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Selecting Service Providers and Building a True Partnership
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
A recent hot topic, and the subject of many articles, has been law firms and corporations deciding whether to insource, outsource or create a hybrid model for handling discovery services.
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Post-Traumatic Arthritis and Iatrogenic Arthritis
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
This is the first in a series of articles where I plan to address post-traumatic arthritis and iatrogenic conditions.
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System Shouldn't Tolerate Guilty Pleas From Those Claiming Innocence
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
As exonerations become more commonplace and organizations whose sole purpose is to collaterally attack wrongful convictions proliferate, there continues to be a mechanism in the law in most states that permits an individual who claims innocence to nevertheless plead guilty and go to prison.
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Lawyers may need to adjust in the wake of budgetary issues
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
I am a lawyer who does a lot of court-appointed work and it is a substantial part of my law practice. I see there may be cuts in federal court-appointed payments and/or delays because of budgetary issues based on what is known as the sequester statute.
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When Should Predictive Coding Be Compulsory?
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
In Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, affirmed, 2012 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 58742 (2012), a much-written-about opinion, Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, a jurist highly regarded for his knowledge of e-discovery, held that a party could be compelled to use predictive coding, over objections as to its reliability, to review electronically stored information for discovery production.
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CMS and OIG Propose Modifications for EHR Donation Rules
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The utilization of electronic health records (EHR) by medical practitioners has been a policy push by the federal government for a number of years.
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The Evolving Definitions of Materiality and Sustainability Reporting
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Is "sustainability" material to the reasonable investor? Under the securities laws, publicly traded companies are required to disclose to their shareholders and the investing public "material" information about their company.
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Government Phone Numbers and Email Addresses Not Public
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
In two separate but similar Right-to-Know Law cases, a split en banc Commonwealth Court ruled that middle names and home addresses are public record, but government-issued cellphone numbers and email addresses are not.
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Five Steps to Acquiring New Legal Technology
Law Technology News
Monday, May 6, 2013
Law offices of all types and sizes face pressure to acquire "the next big thing" in the never-ending quest to become more productive and competitive. Due diligence can make the difference between wasting money on new technology and investing in new productivity.
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Antitrust Issues for Private Equity Firms Forming Bidding Clubs
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, May 6, 2013
Compliance with antitrust laws was never a pressing issue for private equity firms. Antitrust compliance briefly came to the forefront of the industry in 2007, when the U.S. Department of Justice briefly investigated the industry and a series of private lawsuits were filed against private equity firms.
