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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Reed Smith Raises Salaries, Matching $180K in Some Markets
June 29, 2016
Reed Smith has announced a new associate pay structure, raising the starting salary to $180,000 in some markets, $160,000 in Philadelphia and $145,000 in Pittsburgh.
Benefits and Risks of the Internet of Things
June 01, 2016
The buzz phrase "Internet of Things" is seemingly everywhere. What is it, what can it do for us, and what concerns does it present? More specifically, while the Internet of Things (IoT) presents tremendous opportunities for businesses, are there corresponding risks, or elements of the IoT that businesses should consider staying away from?
The Unstoppable Rise of SLBs
June 01, 2016
A look at an alternative financing strategy that is seeing strong momentum in the commercial real estate industry, in which corporations selling their facilities enter into long-term net leases with the investors as an alternative for managing and financing the buildings they occupy.
Traits of Future Equity Partners
June 01, 2016
In the last 10 years, I have coached hundreds of attorneys as an internal career coach at Holland &amp; Knight. Some of those associates left law entirely and are now writing novels, playing professional baseball, and flying airplanes. Others have gone in-house or to work for the government. Many of the associates have become non-equity partners, and some are equity partners. Here are some things I have learned about the ones who aim for partnership in a large firm.
Update on Legal Issues in Resales of Event Tickets
June 01, 2016
Ticketing policies for sporting and other events have been receiving increased attention in both the media and legal spheres.
International Cybersecurity Compliance Concerns
June 01, 2016
Compared with the rest of the world, the United States has historically been a more open framework when dealing with information. Social media has made even the most mundane and possibly personal pieces of data available to many with a press of a finger. Such an open relinquishment of private information is almost assumed and has become part of the American culture. Those who think about how easy it is to access data understand how their own data has become part of the searchable cyberspace.
To Merge or Not to Merge?
June 01, 2016
The "one-percenters" that we are hearing so much about in this year's primary election campaigns also have an analogous place in current law firm economics. The rich are getting richer, and most others are struggling to hold their own.
Millennials Approaching Partnership: Now What?
June 01, 2016
Although legal professional development administrators continue to fight the good fight with respect to new associate development and integration, they must now, more than ever, start focusing on the fact that Millennial lawyers are getting closer to partnership. .
'Best Efforts,' 'Commercially Reasonable' and Other Terms No One Understands
June 01, 2016
In this article, the authors explore why vague contractual terms are routinely used, explain how they have been inconsistently interpreted by the courts, and offer some practical tips to minimize the havoc ambiguous terms can wreak.
<b><i>e-Discovery and Security</b></i> The Inevitable Reinvention of the e-Discovery Industry
June 01, 2016
The e-discovery industry is on the precipice of major change yet again, and this time it is all about security. What will distinguish the winners from the losers in the next few years will be an organization's ability to do one of three things: consolidate, innovate or reinvent.

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    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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