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Seventh Circuit Applies Safe Harbor to Private Securities Transaction
April 01, 2024
"… [T]he term 'securities contract' as used in [Bankruptcy Code] §546(e) unambiguously includes contracts involving privately held securities," The Seventh Circuit held in Petr v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A.
Retirement Succession Can Hedge Against Lateral Partner Acquisition Risks
April 01, 2024
While growing by acquiring lateral partners and practice groups can be lucrative, it carries many risks. Lateral candidates' projections of the revenue they will bring to a new firm can prove inaccurate, or a particular candidate may simply be a bad fit culturally.
How to Structure Lawyer Blog Posts for Content Marketing
April 01, 2024
Every law firm has its own platform for attorneys to establish themselves as thought leaders, but blogs written in legalese miss the mark. Here are easy ways to structure blog posts to make them more readable almost instantly.
Retirement Succession Can Hedge Against the Risks of Lateral Partner Acquisition
April 01, 2024
Increasingly, law firms rely upon acquiring lateral partners and practice groups to grow revenue more quickly than they can by increasing output with existing talent. With this kind of money at stake, a prudent firm is constantly on the lookout for ways to hedge against the risks of acquiring laterals. Implementing an effective retirement succession program is one of them.
"Holy Fair Use, Batman": Copyright, Fair Use and the Dark Knight
April 01, 2024
The copyright for the original versions of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have expired. Now, members of the public can create — and are busy creating — their own works based on these beloved characters. Suppose, though, we want to tell stories using Batman for which the copyright does not expire until 2035. We'll review five hypothetical works inspired by the original Batman comic and analyze them under fair use.
Law Firms Happy to Trade Falling Realization Rates for Strong Rate Increases
April 01, 2024
While some firm leaders pointed to market factors such as economic uncertainty, most indicated that declining realization rates were a price they were happy to pay in exchange for several years of strong rate increases.
An Early Look: The 2024 Am Law 200 Financials
April 01, 2024
As firm financials results stream in, we're covering them firm by firm, as we've always done. You can read those story in this continually updated feed. So bookmark it, check back regularly, and stay tuned for the Am Law 100 and Second Hundred reports coming soon.
AI Needs Its 'Come to Jesus' Moment
March 01, 2024
It's time to stop the hype, stop talking up AI as if it's the next best thing since sliced bread and prove that it's a useful tool and technology that can actually be used in the actual practice of law.
Sui Generis: Draft Like You Mean It
March 01, 2024
The automatic acceptance of various boilerplate clauses in commercial leases in the face of jurisprudential modernity and evolving legal approaches is dangerous. The evolutionary exploits of a commercial lease aren't done yet, nor should they be.
Revolutionizing Revenue: How 'Invoice to Cash' Innovation Rescues Firms from Billing Woes
March 01, 2024
More and more, firms are understanding that it's the firm's ability to convert its agreed rates through billing and collections to collection realization that really counts. So why is it such a challenge for firms to solve it?

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