Lawyers Evolve with Industry Changes in Video Games
June 29, 2009
As the video game industry gathered recently in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), there was a great deal for those in the business to be optimistic about. Last year, video game software unit sales increased 15% in the United States, according to market research companies. And one report released in May 2009 revealed that nearly two out of every three Americans played a video game of some kind within the past six months, compared to only about half of U.S. consumers who went to a movie over the same period. All this activity hasn't been lost on the lawyers whose practices are focused on the video game industry
Best Practices in Client Relationship Skills
June 26, 2009
There are key activities that lawyers can engage in to promote the health of existing client interactions. All of these activities can be categorized into one of three stages: 1) establishing the relationship; 2) building the relationship; and 3) proliferating the relationship.
ABA Social Network Fails to Connect
June 26, 2009
The American Bar Association has jumped on the social networking bandwagon with a site of its own, LegallyMinded. Here is the author's review of the site.
Client Speak: Is the Burden of AFA Here to Stay?
June 26, 2009
The recent dramatic downturn has created something relatively unknown to law firms: the "insistent buyers' market" (or "ibm"), wherein all the pent-up frustrations of the past have suddenly found a voice and now have to be confronted and no longer ignored.
Career Journal: Reinventing the Interview
June 26, 2009
Despite their interviewing success historically, candidates for legal marketing positions are more likely to be facing a higher level of scrutiny on multiple fronts that could easily trip up an otherwise strong interviewer's performance.
For Women in Law, 'Business Development Is Key'
June 26, 2009
A recent survey of women in law firms found that ' unsurprisingly ' women are concentrated at the lower levels of law firms. That wasn't news to Elizabeth Anne "Betiayn" Tursi, who three years ago helped to found the Women In Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), a lecture series that focuses on helping women become firm leaders.
NJ Judge Won't Certify Class Action By Vioxx Users
June 24, 2009
In March, an Atlantic County, NJ, judge denied a request to certify a class action against Merck & Co. on behalf of consumers for their out-of-pocket expenses for the painkiller Vioxx, which was withdrawn from the market in 2004 after a medical study linked it to heart disease.
Recalls of Foreign-Made Products Lead to Increased Scrutiny at Home
June 24, 2009
The increased regulation of safety standards, testing, certifications of compliance, and advertising will likely result in a significant increase in the number of foreign product recalls. This, in turn, will yield increased litigation in the future. Here's why.
