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September 02, 2021 | Law.com

Authority to File Chapter 11: A Matter of Contract or Public Policy?

If you think public policy favoring the freedom to file a Chapter 11 trumps the freedom to negotiate specific restrictions to such a filing, think again.

By Steven B. Smith and Rachel Ginzburg

11 minute read

August 31, 2021 | Law.com

Escape New York: Court Dismisses NRA's Chapter 11 As Improper Tactic to Avoid New York's Non-Profit Regulatory Scheme

This article explores the competing factors the Bankruptcy Court considered and the rationale underlying its decision to grant the drastic relief of dismissing the NRA's bankruptcy case.

By Steven B. Smith and Silvia Stockman

10 minute read

August 31, 2021 | Law.com

Sorting Through the Trump Financial Documents: How Prosecutors Will Search for Clues

A Q&A with Bobby Malhotra of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP on the challenges involved with sorting through financial data and documents in the investigation of Trump's tax filings.

By Nicholas Gaffney

9 minute read

August 30, 2021 | Law.com

US Supreme Court Narrows Assignor Estoppel Doctrine in Continuation Patent Case

Nearly a century after endorsing the doctrine of assignor estoppel, the Court concluded that it applies "when, but only when, the assignor's claim of invalidity contradicts explicit or implicit representations he made in assigning the patent."

By John Bowler and Kristie Butler

6 minute read

August 23, 2021 | Law.com

Biz Dev on a Budget: The Reality for Small and Midsize Firms

If you're still stuck in "making a business case" for the tools needed to perform data analyses to unlock value, uncover trends and identify practice correlations to drive revenue, it's not the end of the world just yet!

By Mike Mellor

8 minute read

August 20, 2021 | Law.com

Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin

With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet.

By Emil Sayegh

10 minute read

August 18, 2021 | Law.com

Beyond Se Habla Espanol: Changing How Attorneys Market to the Growing Hispanic Population

Law firms frequently lack the appropriate marketing strategies to engage the growing U.S. Hispanic population. The lack of a cohesive strategy poses a risk to a law firm's current and future growth potential. This article explores practical insights for law firms that want to serve this rapidly expanding market.

By Natalie Fragkouli and Liel Levy

9 minute read

August 16, 2021 | Law.com

Getting Routine Law Firm News Published Still Delivers Value

With challenges and roadblocks going up almost daily to deter you from getting any news published by credible media sites, and then seen as seamlessly as possible by your target audience, why in the world would you not take advantage of every conceivable opportunity to get your press releases and announcements published and posted for free?

By Randy Labuzinski

7 minute read

August 12, 2021 | Law.com

Hoteling Here to Stay As Law Firms Return to the Office

For the Big 4 consultancies, hoteling has been a positive operational construct for over a decade, or in some cases longer. The success of the decentralized law firm depends in some part on how well firms can shift "hoteling" from the negative connotation of "losing my desk" to the positive connotation of "having a hotel-like experience."

By Anthony Davies

8 minute read

August 09, 2021 | Law.com

The Queen's Gambit: A Proactive Approach to Reducing Technology Vendors' Contracting Risk

Here are six grandmaster contracting moves to up your game when vetting a prospective IT vendor.

By Abeer Abu Judeh

9 minute read