Non Disclosure Agreement NDA N.D.A. by Mathew Charnay on 5/14/2012 A comprehensive NDA to be used with most mutual business arangements that involve the sharing of intellectual property for the purpose of business, marketing, product, development, et. al....more
Key Privacy, Security and Information Management Issues in a Digital World Economy by Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP on 3/6/2012 Web 2.0, mobile applications and cloud based services have revolutionized how companies communicate and interact with customers, current and prospective, and how businesses process, transmit, secure and store information. ...more
Extreme Magical Thinking: TEchnology Won't Take You Off the Hook by Pamela Woldow on 1/30/2012 I have been encountering a lot of magical thinking recently when talking with law firm partners about Legal Project Management. One partner, hoping that the IT and KM folks can simply buy a tech solution so that he could...more
Deadlines approaching on a Whole New World (Wide Web): Institutional TLDs and .xxx by Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP on 9/26/2011 Deadlines approaching on a Whole New World (Wide Web): Institutional TLDs and .xxx...more
Visual Presentations in Court: A New Study on What Works Best and Why by Cogent Legal on 7/29/2011 For ADR or trial, the adage “show, don’t tell” is a winning strategy to help convey a presenting attorney’s story, decipher complex content and cogently navigate themes. Now, a comprehensive visual persuasion study not only...more
Lawyers and their Clients, and Vice Versa by Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP on 7/13/2011 Lawyers and their Clients, and Vice Versa...more
Company Use of Social Media Best Practices: Checklist by Practical Law Company on 7/8/2011 Companies recognize that the internet provides unique opportunities to participate in interactive discussions and share information on particular topics using a wide variety of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs...more
Preventing hidden commercialisation of GM foods by Virginia Delion on 7/1/2011 A resolution stated that food prepared from transgenic products must contain this information on its label, whether or not there is proof that the products are harmful to health. Discussion on the harm of these foods to...more
Digital Photos Have Metadata Too by Christopher Hopkins on 6/30/2011 Does your company or law firm email photos/JPEGs? Do you upload family photos to social media sites. Digital photo metadata is overlooked by companies -- and most common "scrubbing" software. Find out what metadata lurks...more
Legal Project Management Tools: Let Rube Goldberg Rest in Peace by Pamela Woldow on 6/30/2011 Trying to figure out what tools your firm should select to support Legal Project Management? This article, from a pioneer in LPM for law firms, Pam Woldow, provides a 5-step practical approach for evaluating a firm's needs. ...more
FROM EUROPE: the surge in litigation/compliance review, and outsourced legal work by Gregory P. Bufithis, Esq. on 5/10/2011 6 May 2011 – I settled in Brussels about seven years ago (I hold several nationalities and am fluent in several languages) after a career in the U.S. in intellectual property law (with which I am still deeply involved) and a...more
The Most-Offensive Advertisement in Law Marketing History by Ross Fishman on 4/18/2011 This is arguably the most-offensive print advertisement in the history of marketing the legal profession. It is apparently part of a branding and differentiation campaign by a firm seeking to sell services to law firms and...more
Jackson Walker: IP Litigation Insider - March 2011 by Jackson Walker on 3/14/2011 In This Newsletter: The Ten Attorneys You Meet In Your Joint DefenseGroup By: John Jackson and Bob Latham Note: Any similarities between these 10 types of attorneys and any real person, either living or dead, is...more
Best iPhone Android & Blackberry Apps for Lawyers by Christopher Hopkins on 3/11/2011 Handout of top ten lists for best smartphone apps on iPhone/iPad, Android, and Blackberry platforms. From a March 2011 seminar hosted by the Palm Beach County Bar Association....more
The surge in foreign language document review projects by The Posse List on 1/18/2011 As we have indicated in numerous posts over the last year, foreign language document reviews have dominated the U.S. contract attorney market due to the continuing increase in FCPA cases. It has provided a stream of work from...more