A distinctive trademark in a competitive marketplace can be one of a company’s most valuable assets. It not only indicates the source of a good or service, but also differentiates the good or service from that of other competitors. Separate and...
The Practical Lawyer Articles
THE CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES: WHAT YOUR CLIENTS NEED TO KNOW (PART 2)
Government agencies and Fortune 500 companies nationwide have supplier diversity programs that are intended to facilitate the establishment, growth, and success of small businesses that are majority-owned, controlled, and operated by one or more...
ETHICAL DO’S AND DON’TS FOR SOLO, SMALL, AND MID-SIZED FIRM ATTORNEYS
Lawyers must comply with their states’ versions of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Rules), the ethics rules that govern how we handle clients and their matters and how we address confidentiality, staff, technology and cybersecurity,...
CONVERSATION WITH AN EXPERT: KIM TIGNOR
This article is part of the continuing series of interviews between Rajiv S. Khanna, principal of The Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, PC, (www.Immigration.com), and leading practitioners across the country, designed to provide personal and...
WHO GETS THE FEE WHEN COUNSEL IS DISCHARGED IN A CONTINGENCY CASE—DISCHARGED COUNSEL OR SUCCESSOR COUNSEL?
When a client terminates its legal representation in a contingent fee matter without cause, and subsequently retains new counsel from a different firm, the Rules of Professional Conduct related to the division...
TWELVE DEPOSITION PRINCIPLES, MECHANICS, STRATEGIES, AND PRACTICES
This article addresses 12 basic deposition principles, mechanics, strategies, and practices, including who may be deposed, when, where, and how to get them there, limitations on the number and duration of depositions, the relationship between...
PACE YOURSELF: DEVELOP A PAY-AS-YOU-GO APPROACH TO WORK
It might be de rigueur in the legal profession, but overwork is not pretty. It can even be deadly. In Japan, “karoshi,” or death from overwork, claims anywhere from 200 to 10,000 workers annually. The problem is not unique to Japan. In the first...
TWO LAWYERS, ONE CLIENT: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CO-COUNSEL RELATIONSHIPS
The days of one firm—let alone one lawyer—handling all of a client’s complex cases or transactions are fading fast. A complex federal civil trial today can often involve lead national counsel, local counsel, specialty counsel interfacing with...
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Equity – Out of Sync: The Great Email Crisis
In the spring of 1851, the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, an event now known as the first World’s Fair, opened in Hyde Park, London. Hundreds of thousands of people from all across the world flocked to the Great...