North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Joseph J. Floyd and Marni J. Kaufman The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently entered into a cease-and-desist order with Juniper Networks, Inc., related to violations of the internal controls and recordkeeping provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ...

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By Alexander A. Bove Jr. and Melissa Langa No one wants to be sued, and everyone would feel better if they knew their assets would be protected if they were sued. It is common knowledge that we live in the ...

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By Susan Letterman White For some people, succession planning means retirement, closing a practice, or advancing into and out of leadership and client relationship roles. For others, it means leaving the practice of law and finding another career or having ...

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By Louis Krauss BridgeTower Media Newswires Women have increased their numbers in the legal profession over the last 40 years, but many still report gender-related issues hampering their careers, including everything from offensive comments in the workplace to being passed ...

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By Louis Krauss BridgeTower Media Newswires With mountainous stacks of promotional magazines, postcards and pamphlets cluttering their offices, law school leaders are working to cut back on the amount of marketing materials they send to their peers at other U.S. ...

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BY JONATHAN E. FIELDS As the market capitalization of all cryptocurrency approaches $300 billion, it seems a primer on cryptocurrency for divorce practitioners is timely, if not overdue.    The basics Digital currency, a form of currency that is available only ...

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BY JED BYRNE As professional service providers, time is our most valuable resource. Building our business requires putting in time and doing the work. But in order to grow our business, we also need to spend time on non-revenue generating ...

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By Jessie Ammons Rumbley Macs are gaining a foothold in law practices. More law firms, especially small and solo firms, are using Macintosh computers by Apple than ever before. And while Windows remains by and large the preferred operating system, ...

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Imagine this: You’re a lawyer representing one of many defendants in a new lawsuit. You receive an email from the plaintiff’s lawyers, addressed to you as well as counsel for 19 other defendants. All that’s in the email is a ...

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By Dawn R. Solowey and Lynn A. Kappelman As trial lawyers representing employers, we have learned a great deal over time about how jurors tend to think about employment cases. Yet watching a jury deliberate during a mock trial — ...

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