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Flat World - Global advantage

Although law firms have traditionally outsourced services such as security, travel, and mail, the allure of Thomas Friedman's “flat world” has some law firms taking a hard look at whether to outsource other functions.

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  • Anyone who hoped commercial litigation would help law firms weather the recession was surely disappointed last year. That's judging by recoveries that National Law Journal affiliate VerdictSearch counted among its Top 100 Verdicts of 2009. Commercial verdicts, including breach-of-contract recoveries, fell from $1.4 billion in 2008 to just $421 million last year. One reason for the drop: Corporate clients worked to control costs by waiting to file suits -- a trend apt to continue for the first half of this year.

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  • The regulatory and legal landscape for data privacy is changing rapidly. Although these changes have not garnered much attention, say attorneys Satish M. Kini and Thomas S. Wyler, they deserve careful consideration by in-house counsel, privacy compliance staff and IT departments.

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Link: http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/index.jsp
  • Jenner and Block's Michael K. Lowman and Andrew F. Merrick examine SEC v. Founding Partners Capital Mgmt., a recent federal court ruling that significantly curtails the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue ill-gotten gains from relief defendants in an SEC enforcement action. The ruling is significant for practicing securities lawyers because it confirms that there are important boundaries that circumscribe the SEC's authority to pursue claims against relief defendants.