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Court Compels Arbitration of Signatory While Staying Proceeding Against Nonsignatories
March 18, 2013
Security Life Insurance Company was the successor to certain reinsurance agreements covering underlying life insurance risks. Pursuant to the agreements, the reinsurers created a trust in order to fund the required reserves. The trustee, INA Trust FSB, and the reinsurers thereafter allegedly created a new trust, transferred funds from the previous trust to one of the reinsurers, and/or its principal, but did not name Security Life as a beneficiary under the new trust, as allegedly required under...
March 18, 2013
Security Life Insurance Company was the successor to certain reinsurance agreements covering underlying life insurance risks. Pursuant to the agreements, the reinsurers created a trust in order to fund the required reserves. The trustee, INA Trust FSB, and the reinsurers thereafter allegedly created a new trust, transferred funds from the previous trust to one of the reinsurers, and/or its principal, but did not name Security Life as a beneficiary under the new trust, as allegedly required under...
Evolving Perceptions of ADR at America’s Fortune 1,000 Companies
March 18, 2013
Professors Thomas Stipanowich (Pepperdine University School of Law) and J. Ryan Lamare (Pennsylvania State University)...
March 18, 2013
Professors Thomas Stipanowich (Pepperdine University School of Law) and J. Ryan Lamare (Pennsylvania State University)...
ABA Adopts Unbunding Resolution
March 17, 2013
This Monday the ABA House of Delegates voted to adopt Resolution 108 supporting limited scope representation or unbundling. This resolution was crafted by the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services. ABA Staff Counsel, Will Hornsby, and the Committee Chair, Ritchey Hollenbaugh, presented the Resolution to the House in Dallas. Because unbundling is frequently used as a method of legal service delivery for virtual practice, I want to post the actual text of the resolution here. Obviously,...
March 17, 2013
This Monday the ABA House of Delegates voted to adopt Resolution 108 supporting limited scope representation or unbundling. This resolution was crafted by the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services. ABA Staff Counsel, Will Hornsby, and the Committee Chair, Ritchey Hollenbaugh, presented the Resolution to the House in Dallas. Because unbundling is frequently used as a method of legal service delivery for virtual practice, I want to post the actual text of the resolution here. Obviously,...
Which social media are the Inc. 500 using?
March 17, 2013
Law firms would be well served to know which social media are most popular for our nation’s fastest growing businesses. After all, networking to build relationships and enhance your word of mouth reputation requires going where the people are. Jon Xavier (@jxav) of the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that LinkedIn is now the most popular, supplanting Facebook. Here’s a summary of a study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on which social media Inc. 500 companies are using. LinkedIn...
March 17, 2013
Law firms would be well served to know which social media are most popular for our nation’s fastest growing businesses. After all, networking to build relationships and enhance your word of mouth reputation requires going where the people are. Jon Xavier (@jxav) of the Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that LinkedIn is now the most popular, supplanting Facebook. Here’s a summary of a study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on which social media Inc. 500 companies are using. LinkedIn...
Remember Yahoo Pipes? You Should If You Want to Tame Your Info
March 17, 2013
If you like to tinker with and automate your web, and if you are a fan of services like IFTTT, then you may or may not have heard of Yahoo Pipes. Yahoo Pipes has been around for a dog’s lifetime in Internet years – it was first introduced in early 2007. While venerable, it is still mighty useful if you spend a few moments getting to know what it can do for you. So, what can it do for you? It’s tagline is “rewire the Web.” Pipes describes itself as a powerful composition tool to aggregate,...
March 17, 2013
If you like to tinker with and automate your web, and if you are a fan of services like IFTTT, then you may or may not have heard of Yahoo Pipes. Yahoo Pipes has been around for a dog’s lifetime in Internet years – it was first introduced in early 2007. While venerable, it is still mighty useful if you spend a few moments getting to know what it can do for you. So, what can it do for you? It’s tagline is “rewire the Web.” Pipes describes itself as a powerful composition tool to aggregate,...
Chief Justice Roberts and “The Oath”
March 17, 2013
Back in 2009, before I entered law school, I read “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court”, by Jeffrey Toobin. At the time, reading about the behind-the-scenes workings of the legal world’s most powerful individuals reinforced my interest in going to law school. So, when Mr. Toobin’s next book came out — “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court” — I was eager to read it. While I wouldn’t recommend “The Oath” with the same passion as I would “The...
March 17, 2013
Back in 2009, before I entered law school, I read “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court”, by Jeffrey Toobin. At the time, reading about the behind-the-scenes workings of the legal world’s most powerful individuals reinforced my interest in going to law school. So, when Mr. Toobin’s next book came out — “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court” — I was eager to read it. While I wouldn’t recommend “The Oath” with the same passion as I would “The...
The Inevitable Path of Google Glass in the Workplace
March 16, 2013
Google's Project Glass — the tech giant's effort to create augmented reality glasses — should be available to regular consumers by the end of this year. The prototype has a long way to go, though — even Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted last week that it's not "a done deal yet."
March 16, 2013
Google's Project Glass — the tech giant's effort to create augmented reality glasses — should be available to regular consumers by the end of this year. The prototype has a long way to go, though — even Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted last week that it's not "a done deal yet."
Power Up the Free Google Calendar
March 16, 2013
Google Calendar, available with a free Google account and also bundled with the fee-based Google Apps productivity suite, is an interesting product. While it is not exactly revolutionary in the way it handles online calendar management, there are features—such as easily creating and sharing multiple calendars, the “quick add” smart appointments, and the option to make calendars public—that make it intriguing. Those who use Google Apps for Business will have the best experience in terms...
March 16, 2013
Google Calendar, available with a free Google account and also bundled with the fee-based Google Apps productivity suite, is an interesting product. While it is not exactly revolutionary in the way it handles online calendar management, there are features—such as easily creating and sharing multiple calendars, the “quick add” smart appointments, and the option to make calendars public—that make it intriguing. Those who use Google Apps for Business will have the best experience in terms...
The Five Most Noteworthy Large Law Firm Recruiting Trends
March 16, 2013
As co-founder and President of JD Match, the first online platform designed to connect law firms with law students, I've seen firsthand some trends in large firm recruiting that would have seemed unusual — even unheard of — just a few years ago. In this issue of BigLaw, I'll offer my perspective. But first, as economists, statisticians, and smart business managers know, "averages lie." In the limited space I have, I'm constrained to speak in terms of averages across the industry. If your...
March 16, 2013
As co-founder and President of JD Match, the first online platform designed to connect law firms with law students, I've seen firsthand some trends in large firm recruiting that would have seemed unusual — even unheard of — just a few years ago. In this issue of BigLaw, I'll offer my perspective. But first, as economists, statisticians, and smart business managers know, "averages lie." In the limited space I have, I'm constrained to speak in terms of averages across the industry. If your...
Avvo Adds Reverse Auction ‘Legal Marketplace’
March 16, 2013
The legal directory and Q&A site Avvo this week added a new feature, the Avvo Legal Marketplace, through which consumers...
March 16, 2013
The legal directory and Q&A site Avvo this week added a new feature, the Avvo Legal Marketplace, through which consumers...
