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October 13, 2010 |

Commentary: Banned From the Internet

Some courts are too willing to prohibit internet use as a probation requirement. Are such bans narrowly tailored to affect "only such deprivations of liberty" as reasonably necessary to condition the release? Recent cases suggest the answer is no, say attorneys Jeff Ifrah and Steven Eichorn.
4 minute read
August 22, 2005 |

Immigration Law

Stanley Mailman, of counsel to Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, and Stephen Yale-Loehr, of counsel at True, Walsh & Miller, report that the two main immigration reform bills pending in the Senate are the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (S. 1033), introduced in May by Senators John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and the Comprehensive Enforcement and Immigration Reform Act of 2005 (S. 1438), introduced in late July by Senators John Cornyn, R-Tex., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
8 minute read
May 01, 2005 |

Evolving into Automation

A midwest firm adopts West km software.
6 minute read
March 27, 2007 |

Are In-House Counsel Really Dumping Law Firms Abruptly?

Remember all the publicity about law departments "firing" their law firms? It certainly made the headlines and caused a good deal of hand-wringing at anxious law firms. But the truth is not nearly so stark, writes consultant Rees W. Morrison. In fact, even though it's become conventional wisdom that law departments commonly and increasingly fire their firms, Morrison thinks that conventional wisdom is off-base.
9 minute read
July 07, 2005 |

Law Firms Finding New Revenue by Unbundling Services

Rules that allow lawyers to unbundle their services - to represent typically cash-strapped clients for parts of their litigation - are spreading across the United States.
8 minute read
December 01, 2007 |

Sherry Lalonde

CIO, Cooley Godward Kronish
2 minute read
July 25, 2008 |

Environmental Law

Michael B. Gerrard, a partner at Arnold & Porter, writes that after years of studies, conferences and negotiations, in 2003 the New York State Legislature finally adopted a comprehensive statute for the cleanup and redevelopment of moderately contaminated land, known as "brownfields." Unfortunately serious flaws in the new law quickly became apparent. Several more years of debate ensued, the courts weighed in (not always consistently), and in June 2008 the Legislature adopted new amendments. Whether they got it right the second time around is very much an open question.
11 minute read
April 25, 2005 |

The New Marketing Frontier

Savvy law firms understand that keeping current clients and attracting new ones requires innovative technology. "If you want to provide a global service to a client whose business is global, it's mandatory to take advantage of the available technology," says Mike Scherpereel, Reed Smith's director of marketing. Business intelligence products, Web-based monitoring systems, blogging, blogging and more blogging -- you're about to be let in on industry visionaries' secrets.
13 minute read
May 18, 2006 |

Convert Software Without Creating Major Problems

Converting from one time, billing and accounting program to another can be a daunting process. For small California firm Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel, it meant a two-month review of potential replacement programs -- and then, a complete shift from the initially implemented first-choice program.
8 minute read
January 07, 2008 |

Companies Struggle With E-Discovery Rules

One year after revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were put in place to address confusion and increased costs associated with electronic discovery, corporations are still struggling to comply with the new guidelines.
5 minute read

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