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Free General Legal Research White Papers for Our Valued Clients and Colleagues
How to Choose a Legal Research Firm
If you are at the point of considering outside sources for legal research, writing, and analysis, you are very likely aware of the blizzard of options that are currently available.
The Ethics of Adding a Surcharge for Outside Attorney Work
This comprehensive, 32-page White Paper explores the question of whether an attorney using the services of an outside attorney may add a surcharge to his or her hourly billing rate.
Pleading in Federal Court after Ashcroft v. Iqbal
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal has important federal procedural implications about which anyone practicing in the federal system needs to be aware.
MARITIME LAW: CONSUMPTION OF FUEL STORES DURING HIJACKING
Is Consumption of Fuel Stores During a Hijacking Event Covered by General Average? By an appeal published July 13, 2016, a British appellate court affirmed an intermediate appellate decision dated October 24, 2014, that had held that vessel fuel stores (colloquially known as “bunkers”) expended while a hijacked ship is under the control of pirates during ransom negotiations constitute an allowable general average “additional expense” under Rule F of the York Antwerp Rules, the industry codification of traditional general average law
Free Human Resources White Papers
Avoiding Record-Retention Blunders
This white paper describes both the need for, and the kind of information to include in employment records. Two key federal Circuit Courts of Appeals cases in which employers were held liable for employment discrimination based on inadequate record keeping are discussed.
