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How Your Company Can Benefit From an Asset Search

by Edward Amaral on 5/14/2013

How Your Business or Company Can Benefit From an Asset Search It has become increasingly important over the past few years for businesses and companies to collect debts that are owed to them. The economy has been in poor...more

Attorney Tim Hyland: Why the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is Good for Plaintiffs [Video]

by Jeff Ifrah on 3/1/2013

Why the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is Good for Plaintiffs....more

Snell & Wilmer Offers a Free Bound Copy of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Guide

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/15/2013

As referenced in several recent articles in the Global Connection, on November 18, 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a written guide in regard to compliance of the Foreign...more

Strategies for Fostering Productive Corporate Counsel Relationships in a Cross-Cultural Context

by Lindsey E. Martínez, Elizabeth M. Weldon | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/15/2013

Productive relationships between corporate and outside counsel are essential to efficient management of corporate legal matters. Effective communication is even more important when working with cross-cultural issues and...more

You are What You Sell

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 2/4/2013

I. Who Are You? (And, do you really want to know?) II. You Are What You … (If I think about a pizza all day long do I become a pizza?) A. Reading B. Hearing C. Thinking D. Measuring (Or, Standardized test scores as a...more

What Standard must be Met for and Emailed Contract to be Considered Valid

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 2/3/2013

A new ruling that could affect how Phoenix law offices advise their clients on contract law is currently in the news. In September, an Arizona appellate court advised that a trial court needed to determine what constitutes...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – January 23, 2013

by Rob Robinson on 1/23/2013

Recognized nationally in Forbes’ Law and Technology Blog as a leading source of trusted eDiscovery information, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange newsletter is published weekly to provide legal and technology...more

And the Answer is.....

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 12/17/2012

The firm often receives calls asking about the price of X, where "X"is, say, forming an "LLC." This question presents a number of issues; for example: How do you know you need "X?" Who are you? What problem are you...more

PARTNER WITH SMALL BUSINESS: HOW THE HUDSPETH FIRM ENABLES STARTUPS AND GROWTH COMPANIES - Article by Robert Miller

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 12/12/2012

A business law firm in today’s economy needs to respond nimbly and effectively to meet the urgent demands of start up companies and its entrepreneurs. We strive to meet the pressing needs of raising capital, creating...more

Q&A: Does Being “Pay or Play” Mean I Get to Direct My Movie?

by Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 10/4/2012

Q: I’m a writer/director. I wrote a script that’s getting some traction. I obviously want to sell it but on one condition: I have to direct the movie. I don’t think anyone else can do it justice… A producer just...more

Italian Desk Verhaegen Walravens

by Giulia Mauri on 10/1/2012

Our Italian Desk advises Italian companies on matters of Belgian law and offers Italian law advice to foreign companies....more

Tax Reduction and Deferral Strategies for Trial Attorneys - Part 1

by Gerald Nowotny on 9/17/2012

Trial attorneys are extremely vulnerable to changing tax landscape which is quickly becoming hostile territory. As the Bush tax cuts are due to expire at the end of December 2012, the tax increases will further erode trial...more

American Airlines Pilots Gamble And Lose In Bankruptcy Case [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 9/6/2012

Sept. 6 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia talks with Bloomberg News bankruptcy columnist and editor-at-large Bill Rochelle about how a strategy backfired on the pilots' union at American Airlines. Bill also...more

Mock Trial Arbitrations and Mediations: A New Approach To Case Resolution

by Cantor Stoneburner Ford Grana & Buckner on 8/30/2012

In many cases, the stumbling block to settlement is the parties’ polar opposite views of what the likely jury verdict will be. Impasse is typically reached in these situations when the parties dig their heels in, often...more

Mock Trials and Focus Groups: How Are They Conducted?

by Cantor Stoneburner Ford Grana & Buckner on 8/30/2012

The goal of the trial lawyer in using a mock trial or focus group in his or her case is to obtain objective information from a group of individuals demographically similar to the real jurors. Consequently, the mock trial or...more

Task Force on Disaster Preparedness and Response: A Stellar Inaugural Year

by Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley on 8/29/2012

Originally published in The Brief, Volume 41, Number 4, Summer 2012. TIPS Chair Randy Aliment’s 2011–2012 theme is Disaster Preparedness and Response. The Disaster Preparedness and Response Task Force was formed in...more

Aaron Bailey on the Creditors' Rights Specialty [Video]

by Sands Anderson PC on 8/16/2012

Aaron Bailey of the Raleigh office explains the credential granted by the American Board of Certification know as a Creditors' Rights Specialist and why his North Carolina clients will benefit now that he has earned this...more

What Business Owners Should Look for in a Business Law Firm and Business Legal Representation

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 8/12/2012

In selecting a law firm for an owner-operated small or medium sized business (aka “SMB’s”), we can start with some basic positions: 1. The law firm client is well advised to choose a lawyer, not a firm.... 2. Many...more

Starting Your Own Law Practice

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 8/12/2012

IV. Conclusion. This brief article can get you started. The underlying question is whether you are cut out for owning and operating your own practice. I have had brilliant attorneys who wanted to practice law, not...more

Extra-jurisdictional Legal Process Outsourcers: ‘The Wave of the Present’

by Lawson Lundell LLP on 7/31/2012

Governments, regulators, courts and consumer groups, alike, have advocated for greater ‘access to justice’ and more cost efficient legal services. For example, some legal regulators in Canada, at least, have taken steps to...more

Income Tax Reduction and Deferral Strategies for Trial Attorney Contingency Fee Income: Part 1—Structured Settlement Annuities...

by Gerald Nowotny on 7/30/2012

Originally published in ABA Section of Taxation News Quarterly - Summer 2012. Overview - Structured settlement annuities (SSA) have been recognized by federal law since 1983. The original use of these arrangements was...more