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The Legal Intelligencer

Could Your Social Media Posts Be Used Against You in Court? 

The Pennsylvania Superior Court decided an issue of first impression in Pennsylvania—what is the standard for the authentication of social media postings at trial.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyers and Alcohol Abuse: NYC Lawyer Assistance Program Is Here to Help

The findings of the landmark study of 13,000 currently practicing lawyers by the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation (ABA/Hazelden study) published in the American Bar Journal in 2016 and elsewhere, revealed that between 21 and 36 percent qualified as problem drinkers.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Privilege Maintenance: Protecting Law Firm In-House Counsel Communications

Although the majority of courts who have reviewed this issue have recognized and enforced a privilege shared between law firm attorneys and their in-house counsel, there is some uncertainty nationwide.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Excelsior: Fondly Remembering the Late Tom Ullmann

The members of the editorial board were shocked and deeply saddened to hear that a beloved member, Thomas J. Ullmann, died in a hiking accident on April 13, 2018, in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Failure to Launch: Why Is Your Firm Failing to Be a 21st Century Employer?

Back in November 2017, I wrote the article, “Why Law Firms Should Already Be Embracing the Mobile Workforce”. That piece mainly focused on firms having work-from-home policies for attorneys and only slightly touched on similar policies for staff. Six months later, it doesn't seem like much has changed.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

If I am representing a client for estate planning, can I accept a referral fee from an insurance agent or an investment company I have worked with in the past for referring the estate business?
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Will Law Firms Bow to Pressure to End Mandatory Arbitration?

More and more voices are calling for big law firms to abandon mandatory arbitration and nondisclosure agreements for their own lawyers. Should the firms listen?
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Five Types of Connections You Should Develop in Your Legal Network

The commencement speaker when you graduated from law school inevitably highlighted members of the audience who supported the graduates during school, and would provide continued support while the graduates studied for the bar exam and began their careers.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Self-Dealing Conduct Supporting Fiduciary-Duty Claims Was Covered by Contractual Duties Imposed in the LLC Agreement

The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act's policy is to give the maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract in LLC operating agreements.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Implicit Bias Training: Helpful Training Tool or Corporate Fad?

Employers—particularly human resources professionals and in-house employment lawyers—have long battled bias in hiring and other employment decisions. Employers have many tools at their disposal, such as anti-discrimination policies, employee handbooks and various trainings.
6 minute read

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