Strategies to Avoid or Reduce Billing Rate Discounts
February 01, 2020
For a large portion of engagements, discounts are not necessary to win the work. In fact, discounts come at a price. Both parties assume a degree of risk when margins are thinned. This article presents several techniques that you can use to re-direct discussions away from discounts and help to minimize their financial impact.
Jury Award in 'Walking Dead' Stuntman Fatality Suit
February 01, 2020
A Gwinnett County, GA, jury awarded $8.6 million to the family of a stuntman killed during the production of a Walking Dead TV-series episode in 2017.
Business Crimes Hotline
February 01, 2020
Former Barbados Government Official Convicted on U.S. Money Laundering Charges Following Insurance Company of Barbados FCPA Settlement
High-Street Retail in an Adjustment Phase
February 01, 2020
High-street retail is going through an adjustment period, but for properties that check the right boxes, there are still active buyers. In some cases, even bidding wars.
In the Courts
February 01, 2020
UK Founder of Swiss Asset Management Firm Pleads Guilty in $164 Million Global Securities Fraud Scheme
Bit Parts
February 01, 2020
California Court of Appeal Finds Film Producer's Anti-SLAPP Free Speech Argument Is Valid Against Lawsuit By Investor
No Implied Covenant to File Song Cue Sheets for Foreign Broadcast
Sixth Circuit Considers Rejection of a Filed Power Purchase Agreement
February 01, 2020
The provisions of the Bankruptcy Code sometimes conflict with other federal laws and regulations. The Sixth Circuit Court recently considered whether an energy company debtor could reject a power purchase agreement as an executory contract that had been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
IP News
February 01, 2020
Do Not Pass Go? U.S. Supreme Court to Review Federal Circuit's Finding of Justiciability
Digital Dive: The Not-Doing List: Focusing Your Strategic Marketing Plan
February 01, 2020
Sometimes, we over-engineer solutions. And most often, we don't need to.
Legal Tech: E-Discovery Lessons from the Presidential Impeachment Proceedings
February 01, 2020
Whether we realize it or not, e-discovery has found a central place in the news during the Trump campaign and presidency, and in particular, during the impeachment proceedings.
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