decjan2014
Examples of jaw-dropping fines and penalties for corporate wrongdoing abound in the recent press. They include reports that JPMorgan Chase has agreed to settle […]
Most organizations are massive data factories. The amount of collected information is growing rapidly, with terabytes of data and metadata (data about the data) […]
Legal process outsourcing received a big boost in 2006, when the Association of the Bar of the City of New York issued a formal […]
Newly empowered federal and state regulators, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice and state […]
Arbitration agreements are now commonplace in contracts, and so are global antitrust lawsuits, especially multi-party lawsuits alleging price-fixing cartels. The possibility of antitrust claims […]
The 2013 HBR Law Department Survey found a three per cent increase in the total inside legal spend worldwide. Over the past five years, […]
Contractors considering bidding for and performing contract work on state and local public work projects that are partially funded by the federal government are […]
Deal lawyers generally know that the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act could apply to mergers and asset acquisitions. Many are surprised to learn that it can also […]
E-discovery of data stored on mobile devices has become part of the civil litigation process. Many organizations when faced with mobile e-discovery – about […]
The discovery phase can represent more than fifty percent of total litigation costs. These costs are driven up by the volume of a company’s […]