LAWYER MARKETING
• Is it Time for a New Marketing Strategy?
• FindLaw Speaks with Legal Marketer Carl Whitaker
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
• How to Handle Difficult Clients
• New Software Sheds Startling Light on the Amount of Computer Time Wasted - By Some of the Most Surprising Employees
• RenewData(R) Launches Data Migration Services Enabling Corporations to Fully Leverage Their Email Archive Systems and Reduce Backup Tape Stores
LAWYER LIFESTYLE
• Don't Take The Last Donut: New Rules of Business Etiquette
• Pending Arrival of Paul McCartney’s Solo Music Catalog for Online Sales Suggests Beatles Can't Be Far Behind
• It's Only Rock n' Roll, But I'm Tired
COURT SIDE
• Google Wins the Right to Display Thumbnails and to "Frame" Copyrighted Material Used Without Permission
• My Big Fat Weak Lawsuit?
• Judge Rejects Plea in Asbestos Case
INSIDER TIPS & LAW FIRM NEWS
• Post & Schell, P.C. Among First Law Firms to Form ´Green Hospital´ Unit to Serve Healthcare Community
• Preliminary Settlement Approval Makes Up to $179 Million in Benefits Available for Iowa Microsoft Purchasers
• Hispanic National Bar Association Recognizes Positive Movement Towards Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Attorneys Report Same Volume of Real Estate Transactions Year Over Year According to CATIC Report
• SmithAmundsen Elects Five New Partners
• Deborah A. Strain Joins the Firm of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C.
• Famed Attorney Willie Gary Files $100 Million Slander and Defamation Lawsuit Against Michael Ford
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LAWYER MARKETING:
IS IT TIME FOR A NEW MARKETING STRATEGY?
(Sara Holtz) - "You don't change your horse mid-race" is good advice for jockeys, but perhaps not as good for lawyers looking to take their practices to the next level. As you move through the course of your career, you may "outgrow" marketing activities that served you well in the beginning. Read more...
FINDLAW SPEAKS WITH LEGAL MARKETER CARL WHITAKER
(FindLaw's Law Firm Business Center) - Carl Whitaker is the President of Whitaker Communications. With 25 years of law firm experience, including 10 years as Marketing Director of Morrison & Foerster, Carl advises law firm clients on the design and implementation of their marketing, public relations, and client development initiatives. Read more...
TOOLS OF THE TRADE:
HOW TO HANDLE DIFFICULT CLIENTS
(Steven Meyerowitz) - A lawyer who has been practicing for any length of time at all no doubt has encountered the "difficult" client. This is not necessarily the client who simply presents a difficult case with complex legal issues, the client who stops paying a lawyer's bills as it nears bankruptcy, or even the client who involves the lawyer in conflict of interest or ethics problems. The difficult client is difficult in a human-relations sense. Read more...
NEW SOFTWARE SHEDS STARTLING LIGHT ON THE AMOUNT OF COMPUTER TIME WASTED - BY SOME OF THE MOST SURPRISING EMPLOYEES
(Ascentive) - According to recent studies, more than 81 minutes of work time per employee is wasted doing non-work related computer activity. As many as 13% of employees rack up more than two hours of blown time per day either in computer recreation or online activity. In recent years companies have turned to employee monitoring software as a remedy, but unfortunately most of those programs have proven to be difficult to install and just as tedious to use. Read more...
RENEWDATA(R) LAUNCHES DATA MIGRATION SERVICES ENABLING CORPORATIONS TO FULLY LEVERAGE THEIR EMAIL ARCHIVE SYSTEMS AND REDUCE BACKUP TAPE STORES
(PRN) - RenewData, a leader in e-discovery services for corporations and law firms, announced today the launch of their Data Migration Services, enabling corporations who have implemented an email archiving system to migrate and consolidate historical email into their new system. The result is a centralized repository to support legal discovery. Read more...
LAWYER LIFESTYLE:
DON'T TAKE THE LAST DONUT: NEW RULES OF BUSINESS ETIQUETTE
(FindLaw's Law Firm Business Center) - The dining table is a great stage from which to share your personal side and demonstrate the respect that you hold for your client or prospect. It is a moment when you can display your proper attention to etiquette, protocol, manners, and a myriad of details that can set you apart and distinguish you from the competition. Read more...
PENDING ARRIVAL OF PAUL MCCARTNEY’S SOLO MUSIC CATALOG FOR ONLINE SALES SUGGESTS BEATLES CAN'T BE FAR BEHIND
(FindLaw's Law Firm Business Center) - As one of last great digital holdouts, the Beatles' songbook will have enormous symbolic importance when it's finally available online via subscription downloads; MusicNet projects significant spike in usage and wider audience when Fab Four comes online: "All You Need is Love...and a good device." Read more...
IT'S ONLY ROCK N' ROLL, BUT I'M TIRED
(David Goguen) - At a concert on a weeknight, the show must go on even when you must go to bed. Read more...
COURT SIDE:
GOOGLE WINS THE RIGHT TO DISPLAY THUMBNAILS AND TO "FRAME" COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL USED WITHOUT PERMISSION
(Michael Dorf) - Last week, in Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected arguments that by providing thumbnail pictures and by "framing" copyrighted material without permission, Google's image search engine violates the Copyright Act. The ruling was no doubt welcome news for Google and its shareholders. But it's also good news for Internet users. The decision is a generally sensible attempt to apply copyright law to the Internet without stifling innovation. Read more...
MY BIG FAT WEAK LAWSUIT?
(FindLaw's Writ) - FindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Julie Hilden discusses a recent California appellate decision striking a plaintiff's complaint, and requiring the plaintiff to pay the defendant's attorneys' fees, pursuant to a California statute (the "Anti-SLAPP" statute) that allows courts to penalize meritless lawsuits targeting free speech. The plaintiff was a producer who sought to be credited as the producer of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." The defendant, the Internet Movie Data Base, said it was only following the on-screen credits for the movie. Hilden discusses the case in the context of other California precedents and the guild system for awarding credits. Read more...
JUDGE REJECTS PLEA IN ASBESTOS CASE
(Associated Press) - A once high-flying asbestos litigation attorney was ready to plead guilty Monday to fraud involving thousands of clients, but a federal judge rejected the deal and set a date for trial, saying he was unhappy with the plea deal. Read more...
INSIDER TIPS & LAW FIRM NEWS:
POST & SCHELL, P.C. AMONG FIRST LAW FIRMS TO FORM ´GREEN HOSPITAL´ UNIT TO SERVE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY
(PRN) - The law firm of Post & Schell, P.C., has become among the first in the nation to create an inter- disciplinary team to support the healthcare community in its rapidly expanding "green hospital" initiative, Brian M. Peters, the Firm's CEO announced today. Read more...
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PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT APPROVAL MAKES UP TO $179 MILLION IN BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR IOWA MICROSOFT PURCHASERS
(PRN) - A Polk County District Court has granted preliminary approval to a $179.95 million settlement reached on behalf of persons and entities that purchased certain Microsoft software, or a computer on which Microsoft products were installed for use in Iowa. Plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit in the Iowa District for Polk County As Joe Comes, et al v. Microsoft Corporation, No. CL82311. Read more...
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HISPANIC NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES POSITIVE MOVEMENT TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
(PRN) - The need for comprehensive immigration reform in 2007 is at the forefront of the HNBA legislative agenda. This view was clearly expressed during HNBA Legislative Day when nearly 43 attorneys from various practices, corporations, and law firms, from across the nation formed teams and held 34 separate meetings with House and Senate members, and Administration officials on Thursday, May 10, 2007. Read more...
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• FindLaw's Immigration Resources for Legal Professionals
ATTORNEYS REPORT SAME VOLUME OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS YEAR OVER YEAR ACCORDING TO CATIC REPORT
(PRN) - Strativity Group today announced the release of the second CATIC-sponsored Attorney Business Index (ABI) study. 341 attorneys from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Rhode Island participated in the study which includes key indicators such as average legal fee, profitability level, sources of business, and number of quarterly transactions. Read more...
SMITHAMUNDSEN ELECTS FIVE NEW PARTNERS
(PRN) - SmithAmundsen LLC is pleased to announce the election of five new partners effective May 21, 2007. The following lawyers in the firm's Chicago office were elected to partner: Frederic C. Goodwill, Nicholas G. Kourvetaris, John D. LaBarbera, Troy S. Radunsky, and Andrew C. Seiber. Read more...
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• See the New Partners' TLR Profiles
DEBORAH A. STRAIN JOINS THE FIRM OF GIARMARCO, MULLINS & HORTON, P.C.
(PRN) - Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. announced today that Deborah A. Strain has joined the firm effective today. Deborah focuses her practice primarily in the area of workers' compensation law. Read more...
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• See Deborah Strain's TLR Profile
• Learn More About Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton
FAMED ATTORNEY WILLIE GARY FILES $100 MILLION SLANDER AND DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST MICHAEL FORD
(PRN) - Prominent attorney Willie E. Gary of the Florida-based law firm of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson and Sperando P.L. announced today that he has filed a $100 million slander and defamation lawsuit, on behalf of his client, Abraham Shakespeare. Gary and his legal team will fight on behalf of Shakespeare after he was called a "liar and thief" by co- worker, Michael Ford, who publicly accused him of stealing a $30 million winning lottery ticket. Read more...
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