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Nichole Morford

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September 22, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Hunton & Williams Partner Believes in Early Resolutions, Education, Giving Back

Juan Enjamio, Hunton & Williams' Miami managing partner, found value and success in keeping employment issues out of court to "make for a better place to work."

By Carlos Harrison

4 minute read

September 21, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

How Law Firms Can Use the Media to Promote Themselves

There's tremendous competition among Philadelphia lawyers to attract new clients. What separates one litigator from another? What separates one real estate lawyer from another? What separates one matrimonial lawyer from another? How about medical malpractice lawyers, trusts and estates lawyers or criminal defense lawyers. Each of them wants to attract new clients and increase earnings. They may join clubs, donate time to public charities, support political leaders, speak at trade association meetings, and write articles they hope will cause their phones to ring and emails to flow into their computers. Yet, what if all those efforts fall short. What to do?

By Jeffrey Sussman

6 minute read

September 21, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Time for Changes to Rule 5.4?

The myth that lawyers aren't running sophisticated business enterprises which look more like modern corporations than traditional law firms is just that—a myth.

By MARK DUBOIS

5 minute read

September 21, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Conducting Effective Internal Investigations: A Checklist for In-House Counsel

Every general counsel over the course of his or her career will face the need to conduct an internal investigation into events at the company. Many of these may be routine in nature, such as matters dealing with individual employees or human resources issues.

By Terence Healy

16 minute read

September 20, 2017 | The Recorder

4 Tools Your In-House Team Needs

Adopting technology is becoming more commonplace in legal. But, with a growing number of tools promising increased operational efficiency and reduced costs for corporate legal teams, deciding which tools are best for your department is a challenging path to navigate.

By Nathan Wenzel

12 minute read

September 20, 2017 | The Recorder

Op-Ed: The Consequences of a Hands-Off Approach to Self-Driving Car Regulation

In the minds of some movers and shakers in the automobile industry, self-driving cars are the wave of the future. For investors and big business, the safe bet is that laissez-faire policies will win the day. But for consumers and workers, that very well may lead to unsafe and unstable futures.

By Elise Sanguinetti

10 minute read

September 19, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Court: No Waymo to Uber's Assertion of Privilege on Pre-Litigation Investigation

You are defending a recently acquired company in a litigation. As part of pre-acquisition diligence, and prior to the litigation commencing, executives from your client and the company that acquired it shared analysis of facts relevant to the litigation. Now that the acquisition is complete, to what extent can these communications be protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine or the common-interest exception to waiver?

By Eric M. Fishman and Ross M. Bagley

10 minute read

September 18, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Custodial Parent no Longer Has Presumptive Right to Relocate

New standard in relocation cases: What's good for the custodial parent is not necessarily what's good for child.

By Louis Locascio

9 minute read

September 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

On the Move

Five firms announce new additions: Buchanan Ingersoll, Goldberg Segalla, Debevoise, Cozen O'Connor and Cole Schotz.

By Nichole Morford | New York Law Journal |

13 minute read

September 18, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

5 Things to Ask Before Hiring a Robo-Lawyer: Part 4

Whether good or bad, the law is used by some to obtain or retain advantages over others, like education, money and politics. Over short and medium time frames, access to AI—and access to better AI—will likely skew toward those who can afford to supplement quality human legal advice for their separate advantage.

By Robert Kramer

5 minute read