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Interview with Michael W. Robinson, Senior Vice President, Levick Strategic Communications
July 28, 2009
Michael Robinson, a senior vice president of a leading crisis communications firm, Levick Strategic Communications, discusses the new business and communications challenges posed by the economic downturn and the role of corporate counsel in preventing and managing crises.
Let the Hirer Beware: Increased Lateral Hiring Increases the Risk of Malpractice Claims
June 30, 2009
With so many lawyers up for grabs, many of them eminently qualified, firms have enticing opportunities to bring aboard top talent, sometimes at bargain prices. But let the hirer beware. Lateral hiring isn't without risk, and more lateral hiring means more exposure to claims alleging malpractice and other failings.
Re-engineering Underused Partners
June 30, 2009
In the current recession, partners whose practices depend on transactional areas of the law have experienced a significant decline in business. Some firms may have the resources and client work to carry them. Others may not. "Re-engineering" underutilized partners, although not the easiest solution, could be the least objectionable.
Estate Planning: Attorneys and CPAs ' Perfect Together
June 30, 2009
Whether or not a law firm offers its clients estate planning services, the input of a CPA is vital to ensure that a client receives the most comprehensive estate planning advice. Law firms without estate planning capabilities should work closely with accounting firms that do have estate planning expertise in order to realize an additional revenue stream from existing clients.
Cash Management: Know What You Need, Get It, and Put It to Work
June 30, 2009
The cash-flow statement is the single most important tool for the success of any business. Most lawyers, and even many large law firms, begin to realize that they are in trouble only after the money ceases to come in the door. However, cash flow cessation is usually the last symptom of a downward spiral that started long before.
Virgin Advantage from a New, Near-Shore Corporate Frontier
June 29, 2009
With bona fides now suitably established, is it possible to actively leverage the USVI's fiber and bandwidth assets to deliver greater competitive and stakeholder advantage to the enterprise? Yes it is; an economic development program chartered in law by the USVI government, sanctioned under U.S. Treasury regulations and managed by the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park ("RTPark"), may be of particular interest to e-commerce and other knowledge-based businesses.
Practice Building Skills: Marketing Kryptonite That Will Overcome Attorney Objections
June 26, 2009
According to the author: Yes, you can win an argument with an attorney and get your marketing initiative approved, if you present the right data to get your point across.
Practice Tip: Reducing Product Liability Litigation Costs
June 24, 2009
This article poses ten questions in-house corporate counsel should ask themselves when they are preparing to defend a case and are in the process of retaining outside counsel.
Seventh Circuit Vindicates Secured Lenders' Right to Full Payment
June 23, 2009
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on May 5, 2009, that two secured lenders were fully secured, "entitled to a full recovery" from the debtor ("UAL") despite the bankruptcy court's improper valuation of the collateral (improved airport terminal space) securing the lenders' underlying $60 million loan.
Movers & Shakers
May 29, 2009
Who's doing what; who's going where.

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