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Beyond Se Habla Español: Changing How Attorneys Market to the Growing Hispanic Population
August 01, 2021
Law firms frequently lack the appropriate marketing strategies to engage the growing U.S. Hispanic population. The lack of a cohesive strategy poses a risk to a law firm's current and future growth potential. This article explores practical insights for law firms that want to serve this rapidly expanding market.
Real Property Law
August 01, 2021
License to Enter Neighbor's Property Reversed Partnership Lacked Authority to Convey Property Questions of Fact About Whether Easement Extinguished By Adverse Possession Purchaser Acquired Deed By False Pretenses Broker Failed to Establish Agreement to Pay Commission
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Assignor Estoppel Doctrine In Continuation Patent Case
August 01, 2021
Nearly a century after endorsing the doctrine of assignor estoppel, the Court concluded that it applies "when, but only when, the assignor's claim of invalidity contradicts explicit or implicit representations he made in assigning the patent."
The Future of Litigation Workflow: Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade
August 01, 2021
Hear what a cross-section of law firm leaders say about how the pandemic has impacted litigation in the short- and long-term.
Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade
August 01, 2021
A Q&A with a cross-section of law firm leaders to understand how the pandemic has impacted litigation in the short- and long-term.
Sorting Through the Trump Financial Documents: How Prosecutors Will Search for Clues
August 01, 2021
A Q&A with Bobby Malhotra, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles
Best Practices for Investigations In Remote Environments
August 01, 2021
The landscape of corporate investigations has changed dramatically in the last year. New regulations, new market pressures, new data sources and more challenging…
Ninth Circuit's Mixed Ruling In TMZ/Starline Arbitration Dispute
August 01, 2021
A California federal appeals court panel refused to broaden disclosure requirements for alternative dispute resolution organizations and called for court precedent to be revisited in a case over a soured partnership between entertainment news company TMZ and a Los Angeles celebrity tour bus company.
Will Delta Variant of COVID-19 Impact Commercial Real Estate Recovery?
August 01, 2021
The new Delta variant of COVID-19 is speeding across the country, raising the question of whether the assumptions earlier this year of an economic rebound — some even predicted a super bounce — were premature.
Business Development: Biz Dev on a Budget: The Reality for Small and Midsize Firms
August 01, 2021
If you're still stuck in "making a business case" for the tools needed to perform data analyses to unlock value, uncover trends and identify practice correlations to drive revenue, it's not the end of the world just yet!

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