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When Choosing a Data Center, It Comes Down to Trust
Reacting to an IT emergency isn't the only factor to consider when weighing an in-house or third-party data center to maintain infrastructure, writes COO Kenneth Jones of Xerdict.
Take away these stock tips from the World Cup
Some people might think the hours you spent over the last month sitting around, drinking beer and watching the soccer World Cup being played in South Africa was a waste of valuable time. Of course, they are wrong. Between cries of "No way was that offside" in front of the television, some of us have been carefully constructing an investment portfolio that will make us a fortune in the next year.Tattooed Man's Lawsuit Revived
For Oxford piercing artist Christopher Russo, the "King Tut" and other tattoos covering his forearms should have been an automatic get-out-of-jail-free card, if only Bridgeport police had checked the videotape from the Amoco gas station he was accused of robbing on Aug. 1, 2002.
Revising the Rules Regarding ESI Preservation
In November 2012, the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Civil Rules proposed that Rule 37(e) be gutted and replaced with one that allows a court to sanction a producing party for failure to preserve "discoverable information that reasonably should" have been "preserved in the anticipation or conduct of litigation" only when the requesting party can show that the failure was "willful or in bad faith" and caused the requesting party "substantial prejudice," or that such failure "irreparably deprived" the requesting party "of any meaningful opportunity to present a claim or defense."
The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Mostly Modest Growth for a Dozen Top New York-Based Firms
With demand for corporate work slack through most of the year and clients continuing to apply rate pressure, 12 elite Am Law 100 firms—with a handful of exceptions—made only slight gains in both gross revenues and profits in 2012, according to The American Lawyer's reporting.
Stay Ahead of the Game: Legal Tech Careers at 50
Earlier this year, my wonderful wife threw me a surprise 50th birthday party. During the affair, interspersed between the usual jokes about the need for progressive eyeglasses and unpleasant medical procedures, I received advice from well-wishers about how "Life Begins at 50!"
Not Afraid to Litigate--or Negotiate: Kirkland & Ellis
Publication Date: 2010-01-01 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
Kirkland & Ellis partner William Pratt led the team that represented Discover in its landmark $2.75 billion settlement with Visa and MasterCard. We talked with him about the challenges to the litigation.
Connolly Bove Helped Win a Victory in Spat With New Jersey
In its first-ever U.S. Supreme Court case, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz helped Delaware prevail in New Jersey v. Delaware, its battle with the Garden State concerning jurisdiction over parts of the Delaware River, a dispute that goes back more than a century.Ousted Attorney Blames Firm for Asbestos Misconduct Claim
A former associate at Brayton Purcell has sued the firm and founding partner Alan Brayton for failing to pay his legal costs in a malpractice case and bar investigation that followed a scathing order by an Ohio judge accusing him of rampant misconduct in an asbestos case.TRENDING STORIES
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