too much). So what should you do?
Professional Development: The One Thing You Must Do in Your Marketing
September 28, 2011
If you fail to keep in touch with your prospects on a regular basis, your business development efforts will likely fall short of your hoped-for results.
The Place to Network: What's So Good About Hosting an Event?
September 28, 2011
The intent of this column is to provide a framework for identifying the relative benefits of hosting an event. How can we turn an event into a means for generating revenue?
The Business of Branding: Put Some Poetry in Your Marketing
September 28, 2011
How you say something is as important as what you say. If content is king, then delivery is its scepter, crown and cape.
Technology in Marketing: Google+. Rethinks Online Privacy
September 28, 2011
There's a fairly robust legal community developing on Google+. Here's what you need to know.
CyberSource: Machines Executing Processes and the Computer-Readable Medium
September 28, 2011
In <i>CyberSource v. Retail Decisions</i>, a panel of the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's summary judgment ruling that the asserted patent claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C. &sect; 101, and held that purely mental processes are unpatentable abstract ideas. The court decided that merely limiting an unpatentable mental process to a computer-readable medium for execution on a processor, in a so-called <i>Beauregard</i> claim, did not satisfy &sect; 101.
How the New Patent Act Will Affect the Way Counsel Practice and Advise Their Clients
September 28, 2011
The America Invents Act, passed by Congress on Sept. 9, 2011, and signed into law on Sept. 16, 2011, imposes sweeping changes to U.S. patent law. This article focuses on how the new patent laws will require patent practitioners to change the way they practice and advise their clients.
New Briefs
September 28, 2011
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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