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<b>Decision of Note: </b>Audit Clause Sinks Allman Brothers' Royalty Claims
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that a breach-of-contract suit by the Allman Brothers Band (ABB) alleging royalty underpayments from Jan. 1, 2000 through Dec. 31, 2003, was barred by the limitations provision of the band's recording agreement.
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Zebra Selects CT TyMetrix 360 for Billing
Zebra Technologies Corporation's legal department has five attorneys, a director of patents and technology, a director of international trade compliance and three administrative assistants. In addition to the matters handled exclusively in-house, Zebra has more than 1,350 matters open at this time. We work with approximately 25 law firms that generate approximately 200 invoices per month. To assist in the management of these documents, we selected CT TyMetrix T360' to help us organize, manage and pay invoices.
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Getting Smart About Analyzing Electronically Stored Information
Not long ago, the pain of analyzing electronically stored information (ESI) for legal e-discovery, regulatory inquiries, and corporate investigations was hardly a blip on the radar screen. Fast forward to 2007, where e-discovery and its concomitant analysis has become a major component of any discovery request. This article takes a step back to evaluate whether efforts to streamline the analysis of ESI data have been effectively applied. My sense is that although the times have changed and methods of communication (Blackberrys, instant messaging, etc.) have become unquestionably more sophisticated, the e-discovery process has stagnated. The legal industry as a whole has been slow to keep up with change. As a result, it's getting harder to justify the cost and time that goes into the antiquated process many have grown accustomed to using.
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<b>Practice Tip</b>Going Native: Using Word 2007 With Enhanced Native Architecture
With the introduction of Microsoft Office 2007, many firms are reviewing their template and macro packages for Word before they upgrade. Since the look and feel of Word '07 is so different, the migration is a significant upgrade and new training is needed. Now is a good time to review the integrated products, discover what is available natively in Word, and make a change if necessary.
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This is YOUR web site for YOUR practice. It doesn't belong to us, it belongs to YOU. Let's make 2008 the Year of Becoming Interactive. Let's make you the star(s).
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The Evolution of Matter-Centricity to Address Business Management Needs
The movement from unstructured content management to matter-centric 'electronic matter files' in document management systems continues to be an important technology migration process in the legal industry worldwide. An organization's implementation of, or movement to, matter-centricity is not a merely a technology project. It is a business process project, and actually a collection of business process opportunities.
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How to Get the Most Out of Legal Blogs
However you wish to refer to them, blogs provide a singular opportunity for a firm to leverage its unique knowledge in a format that's easily updatable and which can be targeted to specific market audiences. If a firm has a number of practice areas, it can maintain separate blogs to target each of these areas and not be faced with trying to write content that will appeal to every client or potential client that the firm is trying to reach.
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Microsoft Sues Auction Site Users For Counterfeiting
Microsoft is moving against alleged counterfeiters who use online auction sites like PriceGrabber.com and eBay to sell software that is packaged to look like the real thing, but is far from it.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Recent cases in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
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New Year, New Clients
It's a brand new year ' and, with a little luck and some persistence, maybe you made the most of the holiday season's networking opportunities and now you're poised to follow up with a flood of new contacts. But if you felt like your holiday season was hectic and didn't yield much client-development success, not to worry. Consider making it your New Year's resolution to make the most of events you attend in 2008.
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