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October 12, 2001 |

A Squatter's Grudge

If you're looking for Miami law firm Akerman Senterfitt's Web site, don't type in akermansenterfitt.com. If you do, you'll see pictures of kangaroos, sharks eating fish and a diatribe against the legal system. This and other sites using law firms' names are the work of Brian Wick, a so-called cybersquatter with a grudge against lawyers. Some firms have taken Wick to court and won back their domain names under trademark law.
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July 19, 1999 |

After a Tune-up, This Satellite's Working Quite Well

Not so long ago, Thelen Reid & Priest attorneys practicing their trade in the Los Angeles outpost crossed their fingers, hoping to break even in terms of revenues, let alone recruit new blood. Today, the office turns a profit.What happened in the interim -- during which the firm completed a key bicoastal merger with Reid & Priest -- amounts to a seminar on how to reverse the fortunes of a sagging satellite office.
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December 10, 2012 |

Law firm e-discovery reaches crossroad

Litigation support departments in law firms - now largely tasked with helping attorneys manage the e-discovery needs of clients - are at a crossroad. To invest or divest.
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December 28, 2011 |

Innovations in Law Firm Marketing

Cool new "outside the box" strategies in law firm marketing from around the world.
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April 11, 2013 |

Significant Changes to HIPAA and HITECH

On Jan. 25, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services published long-awaited final regulations modifying the privacy, security, enforcement and breach notification rules under HIPAA and HITECH, implementing the most significant changes to health-care privacy and security law in a decade.
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June 21, 1999 |

FTC Follows The Money

Seven years ago, as the zealous director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, Kevin Arquit helped conjure up a novel legal stratagem. Now, as the zealous lead counsel for generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories Inc., he has found his past returning to haunt him. Citing Arquit9s handiwork, the FTC is trying to collect $120 million from his client in a suit filed in D.C. federal court. The case is potentially groundbreaking: If the agency is successful, it would fundamentally expand its institutional powers.
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Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: Is Mary Jo White Tough Enough? Here's One Way to Find Out
Publication Date: 2013-01-30
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By tackling the glaring conflict of interest created by a credit rating system beholden to issuers, Obama's pick to lead the SEC could prove she plans to live up to her reputation for toughness.

Fifth Circuit Rules CAFA Applies to Mississippi AG's LCD Suit
Publication Date: 2012-11-26
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Precedent ruled the day at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a price-fixing case against makers of liquid-crystal display panels, even if not all the judges were particularly happy about it. Who was happy? Lawyers for the LCD makers at White & Case.

October 11, 2004 |

Law Firms Gauge the Outlook for Outsourcing

Corporate hard times may not be all bad news for law firms. The economic crunch is causing more and more companies to change the way they do business, and that has given rise to a new niche practice area for law firms: helping clients outsource parts of their business to cheaper labor markets, often overseas.
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July 02, 1999 |

Philly Firm To Expand IP Practice

Philadelphia IP boutique Panitch Schwarze Jacobs & Nadel announced that it would merge into Washington, D.C. giant Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, effective Thursday. The merger fits into Akin Gump's goal to expand its IP practice -- specifically in Philadelphia. And for Panitch Schwarze, instead of farming out IP litigation and other legal work to outside firms, it can now tap into the resources of the 875-attorney, 12-office Akin Gump.
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