Will Sylianteng

December 30, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

As this year comes to a close, law firm leaders will prognosticate about what trends will affect their bottom lines in 2015. Accordingly, this is the perfect time to do a little prognosticating of my own, and to present five predictions of trends that will affect litigation firms in 2015.

By Will Sylianteng

9 minute read

November 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last month, both traditional and social media were ablaze with quotes from comedian Tracy Morgan in response to Wal-Mart's filed answer in the case Morgan v. Wal-Mart Stores, (2014 DNJ Civil Action No. 14-cv-04388), a case currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

By Will Sylianteng

9 minute read

September 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

As attorneys, we would like to believe that we are members of a civilized and high-brow profession. And why shouldn't we? Our clients bicker, fight and can't stand each other. Then, they hire us to civilly negotiate their claims in their stead, and authorize us to take the case to trial only if those negotiations fail.

By Will Sylianteng

6 minute read

April 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

On an almost daily basis, my practice involves sifting through fire debris to find the remnants of products that may have caused the fire. For this reason, the very thought of electronics and their batteries getting even smaller makes me cringe.

By Will Sylianteng

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