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Using Client Profiles for Future Case Management
Gordon Hargrove & James, P.A. (GHJ) is a leading Florida-based civil litigation law firm, with offices in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. The firm's 30 attorneys and 100 total staff serve clients throughout Florida and the Southeast, including Fortune 100 corporations as well as local businesses and individuals. In keeping with our mantra of utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to cost effectively deliver the highest quality client services, our firm began a comprehensive evaluation of various legal case management software applications.
After a rigorous search, which began in the fall of 2003 and involved input from key firm personnel including our IT director, paralegals, attorneys, senior managing partners, and me, GHJ's Chief Operating Officer, we selected Client Profiles as our case management solution. Since the selection, we have been able to revolutionize the way our users access, share and update information related to all cases and matters; have seen firm-wide adoption of 100%, and are realizing numerous technology-related cost savings and productivity enhancements.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
CLE Shouldn't Be the Only Mandatory Training for Attorneys
Each stage of an attorney's career offers opportunities for a curriculum that addresses both the individual's and the firm's need to drive success.
Discovery of Claim Construction and Infringement Analysis May be Compelled Prior to a Markman Hearing
A defendant in a patent infringement suit may, during discovery and prior to a <i>Markman</i> hearing, compel the plaintiff to produce claim charts, claim constructions, and element-by-element infringement analyses.