Ever fancied yourself as a space attorney? But those visionary thinkers at DARPA . . . are offering an actual chance to engage in some real world space law practice from our lonely terrestrial perch here on Earth.
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When it comes to contract evaluation, Rees Morrison over at LawDepartmentManagement.com (http://bit.ly/iFeOe0) has a great new post up listing top techniques for better handling the crushing contract burden faced by clients and companies today. Here are some of the gems on innovative contract evaluation: Use offshore staff Get contracts through a portal Use a contract [...]
Read MoreThere was a widespread belief among the young attorneys that the more seasoned veterans had lost their edge by assigning all the heavy lifting on a deal to attorneys that didn’t generate business for the firm and, as a result, didn’t have the clout to decline this kind of work, even when the senior lawyer would take all the credit for a job well done. Frankly, I’m leery of this kind of prejudice.
Read MoreI’m often surprised by the large number of comments by lawyers arguing that SaaS makes no sense in the legal world . . . While I have a laundry list of reasons why this critique fails, I have yet to see a better argument than the one offered below by the entertainment transactional law and litigation expert Joel M. Tantalo.
Read MoreHow can you better win in-house corporate lawyers to your law firm as clients? Try and understand the key challenge faced by in-house legal departments, and demonstrate how you can help them to justify their existence by demonstrating the return on investment.
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