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Protecting Client Confidences

Nearly every client representation involves receiving some type of confidential information from clients or about clients. How attorneys handle it,…
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Helping Juries Succeed

Juries do get the facts, and they do work hard, but we are collectively failing juries by not giving them simple comprehensible instructions.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

12 Law School Stories That Made 2017 Two Semesters and a Summer to Remember

Law schools in Florida made headlines in 2017 for successes, scandals and other stories, good or bad. Here's a look back at what put some front and…
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dos and Don'ts: Politics in the Office (and Around the Holiday Table)

Whether it is because of 24-hour cable news networks, social media or the “reality show” of the recent presidential election, and events since the election, politics is taking over.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Judge Isn't Worried About Decline in Oral Arguments—But Lawyers Are

The discussion of oral arguments was a secondary point in Judge William Pryor's piece in the New York Times, but he touched on a tension that has been developing between lawyers and judges for years.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Why Is Law Firm Innovation Failing? How to Push for Success

Recent news and awards indicate law firms are increasing their investments in innovation. Stories of recently launched innovation committees, R&D teams and idea labs routinely grace the pages of industry publications. Yet despite these investments, the trajectory of the industry as a whole seems to have remained largely unchanged. Why are innovation efforts by larger law firms failing to make a meaningful impact?
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Reputation Audit a Prerequisite for M&A Due Diligence

The information revolution has yielded a new benefit for the merger and acquisition community that can have significant impact on the decision of whether or not to move forward with a deal as well as ensuring the deal succeeds in the long term. In the past, PR/communication agencies were often called in only after the deal was done and to promote and manage message delivery to key audiences and ensure a smooth transition
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fake South Florida Foreclosure Law Firm Operators Sentenced to 5 Years

Prosecutors charged the federal defendants operated companies that billed themselves as law firms and legal referral firms in Coral Springs, West Palm Beach and Boca Raton.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Report - Five takeaways from Making it (Ethically) Rain

Five tips on rainmaking for women
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Your Guide to the Top Nine New Local Bankruptcy Rules

Just in time for the holiday season, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (at the request of the Board of Bankruptcy Judges) promulgated new Local Bankruptcy Rules which will go into effect Dec. 1.
5 minute read

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