Data Breach Claims
February 29, 2016
"There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be." ' Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller
Drone Financing Opportunities Emerge As FAA Creates New Drone Regulations
February 29, 2016
Is financing or leasing drones a flight of fancy or a real business opportunity for lenders and lessors? In this article, we show that, properly structured, opportunities for financing and leasing commercial drones exist today, but will grow rapidly in the foreseeable future for lenders and lessors ("financiers") as the drone industry produces ever more sophisticated equipment and services.
Extracting the 'Consent to Settle': A Game Plan for Insurers and Defense Counsel
February 29, 2016
Consent-to-settle provisions in medical malpractice insurance policies present challenging issues to insurers, defense attorneys and policyholders in the context of defending professional liability claims. Most liability insurance policies cede the ultimate discretion over settlement decisions to the insurer. Medical malpractice policies are outliers from the norm in the insurance industry.
Tech Advances Have Led to More Traces of Deadly Microbes
February 29, 2016
A number of recent discoveries are challenging the idea that infectious diseases are sporadic and relatively rare causes of illness and death, and those discoveries are revolutionizing our understanding of the microbial world around us and presage significant changes in the legal landscape.
Enterprise Legal Management
February 29, 2016
The function of legal departments has shifted from primarily managing legal matters and costs to acting as revenue generators that provide information and analytics valuable to the entire company. This article offers a primer about enterprise legal management (ELM).
A Practical Primer on Enterprise Legal Management
February 29, 2016
During the past 30 years, corporate legal departments made the move from paper case files, word processing documents, and Excel spreadsheets to what is now the industry standard: enterprise legal management (ELM). This article offers a primer about the primary components of ELM, its cost savings, its benefits, and the relationship between corporate IT and legal departments.
The Progressive Lawyer: Decision-Making and the 'Metaphorical Bias Model'
February 29, 2016
Across the nation, by far the most common setting for deciding domestic relations cases is the bench trial, where the judge sits alone without a jury except in extraordinary circumstance; cases involving domestic torts, for example. In the final analysis, therefore, our judges are our audience. They are certainly more than a passive audience; they are participants in every sense.
Injured on the Job
February 29, 2016
Successfully negotiating a monetary settlement in an on-the-job injury, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour or other employment-related claim is the responsibility of all parties ' both defense and plaintiff. Here's a look at structured settlements.
They're With Us!
February 29, 2016
Recently, faced with pressure to increase efficiency, companies have increased their dependence on outside entities to complete tasks that were once reserved for in-house employees. How does this affect the attorney-client privilege?
Off-Label Promotion and Product Liability
January 31, 2016
The pharmaceutical industry has recently felt empowered and emboldened by one final court decision and another pending case that would seemingly allow companies to distribute, proactively, information about unapproved uses, i.e. , off-label, so long as the information is truthful and not misleading. However, companies must, nevertheless, consider potential product liability ramifications. There is no indication that, because firms may now be allowed certain latitude in one area, they are immune from product liability exposure.
