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Microsoft Discovers the Big Advantage of Going Small
When in-house lawyers at Microsoft go shopping for outside firms, they're well aware big doesn't necessarily mean better. For many types of assignments, they've found small boutique firms can handle the job just as well -- if not more effectively -- and at lower rates than a large firm.
Perks and Perils of a Paperless Office
Businesses are choosing to store their documents by scanning them and destroying the originals. Burns White attorneys Jeffrey D. Roberts and Nina Wadhwa ask whether documents have to be stored in hard copy after scanning them and answer in terms of document retention and evidence.
Prosecutors Attack Online Pharmacy's Business Model
In opening statements in the Northern District of California, prosecutors accused three defendants of illegally distributing pharmaceuticals through Web-based pharmacy Safescripts Online, dubbing it "the Amazon.com of drugs."
Licensing IP in Uncertain Times
We all know our nation's economy is unsteady and the future for even the best of enterprises is uncertain. So what can you do to advise a client with existing IP licenses -- or those who are thinking about granting licenses -- given the possibility that a licensee will enter bankruptcy?
10 Truths About Innovation in Law Departments
As an antidote to mythical thinking, Rees W. Morrison offers 10 statements that are true for legal departments that crave or care about innovation. The first five truths speak more to individual law departments; the final five speak more to innovation in the broader industry. The bottom line: Every member can borrow and experiment, and count and adjust and take risks.
Geoffrey Giraffe Brings Technology to Court
Without knowing it, Toys "R" Us once sold toys of an adult nature. If a shopper used the keywords "rabbit" and "bathtub," the company's Amazon.com-based Web site returned a device not suitable for kids. LTN magazine's news editor, Claire Duffett, fills in the tech details.
Employer Monitoring of Electronic Communications
Whether employers may review or monitor private e-mails, web histories and other electronic communications of employees on company-issued computers, cell phones, pagers, and the like has been the subject of much debate. Attorney Madelaine S. Baio looks at recent rulings on the issue.
Am Law Firms Get Set for Liftoff for Client SpaceX
OSpace Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) became the first private company to successfully launch a cargo delivery rocket into low earth orbit -- that's good news for Drinker Biddle, K&L Gates, Morrison & Foerster, and Patton Boggs.
When and How to Appeal a Patent Examiner's Decision
Given that there are 20,000 undecided appeals of patent examiner decisions hanging in limbo with the U.S. Patent Office, the decision to appeal mustn't be made lightly, says former examiner Kenneth E. Horton. Though seemingly odd advice, the best appeal may be the one you don't make. But, if you do, Horton provides strategic options for proceeding.Trending Stories
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