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Laying a Foundation for Integrated e-Discovery Systems
January 31, 2015
Typically, the production of data in litigation involves a series of disconnected actions involving several corporate or cloud-based systems. These disassociated e-discovery activities ' identify, preserve, collect, and track (IPCT) ' are then feed into a downstream set of processing, review, and production (PRP) steps often hosted outside the corporate firewall. Fortunately, technology advances are helping counsel and client alike to integrate systems and streamline processes both inside and across the firewall.
Special Needs Families in Divorce
January 31, 2015
When parents of special needs children experience a divorce, family law attorneys are in a unique position: Not only can they handle the divorce proceedings, but they can also steer their clients toward a plan for maintaining or establishing valuable Medicaid benefits.
The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
January 31, 2015
On Dec. 19, 2014, the President signed into law the long-awaited year-end tax package, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA). This law extended to the end of 2014 many but not all of the individual, business, and energy provisions that expired at the end of 2013. .
Measuring Firm Quality with Client Value Initiatives
January 31, 2015
When it comes to competitive pricing, both clients and law firms are more and more focused on quality. That sounds good, but how can quality best be represented in actual metrics?
<b><i>Social Media Scene:</i></b> How Social Media Has Changed PR and Corporate Communications at Law Firms
January 31, 2015
Technology has become a disruptive force in the legal industry and in the way legal services are delivered. Perhaps no technology has had a larger impact in the way law firms communicate with their clients and prospects than social media.
LinkedIn: Your To-Do List
January 31, 2015
"I'm a creature of routine," a successful law firm partner told the author. "If I only had a list of things to do on LinkedIn, I know I could get those tasks completed on a daily basis. I just don't know what to do." Here is a list of things to do.
A Different Kind of Fee-Shifting Contract Clause
January 31, 2015
Contracts often include a fee-shifting provision based on who ultimately prevails in a lawsuit. The idea, of course, is both to deter marginal litigation and, in all circumstances, to provide the prevailing party with compensation for the substantial fees and expenses that often attend litigation.
Court Watch
January 31, 2015
Rare Franchisee Judicial Victory Sets Dangerous Precedent for Franchisors
Secured Lender Primes Earlier Federal Tax Lien
January 31, 2015
The Fourth Circuit, recently held in a split decision that a lender's unrecorded lien primed an earlier unrecorded federal tax lien on a Chapter 11 debtor's real property. The case reassures secured lenders unaware of a borrower's preexisting tax lien, however, as it protects them against the government's nondisclosure.
Franchising in Russia
January 31, 2015
While international franchising always brings a host of issues and complications, importation of franchise concepts into Russia highlights some critical issues and some lessons for international franchising in a broader context.

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