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Legal Marketing: Four step process for a successful law firm pay-per-click (PPC) campaign

May 16, 2013 By: FindLaw

Paid search advertising, or pay-per-click (PPC), can help your firm target a specific audience or quickly boost visibility in a unique niche.

Hot Docs: Class action lawsuit alleges Apple knew about “latent defect” in iPhone power button

May 16, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin

A new lawsuit claims that Apple’s iPhone 4 contains a latent defect causing its power button to stop functioning after 18 months, and that Apple knew about this all along.

“Gangsta rap”

May 16, 2013 By: Westlaw Insider

In prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm, court’s use during voir dire of term “gangsta rap” was not improper; …

Westlaw Topical Highlights: Labor and Employment, May 15, 2013

May 15, 2013 By: Casey Hall

Westlaw Topical Highlights for Labor and Employment provides summaries of significant federal and state judicial decisions and legislative and administrative activities affecting labor and employment law.

Westlaw Journals weekly round-up

May 15, 2013 By: Melissa Sachs

The new Westlaw Journals blog brings you litigation headlines in over 30 substantive areas of law. Here are some highlights from the

Effective management of client expectations ensures happier clients

May 15, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin

With some effective management of expectations, even in the face of an adverse outcome for your client, it’s possible for the client to come away from the experience with a positive impression of the job that you’ve done.

The “slop chest” statute

May 15, 2013 By: Westlaw Insider

The slop chest statute, although intended primarily for convenience of seamen and for replacement in emergency situations of articles of clothing, …

SCOTUS rules that farmers can’t plant any patented seeds without permission

May 14, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin

This week, the Supreme Court ruled in Bowman v. Monsanto that farmers cannot buy patented seeds from a grain elevator and use them for growing crops.

How to save time and money by mediating eDiscovery

May 14, 2013 By: Daniel Garrie

The benefits of e-discovery mediation should be considered by a wider audience as a means to save time, money, and ensure e-discovery for the most part is kept out of the courtroom, while the real issues are litigated in front of a judge.

New York Judge Awards $89.2M in Financial Dispute

May 14, 2013 By: Jury Verdicts

Assured Guar. Mun. Corp. v. Flagstar Bank (S.D. N.Y.) Financial Guaranty Insurer Awarded $89.2M 2013 WL 1141279 Judgment Summary 2011 WL 8200747

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