The 2014-15 Supreme Court term is getting into high gear, with oral arguments last week in Obergefell v. Hodges, dealing with gay marriage bans. Decisions in Obergefell and several other high-profile cases have yet to be announced. FantasySCOTUS participants still have plenty of opportunity to get their selections in before the High Court issues many …
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Peer Monitor Index flat in Q1
The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, was unchanged at 54 in the first quarter. Despite slightly higher demand for law firm services, weak rate growth and falling productivity held back gains in the market Demand for large law firm services rose 0.6 percent during the quarter – …
Supreme Court, FantasySCOTUS move into high gear
Fantasy SCOTUS players, do you have your predictions in? All eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court this week as justices began hearing oral arguments today in Obergefell v. Hodges, a case dealing with same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court term still has a long ways to go. So far, 32 cases have been decided, with another …
Podcast: How secure is using your smartphone?
You can now speed through store checkout lanes just by waving your smartphone. New mobile payment systems purport to be fast, convenient and secure. Well, maybe not that last part. In the podcast below, Bob Benjy, an attorney with Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, who works with financial institutions, says mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay, …
Podcast: March Madness and trademark infringements
March Madness, as always, is filed with upsets, great finishes and…trademark infringements? Roger Boehle, partner at Foley, Bezek, Boehle & Curtis LLP, discusses the potential pitfalls that await those who dare to try cashing in on March Madness in the podcast below.
Double Trouble: Husband and wife take on FantasySCOTUS
What could be more romantic than spending an evening predicting Supreme Court cases? Reuben and Nicole are a husband-and-wife team in this year’s FantasySCOTUS. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TEAM: Nicole is a university professor (both undergrad and law school). Rueben is an in-house attorney. Neither of us has a significant litigation practice. …
Practice Management and Other Legal Cloud Services Specifically for the Solo or Small Firm
Moving to the Cloud can be a big step for a small firm or solo practitioner. But it can also mean big benefits. Some attorneys who have successfully transitioned their practices to the Cloud were part of a panel discussion at LegalTech New York last month on “Practice Management and Other Legal Cloud Services Specifically for …
Fantasy SCOTUS team profile: ABBAMOUSE
Here’s our next FantasySCOTUS team profile, that Swedish-mus musculis powerhouse “outsider.” TEAM: ABBAMOUSE PREDICTOR: “I’m a Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University – Central Texas with an interest but little real training in Constitutional Law. My main area of research is military interventions in civil wars (all of them since 1816); I’ll have a book …
Who gets to keep the engagement ring?
A broken engagement can result in many problems, not the least of which is the pesky question: who gets to keep the engagement ring? The question is surprisingly fraught with a number of legal questions: Is it a gift? Is it a conditional gift? Can keeping the ring be considered compensation for a broken engagement? A recent FindLaw …
Read the fine print before you click “buy”
Apparently, not very many of us actually bother to read those long, boring “Terms & Conditions” on websites. A new survey from FindLaw says most of us either skim through or completely ignore all that legal mumbo-jumbo and just go ahead and click “Complete Purchase.” The problem is, the buyer is agreeing to the terms set …
