<b>Product Review:</b> Equitrac Professional Enterprise Edition v4.63
October 05, 2005
At a firm the size of Becker & Poliakoff, with more than 110 attorneys dispersed among 15 different offices throughout Florida, plus international and affiliate offices in Europe, the Middle East and China, the willingness to embrace technology and technological innovations has been a proven key to our ability to provide cost effective, high quality legal services to our clients. That's why we were very pleased when Equitrac introduced the latest version (v4.63) of its Equitrac Professional Enterprise Edition. Its ability to automatically synchronize Equitrac's cost-recovery solution with our time-and-billing software made integration seamless and has dramatically improved cost recovery at our firm.
Intelligent e-Discovery Search Practices
October 05, 2005
As more documentation finds its way into an electronic format, companies must take into account the cost of producing and analyzing them in the discovery process. In particular, firms must address fundamental ways they conduct their pre-trial deliberations to remain in-step with recent judicial rulings and technological advances. <br>Ballooning sets of electronic files bring escalating costs as well as new priorities for managing them.
Methods of Effective Document Selection in Law Firms
October 05, 2005
The saying "garbage in, garbage out" is often familiar to computer users. It means that computer systems are only as good as the information provided to them. The saying is a reminder of how important proper document selection is for any document retrieval system a firm chooses to deploy.
'Mod' to 'SOX' to 'ISA'
October 05, 2005
Almost 10 years before the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (hereinafter SOX), the U.S. Customs Service, now U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), persuaded Congress to enact legislation to mandate many of the same corporate compliance guidelines that are now prevalent under SOX. That law, the Customs Modernization and Informed Compliance Act (Mod Act), Pub. L. 103-182, became effective Dec. 8, 1993.
Money Laundering Compliance Examinations
October 05, 2005
<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article.</i></b>For money-laundering compliance officers, a classic Bob Dylan song offers a word of sound advice: "You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone, for the times they are a-changin'." Or, as acting Chief Counsel for the Comptroller of the Currency Dan Stipano told Florida bankers in February, "In every war we have ever fought, bankers have been on the front lines. While most banks have been willing partners ... what was good enough in the past may not be good enough now. The stakes are much, much higher than ever before and a 'business as usual' approach is not going to be sufficient." Banks that fail to head these warnings will face onerous regulatory orders, fines, and possible criminal investigation.
Corporate Crisis Management
October 05, 2005
Fielding a Winning Team for Shareholders Wichita, KS, was an unlikely spot for finding metaphors. Sitting in a rental car on the steaming asphalt outside…
7-Eleven's Development of a New Franchise Agreement: Critique of the Effort and Results ' Recommendations
October 05, 2005
The first two installments discussed how 7-Eleven, Inc. ("7-Eleven" or the "Company") planned for and developed a new franchise agreement to offer to all of its 3400 franchised stores in the United States. In this final article, we will critique the results by analyzing the final terms and discussing the principal issue that was not resolved to all parties' satisfaction. We will also discuss two important issues that must be resolved in any such undertaking and the Company's approach to them, as well as provide recommendations for future efforts of this nature.
