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Sales Speak: Five Ways to Start a Business Development Streak
Since business development is often comprised of a series of incremental efforts that generate momentum, embrace the idea of connecting daily streaks to obtain results.
The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Part One of a Two-Part Article The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a comprehensive new consumer protection law set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020. In the wake of the CCPA's passage, approximately 15 other states introduced their own CCPA-like privacy legislation, and similar proposals are being considered at the federal level. Part One of this article covers how the CCPA applies to businesses — both in and outside California, the revenue threshold, proposed amendments and other open issues.
Legal Tech: Crisis Control: Best Practices for Emergency E-Discovery and Incident Response
A set of steps and best practices that legal teams can follow to ensure thorough and efficient handling of e-discovery in crisis situations.
159 MP Corp.: Grateful That Majority Rejected Dissent's Radical Approach
Further comment and analysis is warranted on the three-judge dissent, which, if adopted by the majority, would have fundamentally altered the very foundation of New York contract law.
Business Crimes Hotline
Canadian Clean Fuel Technology Company and Former CEO Pay $4.1 Million to Settle China Related FCPA Case
Faster, Shorter, Smarter, Better: Strategies for a New Era of Bankruptcy
Faster, Shorter, Smarter, Better Among other trends, practitioners are increasingly using pre-packaged and pre-negotiated cases, drafting clearer and more concise pleadings, employing smarter deposit management practices, and harnessing improved technology — strategies for a new era of bankruptcy.
Development
Mining Prohibition Not Pre-Empted By State Law and Not In Violation of SEQRA Dog Training Facility Not a Customary Home Occupation,br> Landowner Not Entitled to Variance When Hardship Is Not Unique to the Parcel ZBA Did Not Consider Statutory Variance Factors
The Global 100 Are in the Midst of a Growth Spurt
The World's Largest Firms Turned In a Second Straight Year of Robust Revenue Gains Amid Near-Universal Progress Mergers, rapid growth among Chinese law firms, and a healthy American market coalesced to turn 2018 into a spectacular year for the world's largest law firms.
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Resolving Fee Disputes: It's in Your Best Interest, Too
Lawyers should know that they ignore clients with questions at their peril. The first thing to remember is the client is entitled to an accounting of the fee and costs. No matter how exasperating the client, or how stupid the question appears to be, client questions need to be resolved.

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