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Surgeons Reconstruct Long Island Baby’s Skull With 3D Printing Technology
March 15, 2014
When baby Gabriel was born in August, his dad, Manuel Dela Cruz, said everything initially seemed fine with his new son. It wasn’t until a week after his birth that Gabriel’s parents thought their son’s forehead looked abnormal. “We noticed something was wrong with him,” Dela Cruz, of East Quogue, N.Y., said “His eye wasn’t the same, and his right forehead was more protruded than the other one.” Worried for their son’s health, the new parents took Gabriel to a pediatrician,...
March 15, 2014
When baby Gabriel was born in August, his dad, Manuel Dela Cruz, said everything initially seemed fine with his new son. It wasn’t until a week after his birth that Gabriel’s parents thought their son’s forehead looked abnormal. “We noticed something was wrong with him,” Dela Cruz, of East Quogue, N.Y., said “His eye wasn’t the same, and his right forehead was more protruded than the other one.” Worried for their son’s health, the new parents took Gabriel to a pediatrician,...
Renovating the Law: Reality vs. Wish Lists
March 15, 2014
Talk of change in the legal profession is a hot topic. The back-to-back conferences this month in New York—LegalTech New York, LexRedux and ReInvent Law—all addressed particular perspectives of where the future lies. * * * Change is messy. Technology is an easier answer than remaking the rules that create the bounds within which the legal profession works. Lawyers can move to the cloud individually largely without regulatory interference, where remaking themselves as an alternative business...
March 15, 2014
Talk of change in the legal profession is a hot topic. The back-to-back conferences this month in New York—LegalTech New York, LexRedux and ReInvent Law—all addressed particular perspectives of where the future lies. * * * Change is messy. Technology is an easier answer than remaking the rules that create the bounds within which the legal profession works. Lawyers can move to the cloud individually largely without regulatory interference, where remaking themselves as an alternative business...
Rise of the New Social Employee
March 14, 2014
Back in the day, and by day I’m referring to PI (pre-Internet), the social employee was someone who knew how to network,...
March 14, 2014
Back in the day, and by day I’m referring to PI (pre-Internet), the social employee was someone who knew how to network,...
Technology is Bringing Legal Advice and Documents to the Masses
March 14, 2014
Technology is creeping ever faster into the $200-billion U.S. legal field, shaking up an industry that has long been defined by tradition and dominated by white-shoe firms. Law firms are already adapting to seismic shifts in the industry. The collapse of several big ones and the downsizing of many other firms during the economic turmoil left thousands of lawyers out of work. Survivors faced a stark new landscape in which clients demanded more flexibility and an alternative to the tradition of billing...
March 14, 2014
Technology is creeping ever faster into the $200-billion U.S. legal field, shaking up an industry that has long been defined by tradition and dominated by white-shoe firms. Law firms are already adapting to seismic shifts in the industry. The collapse of several big ones and the downsizing of many other firms during the economic turmoil left thousands of lawyers out of work. Survivors faced a stark new landscape in which clients demanded more flexibility and an alternative to the tradition of billing...
Execs Might Not Be as Liability-Free as They Used to Be
March 14, 2014
One of the perks of corporate structure is the lack of personal liability for officers. But in a recent post on Aeton’s Connecticut Business Litigation Blog, N. Kane Bennett says there are some situations in which that’s just not the case. * * * The language at question read: “The signer of this agreement does, by his execution personally and individually undertake and assume full performance,” which the court did not find to have any ambiguity in the obligations, which passed to the president...
March 14, 2014
One of the perks of corporate structure is the lack of personal liability for officers. But in a recent post on Aeton’s Connecticut Business Litigation Blog, N. Kane Bennett says there are some situations in which that’s just not the case. * * * The language at question read: “The signer of this agreement does, by his execution personally and individually undertake and assume full performance,” which the court did not find to have any ambiguity in the obligations, which passed to the president...
Pfizer Law Dept. Shake-up Hits Outside Counsel Program
March 14, 2014
The shake-up in the Pfizer Inc. law department continues under new general counsel Douglas Lankler, with this week’s removal of Ellen Rosenthal. She served as chief counsel for the Pfizer Legal Alliance (PLA), a select group of 15 law firms that represent the company. * * * The alliance, a collaborative partnership between Pfizer and the law firms, was formed five years ago by then–GC Amy Schulman, who was suddenly ousted in December. Schulman brought Rosenthal to Pfizer and handpicked...
March 14, 2014
The shake-up in the Pfizer Inc. law department continues under new general counsel Douglas Lankler, with this week’s removal of Ellen Rosenthal. She served as chief counsel for the Pfizer Legal Alliance (PLA), a select group of 15 law firms that represent the company. * * * The alliance, a collaborative partnership between Pfizer and the law firms, was formed five years ago by then–GC Amy Schulman, who was suddenly ousted in December. Schulman brought Rosenthal to Pfizer and handpicked...
Make that $400 billion for US Legal Market Size (2.3% of US Economy)
March 14, 2014
The entire US legal market can be valued at well over $400 billion. [US GDP in December 2013 : $17.1 trillion] Mind you this...
March 14, 2014
The entire US legal market can be valued at well over $400 billion. [US GDP in December 2013 : $17.1 trillion] Mind you this...
Best Advice: Tell Me A Story
March 13, 2014
Storytelling is one of the most under-rated skills in business. But it is vital getting a point across. It can have data behind it. It can set up a framework for decisions. It can do many of the things that business people think they need to rely on PowerPoint bullet points for. But it does so in a way that makes the implications real and relatable. And that makes you a better, more credible advisor. I find there is much I have brought into consulting from acting, in terms of understanding one's...
March 13, 2014
Storytelling is one of the most under-rated skills in business. But it is vital getting a point across. It can have data behind it. It can set up a framework for decisions. It can do many of the things that business people think they need to rely on PowerPoint bullet points for. But it does so in a way that makes the implications real and relatable. And that makes you a better, more credible advisor. I find there is much I have brought into consulting from acting, in terms of understanding one's...
NLRB May Force Employers to Defend Themselves Twice
March 13, 2014
Defending unfair practice claims could get harder. According to a post by associate Samantha M. Kagan on Reed Smith’s...
March 13, 2014
Defending unfair practice claims could get harder. According to a post by associate Samantha M. Kagan on Reed Smith’s...
Court OKs Antitrust Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses
March 13, 2014
After years of ambiguity about the enforceability of contract clauses mandating arbitration and waiving class action rights in domestic antitrust cases, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally brought clarity to the situation. In June 2013 the court decided American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant, holding that arbitration clauses and waivers of class action rights are enforceable in domestic antitrust cases. Regardless of whether one agrees with the court's conclusion, the American Express...
March 13, 2014
After years of ambiguity about the enforceability of contract clauses mandating arbitration and waiving class action rights in domestic antitrust cases, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally brought clarity to the situation. In June 2013 the court decided American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant, holding that arbitration clauses and waivers of class action rights are enforceable in domestic antitrust cases. Regardless of whether one agrees with the court's conclusion, the American Express...
