Archive for September, 2015
20 Questions When Your Vendor’s Cyber-Coverage Matters
White Paper
Always make sure you know what if any critical digital assets other than personally-identifiable information (PII) are covered by cyber-risk insurance coverage.
Legal Developments on Same – Sex Marriage, Transgender Rights, and Pregnancy Discrimination
EVENT, Sept. 17, 3 p.m. EDT
The intended audience is in-house counsel, human resource professionals, and corporate executives and business owners.
Michael L. Fallarino of Farrell Fritz to Receive Long Island Business News’ CFO of the Year Award
NEWS
Farrell Fritz’s Director of Finance, Michael (Mike) L. Fallarino, will be a recipient of Long Island Business News’ “CFO of the Year” award.
Oracle Minimum License Requirements
Article
For many Oracle products, like Database, the license agreement or ordering documents contain minimum license requirements.
Hogan Lovells Adds Former UnitedHealth Litigation Chief to Litigation Practice
NEWS
Walsh joins Hogan Lovells from UnitedHealth Group, where he was Senior Deputy General Counsel and Chief of Litigation and Government Investigations.
Ethics and eDiscovery: Do You Meet Expectations of Competence?
On-Demand
D4, LLC has posted an on-demand webinar that explores ethical duties of counsel to understand clients’ use of technology, to find the right ESI, and to negotiate scope effectively.
Employment Agreement Breach: Failure to Assign Can’t be Fixed Because of Statute of Limitations
NEWS
A federal appellate court has denied Google’s breach of contract claim relating to assignment of the invention of an employee of another company, reports Dennis Crouch in the patent law blog Patentlyo.
Agreement to AAA Rules Confirms an Arbitrator’s Authority to Determine Jurisdiction
NEWS
Two recent cases confirm that incorporation of AAA Rules into an arbitration agreement evidences an intent to allow the arbitrator to determine what issues are arbitrable — including arbitration, reports The National Law Review.
Introducing Morae Legal – Igniting Business Performance
NEWS
A new company, Morae Legal, has begun operating, offering law department management consulting, outsourced legal services, discovery consulting and services, and claims management services.
Industry Trends in the U.S. Wind Energy Sector
On-Demand
A complimentary on-demand webinar reviews the findings of two recent U.S. Department of Energy studies: the 2014 Wind Technologies Market Report and the 2014 Distributed Wind Market Report.
Firm Wins on Both Sides of the Docket in Recent Civil Trials
NEWS
Lawyers with Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank have recently scored big wins on the plaintiff side and the defendant side of the docket in civil litigation.
Legal Hold and Data Preservation Benchmark Survey
Survey Results
Zapproved’s latest edition of its Legal Hold and Data Preservation Benchmark Survey Report, a survey series focused on legal data preservation and collections practices, shows that processes still lack maturity.
Does the ‘No-Rehire’ Provision in Your Settlement Agreement Restrain the Lawful Practice of a Profession?
White Paper
There is a risk that a no-rehire provision may be unenforceable and undermine the enforceability of settlement agreements, writes Daniel J. Kanter of Ogletree Deakins.
China Contracts: Make Them Enforceable Or Don’t Bother
White Paper
Every foreign business person who enters into a contract with a Chinese company needs to consider a fundamental question: how will the contract be enforced, writes Steve Dickinson on the China Law Blog.
Ipro Announces Launch of Automated Digital Discovery
NEWS
Ipro Tech has announced the release of its new automated workflow platform, Automated Digital Discovery, designed to unify and simplify the eDiscovery process.
SDV Workers’ Compensation Immunity State by State Survey
Survey
Saxe Doernberger & Vita has released a comprehensive survey that examines several key issues relating to the scope and extent of workers’ compensation requirements and immunity across all 50 states.
Free CPE Seminar: Planning for Business Owners, Including Medical Professionals
EVENT, Nov. 4, 8 a.m. EST
A program planned by Farrell Fritz will cover trusts and estates, labor and employment, estate litigation and healthcare topics.
Claims Webinar Series: Contract Terminations
On-Demand
In the course of contract performance, a number of issues may arise between the contractor and the government, including differing interpretations over specifications, changes to the scope of work, modification of terms and conditions, funding issues, and prevailing wage adjustments.
Understanding Security Audit Requirements in Technology Contracts
White Paper
As concerns about the security practices of service providers continue to grow with the occurrence of each high profile security breach, the reliance on security audits and security certifications will continue to steadily increase.
