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Technology in Marketing: An Experience Management Solution
September 29, 2008
A recent ACC Corporate Counsel survey reports that a lawyer's expertise is the single most important criterion when it comes to choosing new outside counsel. As a result, firms that are unable to quickly prove experience and expertise risk losing business and face competitive disadvantages. Here's what to do.
When and How Can Departing Lawyers Contact Clients?
September 29, 2008
The article herein addresses the related questions of when and how can departing lawyers contact clients in an ethical manner.
Law Firm Intelligence: Seven Research Resources You Need to Know
September 29, 2008
Adding free and low-cost publicly available resources to the researcher's menu of options will not only lower the overall costs of research, but will also enable the researcher to provide answers to a broader range of questions. Here are some suggested sites to use.
Professional Development: A Guide to Connecting with Potential Clients
September 29, 2008
Following are a few tips that will help you feel prepared and confident in potential business development situations.
The Place to Network: Transition Networking Strategies for Female Attorneys
September 29, 2008
A look at various up-to-date options for female attorneys.
Career Journal: Recruiting Redux: 'It Takes a Village'
September 29, 2008
While most industries recruit young talent in an organized fashion, the legal profession takes it to a whole other level. This race for talent is akin to speed-dating forums where would-be soul mates have just a fleeting moment to size up someone they may very well spend the rest of their lives with. Here's how to fix it.
Using Unbeatable Results to Generate New Business
September 29, 2008
Peter H. Klee is the biggest rainmaker at Luce Forward in San Diego, bringing in between $10- $15 million each year, and his insurance litigation practice continues to grow at a rate of 10% per year. Here is a portrait of an unbeatable record: No client represented in court by Peter has ever been found liable for breach of insurance contract, bad faith or any other tort.
Predominance Requirement for Class Certification
September 29, 2008
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the district court's certification of a class action by smokers alleging they were deceived by the defendant tobacco companies' marketing of so-called light cigarettes as a healthier alternative to regular, or "full-flavored," cigarettes.
Pharmaceutical And Medical Device Litigation
September 29, 2008
Part One of this article described some general principles regarding the concept of fraudulent joinder and the patchwork of conflicting definitions and procedures for analyzing fraudulent joinder that has developed in the Circuit Courts. This conclusion offers strategies for defeating fraudulent joinder.
Unreasonable Compensation to PC Shareholders: The IRS Gains a Victory
September 26, 2008
The general view has been that unreasonable compensation claims against shareholder employees of professional corporations was not an issue. In <i>Pediatric Surgical Associates P.C. v. Commissioner</i>, the Tax Court determined that compensation paid to the shareholder physicians was unreasonably high because it exceeded the value of the services performed. Many law firm professional corporations could face this same issue.
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- Inferring Dishonesty: The Fifth Amendment and Fidelity CoverageDishonest employees always have posed a problem for businesses. The average business may lose 6% of its annual revenues to employee fraud, and cumulatively the impact of employee theft on the economy is estimated to be $600 billion annually. <i>See</i> Association of Certified Fraud Examiners ("ACFE"), 2002 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud & Abuse, at ii, 4 (2002), available at <i>www.cfenet.com/publications/rttn.asp.</i> Although the average loss through employee embezzlement is $25,000, where computerized financial records or transactions are involved, the average loss increases nearly twentyfold. <i>See</i> National White Collar Crime Center, <i>WCC Issue: Embezzlement/Employee Theft,</i> at 2 (2002), available at <i>http://nw3c.org/downloads/Computer_Crime_Weapon.pdf.</i>Read More ›
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