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ABA Urges Lawyers to Weigh Disparate Impacts, Safety When Making Re-Opening Plans
There’s no shortage of compliance hurdles and operational challenges for law firms to leap when formulating plans for bringing lawyers and staff back to the office following prolonged periods of absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Local health and safety mandates are first and foremost, of course. But following quickly behind are the novel challenges…
Read MoreThe Deposition Service Provider’s Role in Trimming Insurance Industry Expenses
Back in 2017, we wrote about the impact that modern deposition management services can have on the leading impediments to insurance company profitability: unallocated loss adjustment expenses (ULAE), allocated loss adjustment expenses (ALAE), and losses paid out to claimants. Today, as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and into an era of uncertain insurance…
Read MoreIn-House Counsel Rely on Values, Teamwork to Navigate COVID-19 Challenges
Businesses and their legal counsel are being stress-tested by unprecedented developments largely out of their control: the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic and growing social unrest arising from racial justice issues in the United States. Top lawyers at three multinational corporations recently explained how their organizations navigated these uncharted waters and how the experience is driving positive…
Read MoreLegal Help for COVID-19 Problems Is a Phone Call Away
Without question, the types of technology that the legal community has adopted to deal with the problems brought about by COVID-19 have been impressive. Retrofitting a system of justice—one that presupposes large groups of people working together and talking to each other—for a socially distanced age could not have succeeded without internet-delivered technologies that substantially…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Fatigue? Don’t Let Your Ethics Guard Down
COVID-19 fatigue is real. The typical work day is long, the work is hard, and the end is nowhere in sight across much of the country. After months of “working from home,” lawyers can be forgiven if they’re weary of being cooped up, weary of being careful, weary of social distancing regimens. Worse yet, the…
Read MoreThe Case of Elon Musk and the SEC: Re-examining Corporate Fraud
It’s important to understand the appropriate model rules and due diligence procedures when representing clients who may have committed a fraudulent crime. Musk’s case reminds lawyers why abiding by rules outlined by the SEC is necessary.
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