The key to successful oral advocacy is effective preparation. In this podcast, Carlton Fields attorneys Gary Sasso, Peter Webster, and Christine Davis discuss the importance of mock oral arguments in preparing for oral...more
In recent years, corporate legal teams have identified as their top three operational challenges (1) reducing outside legal spending, (2) communicating more effectively with internal stakeholders, and (3) doing more with...more
Clients and law firms sometimes talk about "Alternative Fee Arrangements" (or "AFAs") without understanding what they entail. Best understood, the term describes any arrangement other than payment based purely on hourly...more
The following series of blog posts were excerpted from the class actions chapter of Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, a multi-volume treatise that is a joint project of West and the Association of...more
Gary Sasso, president and CEO of Carlton Fields, represents business clients in securities fraud and consumer fraud class actions and other complex litigation at the trial and appellate level, in the financial services...more
Many of us take our personality traits for granted. Those blessed with the right nature or nurture do just fine, often without reflecting on the reasons for their success. Others continually get in their own way. Most of us...more
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