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March 12, 2007 |

Is Arbitration More Costly Than Litigation for Corporations?

What was once de rigueur in the corporate legal department -- the utilization of mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts -- is apparently now a topic of some debate. A recent article in the ABA Journal indicates that arbitration has definitely lost some luster in the eyes of corporate counsel. While a number of arbitration shortcomings were cited, including the failure to live up to its promised informality, the common criticism was an increasing cost factor in using arbitration.
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December 27, 2004 |

Immigration Law

Stanley Mailman, of counsel to Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, and Stephen Yale-Loehr, of counsel at True, Walsh & Miller and teacher at Cornell Law School, write that immigration appeals are swamping the federal courts. They analyze the many reasons for the sudden surge and suggest possible solutions.
8 minute read
July 14, 2006 |

KPMG and the Future of Legal Fees Advancement

It's impossible to predict the long-term effects of the recent New York federal court decision finding the DOJ's "Thompson Memorandum" unconstitutional to the extent it requires prosecutors considering criminal charges against a company to take into account the corporate advancement of any legal fees to employees under investigation. But in the interim, attorneys Kenneth M. Breen and Thomas R. Fallati note that the ruling can help counsel avoid government interference in legal fees advancement.
10 minute read
January 19, 2007 |

Acquiring Digital Collections

This article addresses several topics relating to digitized collections, framing the discussion by first discussing two legal-specific digitization projects available for private law firms.
7 minute read
July 22, 2008 |

Using Braille for the Bar Exam Is an Endurance Test

Earl Oaks, who has been blind since childhood, faces a challenge later this month -- he'll take the Texas bar exam, in Braille, over the course of three days, the last two of which will each involve 12 hours of testing. "I'll give it my best shot," says Oaks. Simply earning his law degree was a marathon, not a sprint. Many of his textbooks were converted to Braille, which took longer to read, and when it came to reading The Bluebook in Braille, Oak says, "It was easier for me to memorize it."
10 minute read
February 01, 2008 |

Leverage Budgets

Treat your co-location backup centers as multipurpose rooms to get more buy-in from partners.
4 minute read
August 11, 2003 |

Newsmakers

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May 03, 2004 |

Superior Court Makes It Clear: No Citation of Memorandums

A Superior Court panel has affirmed the court's resolution barring litigants and the court from relying on unpublished, memorandum decisions.
7 minute read
April 01, 2010 |

Environmental Law

Michael B. Gerrard, the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, and senior counsel to Arnold & Porter, writes that while climate change legislation is mired in Congress, several units in the Obama administration have been using their existing statutory authority to adopt rules or guidance requiring extensive disclosures about greenhouse gases in a wide variety of contexts.
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