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Making Your Firm More Productive
November 02, 2013
Owners and partners at law firms must learn more about the commercial realities of competition, pay attention to client retention, counter the increased security risks to private data on the cloud and understand how technology can reduce operating costs.
Predictability, Technology Change Cycles and Increasing Client Demands
November 02, 2013
It's the 2014 budget season and law firm decision makers are scrutinizing bottom line variables to answer many questions, including this one: Is it more advantageous for my firm in the current and future market to own an asset or lease it over its useful life?
Recent Issues in Cybersquatting Disputes
November 02, 2013
In a typical scenario, the cybersquatter offers to sell the domain name to the entity associated with the particular trademark for an inflated price. This offer to sell is sometimes viewed as evincing bad faith and therefore actionable. In other instances, the offer is considered reasonable, or at least not indicative of bad faith, and therefore the trademark owner is forced to either purchase the domain or accept the consequences of the existence of a substantially similar domain name.
Can Law Firms Be Lean?
November 02, 2013
For those who have had some exposure to Total Quality Management , the reference to Lean or Lean Six Sigma might be familiar. In principle, the necessary ingredients to achieve Six Sigma are defined objects, measurable standards and a systematic approach.
Salespeople at Law Firms?
November 02, 2013
Research over the past four years is showing a slow-moving upward trend of law firms hiring professional salespeople. This trend spans all sizes of firms, from small to global. The backgrounds of these professionals varies; primarily, they come to firms from a solid background of success in the sales world, many having worked against assigned quotas and on partial commission.
Practice Tip: Why Product Manufacturers Should Heed Privacy Trends
October 31, 2013
A recent jury verdict and consumer survey indicates that privacy is touchstone issue for a majority of consumers.
From A to ZIP Codes, and Beyond
October 31, 2013
An ever-increasing number of companies find themselves facing potential liability for the use, collection, or release of consumer data -- including ZIP Codes.
Protecting Confidential Information and Trade Secrets from Defecting Employees
October 31, 2013
In today's business world, the entirety of a company's most significant information can be uploaded to a device the size of a thumbnail and taken by a departing employee. The consequences can be devastating.
Economic Fault
October 30, 2013
In New York, although the idea that marital "fault" in divorce should be weighed when distributing marital assets has, in general, gone by the wayside, there is one exception.
Harness the Power of Active Listening
October 30, 2013
How do we manage to deliver extraordinary client service and superior work product? Here's how to actively listen.

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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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