<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br> Law Firm Apps Designed to Impress Clients — and to Win Them
July 02, 2017
More firms are working to tailor their apps to the right audiences, and improving their use as client development tools in the process.
Drafting an Effective Commercial Lease Default Lease: Two More Secrets
July 02, 2017
<b><I>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</I></b><p>Last month, the authors outlined three types of provisions that can ease a commercial landlord's efforts to enforce the terms of a lease when a tenant defaults: clauses related to additional rent, rent acceleration and late charges. They continue here with two more lease-drafting ideas for minimizing the effects of tenant default.
Product Liability, Bankruptcy and the Proceeds of Legal Action
July 02, 2017
When does a cause of action accrue for an injury caused by an implanted medical device? This is a question that usually comes up when determining whether an allegedly injured plaintiff has brought his or her lawsuit in a timely enough manner to keep the claim from being thrown out on statute of limitations grounds. But if the case has been settled, or tried to a verdict that is not appealed, aren't we done with this question? Not necessarily.
Third Circuit Sides With Creditors in EFIH Make-Whole Dispute
July 02, 2017
At the end of last year, the Third Circuit added to several recent decisions addressing whether a creditor was entitled to payment of a "make- whole" premium in connection with a Chapter 11 case. The court's opinion is the most creditor-friendly decision issued to date on this topic.
Motivating Attorneys To Accomplish Firm Objectives
July 02, 2017
Absent the willingness or inability of first tier partners to create an environment in which blossoming attorneys can achieve their personal, professional and economic objectives, the likelihood is that these very attractive partners may leave to join other law firms.
Case Notes
July 02, 2017
Gun manufacturers Remington and Bushmaster have asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to throw out the case brought against them by the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
Business Crimes Hotline
July 02, 2017
Analysis of a case in which a jury in New York convicted the former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea, Mahmoud Thiam, on one count of transacting in criminally derived property and one count of money laundering in the amount of $8.5 million.
Court of Chancery Dismisses Post-Closing Challenge to Merger Transaction
July 02, 2017
Stockholders who believe that a board breached its fiduciary duties in connection with information provided to stockholders asked to vote for a merger transaction can either seek to enjoin the transaction or seek damages post-closing. In light of the Delaware courts' jurisprudence post-<i>Corwin</i>, such claims are unlikely to succeed
How Analytics Is Shaping the Current and Future Practice of Law
July 02, 2017
The nature of legal work today and the need to consume vast amounts of unstructured text make our profession a ripe target for the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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