Are You Falling Down on Following Up?
October 07, 2014
Of all the marketing initiatives that are critical for lawyers to commit to, the most basic and seemingly obvious is the 'sin' of omission - - the failure to follow up.
IP News
October 02, 2014
Federal Circuit Applies <i>Alice</i> to Invalidate Online Transaction Patent <br>Federal Circuit Finds 'Unobtrusive' and 'Does Not Distract' Indefinite<br>Federal Circuit: In Hatch-Waxman, Infringement Based Only on Final ANDA Product
Shopping Center Leases
October 02, 2014
Unconventional shopping center tenants, such as urgent care clinics, are becoming more common. Here's how to achieve leases with maximum comfort for landlords and tenants alike.
ESI Technologies
October 02, 2014
As many of us were settling on technology platforms and forming case strategies and protocols utilizing ECA software, predictive coding (PC) and technology assisted review (TAR) software entered the market. Both technologies used on their own can provide great benefit, however the advantages of creating an ESI strategy that includes the use of each has numerous benefits that should not be overlooked.
Product Safety and Recall in the U.S. and EU
October 02, 2014
This article considers the different approaches that lawmakers in the European Union and the United States have taken to ensuring the safety of consumer products put on the market in their jurisdictions.
Data in the Cloud
October 02, 2014
The cloud is everywhere, raining down apps and digital services on companies. The potential benefits are clear: more storage and portability of company information and customer data, as well as time and cost savings for management and employees.
Loud and Clear: FinCEN Demands a Culture of Compliance
October 02, 2014
The onslaught of civil and criminal enforcement actions against financial institutions for violating anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws has continued its brisk pace in the past few months, with enforcement of the AML provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act and the sanctions regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control showing no signs of slowing down.
Cross-Border Cybercrime and the Cybersecurity Wars
October 02, 2014
The Home Depot data breach may be the largest in the U.S. yet, affecting not only millions of customers in the U.S., but also shoppers at its 180 stores in Canada. Home Depot said customers who shopped at its U.S. and Canadian stores as far back as April were exposed, meaning the breach extended for more than four months including the busy summer season.
At the Intersection: Cutting Corners and the Question of Clarity
October 02, 2014
Proponents of Legal Project Management (LPM), Legal Process Improvement (LPI) and other approaches for driving greater efficiency and value into legal service delivery get a lot of blow-back. One of the more common gripes we hear is that "LPM encourages corner-cutting." Is this true?
Practice Management Takes Hold in Smaller and Mid-Size Firms
October 02, 2014
Even though lawyer management in most mid-size firms recognize the importance of developing and implementing principles of practice management as a means to insure the high quality service to clients and to improve profitability, the extent to which practice management may be implemented varies greatly from firm to firm.