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Expert Analysis

• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials

  

  What law firms should be learning from a number of recent surveys is that they will not be able to rely on the never-ending flood of associate candidates their business model demands as long as they require them to dedicate all day, most nights, every weekend and all holidays to firm business, says Jill Dessalines, founder of Strategic Advice for Successful Lawyers and former assistant GC at McKesson Corp.

• Monthly Column

  Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide

  

  Despite legal education training and the focus on logic and reason by the courts, lawyers address emotional issues on a daily basis — albeit more indirectly. But a shift to consciously and strategically addressing emotions gives us a powerful tool to help our clients reach faster, better decisions, say dispute resolution experts Robert Creo and Selina Shultz.

• Opinion

  Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court

  

  The guessing game around Justice Anthony Kennedy’s possible retirement is reaching a crescendo. Yet the speculation does more than fuel bookmakers’ odds. It draws attention to his pivotal role as the court’s swing vote, says Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice.

• Weekly Column

  Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions

  

  One way to combat juror confusion and boredom is to allow jurors to ask witnesses questions. No federal evidentiary or court rule prohibits it, and every federal circuit court to address the practice has held it permissible, say Stephen Susman, Richard Lorren Jolly and Dr. Roy Futterman of the NYU School of Law Civil Jury Project.

• Tips For Complying With ABA’s New Encryption Guidance

  

  Last month, the American Bar Association published revised guidance regarding an attorney’s duty to protect sensitive client material in light of recent high-profile hacks. The first step in compliance is understanding how your data is being stored and accessed. There are three key questions you should ask your firm’s information technology staff and/or external solution vendors, says Nick Holda of PreVeil.

• NY's Public Trust Doctrine Is Alive And Well

  

  This month, a New York appeals court ruled that Queens Development Group LLC cannot build a proposed shopping mall near the Mets' Citi Field, revealing a virtually absolutist application of the state's public trust doctrine, and the court's reluctance to expand or grant exceptions to authorized uses of New York state parkland, say Steven Russo and Evan Preminger of Greenberg Traurig LLP.

• Weekly Column

  Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions

  

  One of the easiest ways to improve civil jury trials is to give juries substantive instructions on the law at the beginning of the trial rather than at its conclusion. It is also one of the most popular proposals we are recommending, say Stephen Susman, Richard Lorren Jolly and Dr. Roy Futterman of the NYU School of Law Civil Jury Project.

• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner’s Perspective

  

  Lateral candidates looking to make the last — or perhaps only — move of their career cannot afford to just stand by and let a law firm’s vetting process unfold on its own, says Howard Flack, a partner at Volta Talent Strategies who previously led lateral partner recruiting and integration at Hogan Lovells.

• New Media In Sports: Risk Vs. Reward

  

  In this short video, Douglas Masters of Loeb & Loeb LLP talks about the evolving role of new media in sports and the inherent risk of exploring new avenues to drive fan engagement.

• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?

  

  One frequently hears from leading malpractice insurers that one of the highest risk categories for law firms is that of lateral partners not sufficiently vetted during the recruitment process, says Howard Flack, a partner at Volta Talent Strategies Inc. who previously led lateral partner recruiting and integration at Hogan Lovells.