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Turning Business Development Plans Into Reality

September 13, 2024

This article offers practical insights and best practices to navigate the path from roadmap to rainmaking, ensuring your business development efforts are not just sporadic bursts of activity, but an integrated part of your daily success.

Civil Discovery and Motion Rules: Big Changes Coming in January

September 13, 2024

The Florida Supreme Court issued orders in May that substantially changed the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.

Keeping Families Together Program Halted: What to Expect

September 13, 2024

The program is on hold through an administrative stay, which is a provisional remedy that stops the application of a policy without concluding if it is lawful.

Today's Litigation Needs Dynamic Case Management

September 13, 2024

In America today, nobody who goes to court escapes a system that is slow, expensive, and rarely results in a trial. Whatever your political views, the Trump legal saga illustrates this failure to adjudicate.

Winning a Custody Appeal Based on Abuse of Discretion Isn't Easy

September 13, 2024

N.R. v. M.P. is a recent, significant case in Connecticut family law that highlights the challenges inherent in attempting to overturn custody decisions based on an abuse of discretion standard. This case provides important insights into custody determinations, property division, and the consequences of discovery violations in divorce proceedings.

People in the News—Sept. 13, 2024—Holland & Knight, Stradley Ronon

September 13, 2024

Lawyers and staff from Holland & Knight's Philadelphia office participated in 9/11 Day, America's largest service-volunteer effort, by participating in a meal-packing event at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'People Skills Are Key. None of Us Succeed Alone,' Says Elaine Blais of Goodwin Procter

September 13, 2024

"People skills are key. So much of our business success depends on relationships—relationships with clients, with our partners, with associates and our Global Operations team. None of us succeed alone."

Employment Law for Dummies (and Other Types of Attorneys)

September 13, 2024

"That is the goal of this article, to enable those who dabble not to drivel but to speak intelligently about a very few, but common, issues in employment law," writes Jackson Walker's Scott Fiddler.

Is Invasion of Privacy an Appropriate Analogue for Data Breach Cases?

September 13, 2024

The authors examine whether invasion of privacy torts—intentional torts—are actually analogous to data breaches where claims sound in negligence and the alleged harm may be a risk of future identity theft, rather than embarrassment or other dignitary harms. The diverging approaches of lower courts in addressing this question suggests a struggle with applying historical tradition to these novel data privacy claims.

On the Move and After Hours: Pashman Stein; McCarter English; Riker Danzig; Flaster Greenberg

September 13, 2024

Pashman Stein welcomes a bankruptcy partner and two associates; McCarter & English adds a tax and benefits partner; and more moves.

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