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Protecting Intellectual Property With Criminal Law
Most corporate counsel are well versed in civil action to protect intellectual property, but criminal enforcement in appropriate cases provides the strongest deterrent value, say Winston & Strawn partners Dan K. Webb and Robb C. Adkins.
Making Document Review a Success
Do you ever see the contract attorneys you've hired to review documents? If not, perhaps your document review process needs some fine tuning. Because document review can make or break a case for a company, it pays to manage reviewers well, or to ensure any litigation firm you hire does so.
Looking Outside the Firm for On-Point Work Product
Sophisticated buyers of legal services expect today's lawyers to quickly locate, validate, update and use past work product. Justin Hectus, director of information at a California law firm, found an app to access precedent documents produced by an untapped resource, the competition.The Common Scold's Launch Tour
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BigLaw CIOs Lament BlackBerry's Woes
In a telling sign of the shifting smartphone battle at U.S. law firms, the CIO of the nation's largest BlackBerry shop is anticipating mass migrations away from the platform within six months.
E-Discovery Tops List of In-House Worries
Electronic discovery is the bogeyman that haunts the sleep of corporate legal counsel, according to Fulbright & Jaworski's annual study of in-house trends. With steep fines and jail sentences being handed out to corporations and executives that violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate counsel are taking a closer look at policies guiding record-keeping and disclosure, but the process is increasing litigation burdens and costs.
Revised FTC Guidelines: Blogger Beware
Attorney Kelly D. Talcott looks at the FTC's revised "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising" and advises that just as an advertiser can be liable for the misstatements of a blogger, so too can a blogger be liable for the misstatements of an advertiser.
The Disruptive Innovation at Axiom's Legal Outsourcing Division
The rapid growth of New York-based Axiom's outsourcing arm is a strong example of the disruption that is taking place in the legal services market as clients embrace nontraditional providers of legal services.Trending Stories
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