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Corporate Counsel

Ten Legal Mistakes That Your Startup Should Not Make

Startups have a lot to think about as they journey toward success. Legal issues are often low on the list of priorities, but a little bit of legal foresight can help prevent costly problems down the road. Below are some of the legal mistakes that can limit or jeopardize the ultimate success of a startup.
11 minute read

The Recorder

California Court Ushers in Sweeping Changes for Scheduling Policies

A California Court of Appeal recently issued its decision in Ward v. Tilly's, instituting a sweeping change in California's reporting-time pay rules and now prohibiting a common scheduling practice used by employers throughout the state.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Risk Management Strategy: Top Tips for In-House Counsel

Companies strive to protect their tomorrow in a global context that evolves constantly and rapidly. And they must do so in highly competitive and complex markets, each with a unique political, economic, legal and regulatory framework. Change is constant. Risk is constant. But opportunity also is constant.
5 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Measuring Client Equity: How Satisfied Is Satisfied?

Midsize firms typically use two methods for obtaining client feedback: client surveys and client interviews. If designed thoughtfully and carried out properly, each of these methods for gauging client satisfaction yields clear, concrete, and reliable data both by individual client and, when amalgamated, a composite view of client satisfaction for the firm as a whole.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Real World Scenarios for the California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) launches on Jan. 1, 2020. Businesses are wisely beginning to prepare. As we start looking at the practicalities, here are some potential real world scenarios and solutions to consider.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

Can a graduate from law school who is not a citizen—and who is not here legally—be admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania assuming all other aspects of their character are good?
8 minute read

Law.com

Money Lessons for Lawyers Courtesy of the New England Patriots

If retirement is the big game in your financial life, how well-prepared are you to win it?
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Claim Monetization: A Lesser Known Use of Litigation Finance

Although it accounts for a significant amount of the capital invested in litigation, a lesser discussed aspect of litigation finance is what is known as “claim monetization.”
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “25-35 Bridge St. LLC v. Excel Auto. Tech Ctr. Inc.,” a commercial landlord-tenant case where the court denied equitable relief where the tenant failed to timely exercise the option to purchase; and “Maxwell Dev. v. France,” where the tenant's affirmative misconduct warranted reduction of abatement.
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

Amazon's N.Y. Headquarters Meets the Opportunity Zone Program

On Jan. 31, Amazon announced that it will not be utilizing the federal Opportunity Zone Program as part of its acquisition and construction of its Long Island City headquarters. In this article, Adam Sanders writes “While the timing of this announcement appears to be orchestrated to act as an olive branch to local politicians, residents and protestors to deflect from the tax breaks that Amazon is already receiving by passing on the tax benefits of the opportunity zone program, the question remains would or could Amazon have utilized the opportunity zone program anyway?”
10 minute read

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