Credible Fraudulent Transfer Advocacy
Appellate courts continue to use common sense when disposing of constructively fraudulent transfer appeals, as recent decisions show.
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e-Commerce Slowing, But Continues to Grow and Outpace Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
May 28, 2008
U.S. Census Bureau estimates for first-quarter e-commerce spending reflect a slowing economy, but e-commerce continued rising as a percentage of all retail spending, government figures released last month show.
e-Speech Is Looking Like Free Speech With More Than Just Some Letters Missing
May 28, 2008
Recent court decisions, congressional legislation and foreign governmental self-help actions appear to be aimed at transforming the new millennium's icon of free speech ' the Internet ' into a source of semi-free speech.
It Takes More Than A Shingle to Be a Good e-Commerce Attorney
May 28, 2008
If you've grabbed the brass ring ' or you want to prepare to ' don't rest on your laurels too long. Experienced e-commerce counsel warn colleagues not to let the ever-shifting world of e-commerce catch them unaware. Traits of effective e-commerce counsel, culled from a cadre of some of these experts, follow.
Dressing Your e-Business Up for Success
May 28, 2008
Asking an e-commerce entrepreneur whether he or she knows what the business looks like may seem silly. After all ' doesn't it seem a given that no one can run a business, whether an e-commerce venture or a traditional bricks-and-mortar storefront operation, without knowing its basic financial information, especially cash flows, receivables and payables, and the balance sheet?
Managing Practice Group Profitability
May 28, 2008
Managers can no longer ignore the performance of individual practices, hoping problems will correct themselves. Firms everywhere are venturing into various types of reporting and 'profit center accounting,' typically based on the performance of individual practice groups and even specific clients. However, they take a variety of approaches to these analyses, and the differences can cause severely different analytic outcomes.
Bit Parts
May 28, 2008
Copyright Infringement/File Sharing<br>Copyright Infringement/Summary Judgment<<br>Royalty Suit/Right to Trial by Jury<br>Sampling Suits/Sound Recordings
Cameo Clips
May 28, 2008
BLANKET SONG LICENSES/INTERNET SERVICES<br>COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/SETTLEMENT OFFER
CA Supreme Court: Film/Book Consulting, Not Conflicts Mandating Recusal
May 28, 2008
It was prosecutor vindication time at the California Supreme Court in May. In unanimous rulings authored by Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, the state high court held that the Second District Court of Appeal erred when it ordered three deputy district attorneys removed from separate cases each was handling. The ruling chastised the Second District's Ventura branch for failing to grant appropriate deference to a trial court judge's decision that no disqualifying conflict existed for Santa Barbara County prosecutors Joyce Dudley and Ronald Zonen.
Lawyer or Laborer? Value Billing Helps Lawyers Convey the Worth, Not Just the Cost, of Their Services
May 28, 2008
Cash cannot be realized until clients understand the benefits they have received from the lawyer's services — and agree to pay the bill. The key is to understand and convey value to the client, expressed in clear and understandable terms.
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