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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Indemnification Sleight of Hand

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In Branin v. Stein Roe Inv. Counsel, LLC , C.A. 8481-VCN, 2014 WL 2961084 (Del. Ch. June 30, 2014), the Delaware Court of Chancery held that...

Location, Location, Location – No, Not Real Estate … Tweeting

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Everyone has heard the old saying about real estate – location, location, location. If you didn’t think that this applies to tweeting, you ...
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Perry’s Lawyers Move to Dismiss Criminal Indictment

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Lawyers for Gov. Rick Perry moved to dismiss the felony charges against him on Monday, contending that his prosecution for alleged abuse of ...

Officer Safety and Second Hand Smoke

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Via John Wesley Hall at Fourth Amendment , a decision out of the 10th Circuit that puts an end to the pressing question of whether second ha...

How A Lawyer Can Control Their To-Do List With Task Managers and Technology

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While preparing for a trial, gathering documents for a transaction, or simply running errands, most lawyers face each day with an overwhelmi...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Goldman Sachs, Skadden, Arps Still on Kings of Inversion Deals

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Neither Goldman Sachs Group Inc. nor Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager, & Flom LLP landed a spot on the Burger King-Tim Hortons deal that may...

ABA committee backs pro bono requirement for students

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    The nonprofit organization Equal Justice Works, which offers opportunities for attorneys to represent underserved clients, recently lau...

US government proposes changes to contraceptive mandate exemptions

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[JURIST] The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [official website] on Friday issued proposed rules to revise which for-profit ...

Liaison Counsel Given Second Chance to Get Attorney Fees

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Marion Mishkin, who served as liaison counsel for plaintiffs who suffered bodily injuries in the 9/11 response and cleanup, was denied attor...

Where does a golfer go to retire?

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At some point, you will say, “What kind of life do I want to live?”  In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times (Thursday, August 14, 201...

McDonnell Takes The Stand, Founding Defense On Marital Dysfunction

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In the corruption trial of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, McDonnell took the stand as a witness. Jeff E. Schapiro, politics colum...

How Data Science is Speeding Up Lawsuits: Bennett Borden Interview at LegalTech

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Laurence Colletti from the Legal Talk Network interviews e-discovery expert Bennett Borden about how electronic data collection and analysis...

6 Key Numbers Every Attorney Should Know

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Many lawyers are hesitant to regularly look at their finances. In addition to the regular workload and marketing, maintaining a budget seems...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Like You Wouldn’t Do The Same Thing If You Were Upset Over Your Drink Order At McDonald’s!

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It’s so easy, in the comfort of your own home, or sitting there in your ergonomic office chair, to say that you wouldn’t have reacted as th...

Are you cheating yourself?

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The business cycle consists of three elements:  marketing to get the new client and retain the old client; production to produce and deliver...

Mark Woods: Seeing Jaguars' scoreboard in action turns hater into believer (Florida Times-Union)

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Bank of America reaches $16.65 billion settlement with DOJ

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[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Thursday announced a $16.65 billion settlement [press release] with Bank o...

Can Technology Fuel Small Firms: J. Craig Williams Interview At LegalTech West Coast

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During the 2014 LegalTech West Coast trade show, Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Lawyer 2 Lawyer host J. Craig Will...

Pharma sales reps are FLSA exempt as outside salesmen (5-4)

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This morning the US Supreme Court decided - on a 5-4 vote - that pharmaceutical sales representatives are "outside salesmen" and t...

Mark Woods: In the State of Florida vs. Michael David Dunn there are no winners (Florida Times-Union)

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Evernote and the Organized Lawyer

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Many people, including lawyers, are using an organizational tool called Evernote and are singing its praises. They are enthusiastic about it...
Monday, August 25, 2014

What You Should Consider When Starting A Solo Law Practice

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When starting a solo or small practice, a lawyer has to consider many new business details that were unnecessary while working for a larger ...

No Venue Change for Subcontractor’s Fraud Claim 

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In this suit by a subcontractor hired by defendant demolition company to remove epoxy coating from a concrete floor at Camp Peary, Va., the ...

MFormation Won't See Dime of $147 Million Jury Award

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A Federal Circuit panel led by Chief Judge Sharon Prost said the district judge was right to wipe out a verdict against Research in Motion. ...

LawBiz® Legal Pad: No, It’s Not the Same: Pricing vs. Billing, Part 2

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Ed advises: keep track of your work, bill timely, and collect efficiently. Source: http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/LawBizBlog/~3/WBlS5sY1GFQ/ ...

China executes 8 for separatist violence and related crimes

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[JURIST] Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang [official website, in Chinese] executed eight individuals charged with terroris...

Dentist Auctions Off 12-Year-old Unpaid Judgment Against Kim Kardashian

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In October 2002, Los Angeles dentist Dr. Craig D. Gordon won a $1,605.73 default judgment against a 22-year-old patient named Kim Kardashian...

Like You Wouldn’t Do The Same Thing If You Were Upset Over Your Drink Order At McDonald’s!

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It’s so easy, in the comfort of your own home, or sitting there in your ergonomic office chair, to say that you wouldn’t have reacted as th...

Offsets and Overlaps in Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Claims

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When an employee has a debilitating accident at work, there are insurance and government benefits available to the employee and his or her f...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Why It’s Important for Lawyers to Build Expertise and Stand Out From A Crowd

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In this increasingly saturated market, being a successful lawyer means standing out from the crowd and becoming the expert in a specific fie...

What Monkey Selfies, Elephant Art, Catchphrases and DNA Have in Common

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The U.S. Copyright Office this week unveiled a draft of its latest administrative manual, a 1,222-page guide for agency staff, applicants, c...

A Day in the Life of an E-discovery Case Manager

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E-discovery is an intricate and complicated process where law and technology intersect to find solutions to complex litigation challenges. L...

Spotlight on the Houston Bar Association

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Established in 1870, the Houston Bar Association's purpose was to maintain high standards in the legal profession and provide legal educ...

No district court jurisdiction for federal employee challenging adverse employment action (6-3)

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The US Supreme Court held this morning that the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) precludes district court jurisdiction over Elgin's claim...

Justice Ginsburg Skeptical of Two-Year Law School Idea

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The high court was “once a leader in the world” in rooting out racial discrimination,” the justice said in a wide-ranging interview. “What’s...

Data Breaches, eDiscovery, and the Importance of Digital Forensics

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Every law firm can run into incidents of employee misconduct, data breaches, and intellectual property theft. In the age of modern technolog...

This Week on Legal Talk Network (7/21/14)

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Hello. This is Laurence Colletti for This Week on Legal Talk Network. On Monday, New Solo host Adriana Linares interviews practice managemen...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

You Fell For The Old “Diversion-Style” Burglary?

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As criminal schemes go, this actually isn’t a bad one. So no slamming the victim today. As reported by per NJ.com: According to Montclair ...

Ruling Limits Krishna Movement?s Fundraising at Airport

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A federal appeals court has rejected the Hare Krishna movement?s latest constitutional battle to solicit money at a major international airp...

LawBiz® Legal Pad: No, It’s Not the Same: Pricing vs. Billing, Part 2

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Ed advises: keep track of your work, bill timely, and collect efficiently. Source: http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/LawBizBlog/~3/WBlS5sY1GFQ/ ...

NYC Public Advocate Unveils Plan to Outfit Cops with Body-Mounted Cameras

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Public Advocate Letitia James detailed a proposed $5 million pilot program Thursday that would outfit dozens of New York Police Department o...

The Future of Legal Technology: Rohit Talwar Interview at LegalTech West Coast

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Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Rohit Talwar, CEO of Fast Future, about the conclusions of ILTA's Legal Technol...

Tools and Techniques for Personal Knowledge Management and Curation

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Do you often do fresh searches on the same topics even though you've previously found good information? "Curation" is the word...

This Week on Legal Talk Network (7/14/14)

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Hello. This is Laurence Colletti for This Week on Legal Talk Network. On Monday, Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway from the Digital Edge talk t...

Punishment for former Tax Court Judge George Perez stands

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The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed with the Board on Judicial Standards. Former Tax Court Judge George Perez should be censured and his case...
Friday, August 22, 2014

60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, Equal Educational Access Remains Elusive

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May 17th, 2014 marked the 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court Decision that held state laws establis...

Justice Ginsburg Skeptical of Two-Year Law School Idea

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The high court was “once a leader in the world” in rooting out racial discrimination,” the justice said in a wide-ranging interview. “What’s...

Lawyers and Depression

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Depression within the legal community is a very real issue. According to the American Psychiatric Association, lawyers as a group are 3.6 ti...

Federal Judge Rules Against Anna Nicole Smith in Inheritance War

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A years-long attempt by the estate of deceased Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith to collect millions of dollars from her late husband's fa...
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