Business 2 Community5 Trends Shaping the Legal IndustryBusiness 2 CommunityThis is known as electronic discovery. Since electronic communication is now permissible in court, attorneys are placing a premium on data security, storage, and accuracy in ord…
E-Discovery
Pamela Enslen named resident director of Miller Canfield’s Kalamazoo office – Mlive Kalamazoo
What Is The Scope Of Confidentiality Included In The Solicitor-Client Privilege? – Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Inevitable Disclosure Of Trade Secrets Is Not An Independent Cause Of Action … – Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Litigation Support
Minneapolis legal outsourcing facility expands – Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (blog)
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Minneapolis legal outsourcing facility expands
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (blog) S., now has room for more than 200 contract staff, which includes intellectual property professionals and attorneys for litigation support work. A spokeswoman for the Jersey-based firm declined to disclose the facility’s staffing levels or the project … |
General Industry News
Court Rules That Arizona Sheriff Engages In Racial Profiling
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s department violated the rights of Latinos in its crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge says, issuing an injunction against the practice.
Can’t Live Without Your iPad? Neither Can We! On The Fly eDiscovery from Global EDD Group
According to the 2012 ABA Legal Technology Survey, nearly 30 percent of all litigators now use a tablet device in the courtroom and, according to a Business Insider survey, the Apple® iPad® has become the primary computer for many professionals. The flexibility, portability, and accessibility of the iPad delivers is a great tool for litigators, but it’s really not [...]
Vermont Becomes First State to File ‘Patent Troll’ Suit
Vermont has become the first state in the nation to file a so-called “patent troll” lawsuit, taking action against a company claiming patents to technology that attaches scanned documents to emails over company computer networks.
International
CMS posts 5.1% revenue rise across 10-firm international network
CMS saw revenues across the group rise 5.1% during 2012, with net profit also climbing across the network of 10 law firms.
The network, which includes CMS Cameron McKenna in the UK, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre in France and CMS Hasche Sigle in Germany, saw total revenues climb to €837.7m (£679.3m) for the financial reporting period ending 31 December, up from €797.3m (£646.5m) in 2011.
DLA Piper Lawyers Teach Negotiation Skills in Tanzania
A DLA Piper pro bono team from around the world traveled to Tanzania last month to teach negotiation skills to a group of Tanzanian lawyers, most of whom work at government agencies. The firm’s pro bono work in Tanzania is part of DLA Piper’s New Perim…
Singapore Court Rules Against Bank in ‘Accumulator’ Dispute
Citing an “abject failure to make proper discovery,” a Singapore appeals court has thrown out a decision favoring a bank over an individual investor in a dispute over $5 million in losses incurred during the global financial crisis from the purchase of…
King & Wood Mallesons Australia Managing Partner Resigns
King & Wood Mallesons Australia managing partner Tony O’Malley has resigned and will retire as the firm’s partner in December. A spokesperson for the firm would only say that O’Malley’s sudden resignation was the result of a “mutual agreement” and that the firm had formed a subcommittee to appoint a replacement.
Miami Beach ‘Bar Girl’ Scammer Gets 12 Years in Prison
A nightclub operator has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a scam that used Russian and Eastern European “B-Girls” to lure wealthy tourists into secret bars where they were fleeced with bogus bills for alcohol and caviar.
Lebanese Banks Turn to Lobbying Powerhouses for Reputation Repair
When Lebanon’s bankers turned to DLA Piper and Patton Boggs for help last year, they hoped the firms could burnish the image of a $127 billion industry tainted by allegations of money laundering for terrorists and drug dealers. Instead, two Lebanese fi…
Law & Legal Practice
U.S. International Trade Commission Adopts e-Discovery Rules
The U.S. International Trade Commission has adopted “final rules related to its e-discovery practices.” “The new rules will be effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register and are applicable to investigations inst…
Case Update: For Spoliation, Court Orders $250,000,000 “to be applied as a credit against Rambus’s [$349 million] judgment against SK hynix”
For Good Cause Shown, Plaintiffs No Longer Required to Utilize Predictive Coding
Upcoming Event: eDiscovery Project Management 2013 (organized by eDiscovery Intelligence)