In-House Lawyers' Toolkit
In-House Lawyers' Toolkit

Author: Richard Tapp

Publisher:

Published: 2014-10

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781784460006

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In-house practice is a growing area and the In-house Lawyers' Toolkit is the only precedent and toolkit resource available which is exclusively devoted to the requirements of this important sector. This unique toolkit provides an accessible, relevant resource for both new and experienced in-house practitioners to work from, adapt, and to act as a catalyst for their thinking to provide timely, high quality and cost-effective advice to their organisation. In particular, it will lead the practitioner through the processes of managing an in-house function, including: The development of a strategy for legal services in your organisation How to decide what legal services to buy, and from where Appointing, reviewing, managing and ending Panel relationships Working with alternative legal sourcing providers Managing the in-house team, and Leveraging and demonstrating value.

The In-house Counsel's Essential Toolkit
The In-house Counsel's Essential Toolkit

Author: American Bar Association. Section of Business Law. Committee on Corporate Counsel

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9781590316627

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An authoritative resource for in-house counsel who needs quick access, but detailed analyses, on a broad array of topics faced everyday. The Toolkit provides forms, policies, and practice tips in seven broad practice areas that may not be within counsels' particular area of expertise. The seven practice areas are published as individual volumes covering General Business Contracts; Corporate Governance; Corporate Compliance; Employment Law; Intellectual Property; Litigation; and Training Outside Counsel.

Expanding the Lawyer's Toolkit of Skills and Competencies
Expanding the Lawyer's Toolkit of Skills and Competencies

Author: Susan Swaim Daicoff

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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The legal profession is in the midst of rapid and dramatic change, fueled by longstanding dissatisfaction within and without the profession, and inflamed by the economic recession beginning around 2007. Changes in the profession are propelling or reflecting concomitant changes in legal education. Lawyers may no longer be able to rely simply on excellent legal analysis and advocacy, written and oral communication skills, trial skills and traditional pre-litigation negotiation and settlement skills. Clients want more legal work for less cost. Law school applications have declined and unemployment among lawyers is a concern. In efforts to cut costs, clients are hiring auditors to oversee and audit their counsel's legal bills, and using in-house counsel, paralegals, or even nonlawyers to do their legal work. Court dockets are clogged to the point of inaccessibility and yet many parties still lack access to lawyers. The legal profession is rife with commentary exploring how to be more marketable in the law profession of the future given the rapid changes fostered by technological advances, disruptive concepts and strategies, the need for sustainability, and outsourcing. Law schools are under fire for providing students with unsatisfactory returns on investment, when students compare their employment prospects with the cost of legal education. A reevaluation of the competencies needed to be a twenty-first century lawyer thus seems appropriate. Some assert that it is time to decisively redefine both the role of the lawyer and the content of legal education.

The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers
The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers

Author: Thomas A. Crowell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1136067507

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* How can you use a state's film tax credits to fund your film? SEE PAGE 63. * You have an idea you want to pitch to a production company; how do you safeguard your concept? SEE PAGE 77. * How can you fund your production with product placement? SEE PAGE 157. * How do you get a script to popular Hollywood actors and deal with their agents? SEE PAGE 222. Find quick answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this new edition of The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers. This no-nonsense reference provides fast answers in plain English-no law degree required! Arm yourself with the practical advice of author Thomas Crowell, a TV-producer-turned-entertainment-lawyer. This new edition features: * New sections on product placement, film tax credits and production incentive financing, Letters of Intent, and DIY distribution (four-walling, YouTube, Download-to-own, Amazon.com, iTunes, and Netflix) * Updated case law * Even more charts and graphics to help you find the information you need even more quickly. This book is the next best thing to having an entertainment attorney on retainer!

The Divorce Lawyer's Toolkit
The Divorce Lawyer's Toolkit

Author: Marion Td Lewis Esq.

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-08-02

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781536871432

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The Divorce Lawyer's Toolkit is geared towards Divorce and Matrimonial Lawyers in principle (and in title). However, the tips provided can be implemented by any lawyer who wants to gain a competitive edge over their competitors. These tips include but are not limited to understanding the importance of SEO, creating a marketing plan for your firm (at the beginning if you are just starting out but it is never too late to do it even if you have been practicing for years), creating the right brand "image" for yourself and your firm, hiring professionals to help you sell your brand - and other gems. These ideas are applicable to all lawyers in any niche of law practice in any state, in any country.

Solicitor's Handbook 2015
Solicitor's Handbook 2015

Author: Andrew Hopper QC

Publisher: The Law Society

Published: 2014-11-14

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13: 1784460192

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The Solicitor's Handbook 2015 is a comprehensive yet user-friendly guide to the regulatory maze that governs the conduct of solicitors.This essential handbook covers the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) Code of Conduct along with the Accounts Rules, financial services regulation, money laundering requirements and alternative business structures (ABS) regulations. It also usefully sets out the extent of the regulator's powers and describes the practical workings of the regulatory and disciplinary processes (including investigations by the SRA and proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)), as well as the relevant rights of appeal and review.The 2015 edition has been thoroughly updated to take account of all significant regulatory changes that have been introduced since January 2013, including: the ban on referral fees in personal injury cases, which came into force on 1 April 2013, and the SRA's warning notice changes to the law relating to conditional fee agreements and extension of the range of cases in which damages-based agreements can be used new requirements for individuals or entities temporarily practising overseas a relaxation of the requirements for referrals to financial advisers changes to the regulation of consumer credit activities, which has passed from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority the abolition of the Assigned Risks Pool from 1 October 2013 High Court decisions in Fuglers and Andersons regarding the level of fines that the SDT can impose.