Download: Unlock Legal Hold How-Tos
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Zapproved has published an updated legal hold how-to guide. It walks through the six steps to a smooth and defensible process.
MetLife General Counsel to Step Down After Beating U.S. in Court
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Bloomberg reports that MetLife Inc. General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua is stepping down after he helped win a court battle that reversed the government’s designation of the insurer as too big to fail.
EIA: Global Oil Oversupply Could Return in 2018
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration lowered its crude-oil price forecast and raised its production outlook for 2018 in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, reports Oil & Gas Journal.
Equity Compensation for Partnerships and LLCs
Event, June 21, 2017, 1 p.m. EDT
Partnership and LLC equity compensation programs raise many of the same issues that arise with corporate equity compensation. However, because of the“flow-through” nature of partnership taxation, there are some unique planning opportunities and pitfalls that can arise in the realm of partnership equity compensation.
Construction Contracts: Allowance or Contingency?
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Randolph E. Ruff and Jonathan M. Mraunac of Ogletree Deakins explain the differences between contract allowances and contingencies, how they are used, and how they can be drafted.
Tips For Reviewing A Contract
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There are a few things every lawyer is expected to be able to do — but every lawyer should be able to review a contract, writes Gary J. Ross for Above the Law.
Making the Most of Your Legal Blog
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Amy Boardman Hunt of Muse Communications discusses how to make the most of your legal blog, including the major elements of blog writing and maintenance, as well as some of the back-end SEO elements that will help drive readers to your content.
Updating Employee Handbooks
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By having a handbook that is up to date and appropriate, employers often avoid workplace troubles because managers and employees can all rely on the good standards the handbook establish, advises Natalie Lynch of Lynch Service Company.
Jackson Walker Expands Corporate, Real Estate, M&A Practices in San Antonio
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San Antonio business attorneys William McDonough, Peter Broderick and James McDonough have joined Jackson Walker LLP as partners in the San Antonio office, as well as associate Art Cavazos.
Dallas-Based Carrington Coleman Adds Patent Law, Estate Planning Attorneys
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Intellectual property attorney Seth Horwitz and estate planning and probate attorney Catherine Bright Haws have joined the Dallas office of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP, as of counsel.
Walmart’s Plan to Use Employees to Deliver Online Orders Raises Legal Issues
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While Walmart’s plan to have employees deliver customers’ online purchases on their way home from work may make business sense, it also raises a host of legal questions, says Justin Markel, a Houston labor and employment lawyer with Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey PC.
The Difficulties of Being Obvious: Practical Advice for Overcoming Obviousness Rejections
Event, June 22, 2017, 11 a.m. CDT
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP will present a free webinar, “The Difficulties of Being Obvious: Practical Advice for Overcoming Obviousness Rejections,” featuring Fitch Even partner Stephen Favakeh and Fitch Even patent agent, Thomas James.
Foley Adds Intellectual Property Partner in New York
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Foley & Lardner LLP announced that Karen Mangasarian has joined the firm’s Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice as a partner in the New York office.
Lawsuit in U.S. Accuses 12 Big Banks of Credit Default Swap Collusion
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A small trading exchange on Thursday filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp , Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and nine other banks of conspiring to shut it out of the $9.9 trillion credit default swap market, reports Reuters.
Industry Lawyers Were Granted Ethics Waivers to Work in Trump Administration
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Documents released this week reveal that lawyers, lobbyists and industry executives who can now shape policies benefiting their former clients and companies have been allowed to work in the Trump administration, even with the president’s vow to “drain the swamp” of influence peddling, reports The New York Times.
White-Collar Lawyers See Opportunity in Trump Scandals
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Politico reports that the Russia investigations are bad news for President Donald Trump, but they’re a blessing for white-collar lawyers and crisis consultants whose careers are primed to take off as the criminal probes unfold.
Change Management in Commercial Contracts
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The right change management mechanisms can manage these risks by allocating the responsibility and costs for changes and creating clear and effective procedures for managing and implementing changes to the agreement, according to a Morgan Lewis article.
The Promise – And Perils – Of ‘Smart’ Contracts
AudioRecording
ValueWalk has posted an audio recording featuring Wharton’s Kevin Werbach and Nicolas Cornell discussing their research on smart contracts.
Download: Bringing E-Discovery to the Cloud
Insight
Zapproved has published a free guide called “Get In-House Processing and Review Howtos” that can be downloaded from the company’s website.
Why ABC News Is Facing a Jury Over ‘Pink Slime’
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South Dakota’s Beef Products Inc. claimed the coverage caused sales to plummet, costing the company $1.9 billion and forcing layoffs, reports Bloomberg Law.
