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Mediation Secrets for Better Business Negotiations: Top Techniques from Mediation Training Experts
July 15, 2014
In this free special report, the editors of Negotiation provide you with insights into why mediation is the preferred method of dispute resolution for most managers. Throughout the report, you will discover how to select the right mediator, come to understand the mediation process, and learn how to engage the mediator to ensure a good outcome. The right mediator. The right steps. The right outcome.
July 15, 2014
In this free special report, the editors of Negotiation provide you with insights into why mediation is the preferred method of dispute resolution for most managers. Throughout the report, you will discover how to select the right mediator, come to understand the mediation process, and learn how to engage the mediator to ensure a good outcome. The right mediator. The right steps. The right outcome.
An Empirical Study of Print vs. Electronic Legal Research
July 14, 2014
How do differences between print research and electronic research affect the substance of legal research? Accessing Law:...
July 14, 2014
How do differences between print research and electronic research affect the substance of legal research? Accessing Law:...
Minimizing the Litigation Risk in Mediation
July 14, 2014
Litigation is defined in numerous dictionaries in various ways. One definition is “The legal process of spending a lot of time, effort and money in court proceedings which may or may not resolve a dispute between two or more parties.” Commercial disputes can be expensive, time consuming, aggravating, acrimonious, and wearing on individuals and families and take valuable time away from home, business and family. Litigation is risky business. Lawyers may not have fully prepared for hearings...
July 14, 2014
Litigation is defined in numerous dictionaries in various ways. One definition is “The legal process of spending a lot of time, effort and money in court proceedings which may or may not resolve a dispute between two or more parties.” Commercial disputes can be expensive, time consuming, aggravating, acrimonious, and wearing on individuals and families and take valuable time away from home, business and family. Litigation is risky business. Lawyers may not have fully prepared for hearings...
Do Noncompete Agreements Stand in the Way of Win-Win Deals?
July 14, 2014
If you’re looking to get more leverage out of your next job negotiation, the noncompete agreement that may very well be tucked inside your employment contract could provide an opportunity to just that. Previously limited to the domain of corporate trade secrets, noncompete agreements have cropped up in a wide array of fields in recent years, from hairstyling to sales to yoga instruction. One summer camp even included a noncompete clause in its teenage counselors’ summer employment contract,...
July 14, 2014
If you’re looking to get more leverage out of your next job negotiation, the noncompete agreement that may very well be tucked inside your employment contract could provide an opportunity to just that. Previously limited to the domain of corporate trade secrets, noncompete agreements have cropped up in a wide array of fields in recent years, from hairstyling to sales to yoga instruction. One summer camp even included a noncompete clause in its teenage counselors’ summer employment contract,...
Disruptive Journey Brings Perla to Lead Bloomberg BNA Legal
July 14, 2014
Bloomberg BNA announced today that David Perla will join the company as president of the Legal division, effective July 21. Perla...
July 14, 2014
Bloomberg BNA announced today that David Perla will join the company as president of the Legal division, effective July 21. Perla...
How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration
July 14, 2014
For more than forty years, the Supreme Court's conservatives have been engaged in a campaign to shut the courthouse door to consumers, working people, small businesses and others seeking redress for corporate wrongdoing. In recent years, and especially since Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito joined the Court, a major weapon in this campaign has been the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) of 1925. The conservatives have used the act to prevent victims of such abuses from...
July 14, 2014
For more than forty years, the Supreme Court's conservatives have been engaged in a campaign to shut the courthouse door to consumers, working people, small businesses and others seeking redress for corporate wrongdoing. In recent years, and especially since Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito joined the Court, a major weapon in this campaign has been the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) of 1925. The conservatives have used the act to prevent victims of such abuses from...
Professor William Henderson Reviews “The Lawyer Bubble” and “Tomorrow’s Lawyers”
July 13, 2014
Professor Henderson, author of the Legal Whiteboard and noted scholar on the changes overtaking the legal profession, has published a review of two influential books that discuss those same changes. The first of these books, The Lawyer Bubble, authored by Steven J. Harper, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner who writes the popular blog Belly of the Beast, is a critical look at the conditions that have led us to the present economic crisis in both law practice and legal education. The second book...
July 13, 2014
Professor Henderson, author of the Legal Whiteboard and noted scholar on the changes overtaking the legal profession, has published a review of two influential books that discuss those same changes. The first of these books, The Lawyer Bubble, authored by Steven J. Harper, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner who writes the popular blog Belly of the Beast, is a critical look at the conditions that have led us to the present economic crisis in both law practice and legal education. The second book...
The Kind of Work Humans Still Do Better Than Robots
July 13, 2014
People and computers are coming together in all kinds of interesting ways these days. The right combination of human and digital smarts in chess will beat the top grandmaster, the best chess supercomputer, and the top grandmaster with the best supercomputer. At least one VC firm is giving an algorithm a formal vote on its investments. And robots (which I consider to be computers with a physical presence) are increasingly working side by side with people on factory and warehouse floors. In some...
July 13, 2014
People and computers are coming together in all kinds of interesting ways these days. The right combination of human and digital smarts in chess will beat the top grandmaster, the best chess supercomputer, and the top grandmaster with the best supercomputer. At least one VC firm is giving an algorithm a formal vote on its investments. And robots (which I consider to be computers with a physical presence) are increasingly working side by side with people on factory and warehouse floors. In some...
Arbitration: Innovative Problem Solving for Health Care Business Disputes
July 13, 2014
Register for the latest CLE from the American Bar Association Health Law Section. Arbitration: Innovative Problem Solving for Health Care Business Disputes Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern 1.5 CLE Requested Webinar Our team of expert panelists will: Provide innovative techniques for arbitration proceedings Demonstrate "managerial" techniques to avoid the costs and delays associated with traditional litigation Discuss drafting of arbitration clauses that promote...
July 13, 2014
Register for the latest CLE from the American Bar Association Health Law Section. Arbitration: Innovative Problem Solving for Health Care Business Disputes Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern 1.5 CLE Requested Webinar Our team of expert panelists will: Provide innovative techniques for arbitration proceedings Demonstrate "managerial" techniques to avoid the costs and delays associated with traditional litigation Discuss drafting of arbitration clauses that promote...
Is Law School Like an Undervalued Stock? Job Hunt Could be ‘Relative Cinch’ for Class of 2016
July 13, 2014
Is now a good time to go to law school? A Slate columnist has answered “yes,” at least for those who really do dream of becoming a lawyer, and is backing up his claim with statistics. “Right now, law school looks like a stock that crashed too far after a panic, and is suddenly a bit undervalued,” says Jordan Weissmann in Slate's Moneybox column. “It’s a good time to buy.” Weissmann says the number of law school applications is at its lowest level in 30 years, and the legal market...
July 13, 2014
Is now a good time to go to law school? A Slate columnist has answered “yes,” at least for those who really do dream of becoming a lawyer, and is backing up his claim with statistics. “Right now, law school looks like a stock that crashed too far after a panic, and is suddenly a bit undervalued,” says Jordan Weissmann in Slate's Moneybox column. “It’s a good time to buy.” Weissmann says the number of law school applications is at its lowest level in 30 years, and the legal market...
