Tag: business law
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Spilling a hot drink from Dunkin Donuts made a New Jersey resident a millionaire. New Jersey resident Jennifer Fragoso’s lawsuit comes 20 years after McDonald’s Restaurants was sued by a New Mexico woman who suffered third-degree burns after spilling a hot coffee in her lap. A jury awarded her $2.86 million in damages. However, the […]
March 10, 2014
Seven Things Businesses Can Do About Identity Theft
If you have ever had your credit card compromised, you understand the havoc that identity theft can create. Now imagine if that happened to your business. Given the harm it can do to your reputation and bottom line, business identity theft should be on the radar of all companies. Of course, if the security breach […]
July 10, 2012
The Business of a Law Firm is Business: Four Things Every Law Firm Must Do
This week’s Dewey & Leboeuf bankruptcy is more evidence that the law business has changed radically since 2008. Law firms that insist on doing business as usual and continue to raise their rates each year will continue to see declining profits as clients seek out smaller, regional law firms with more competitive fee structures. To […]
July 10, 2012
Lessons From Dewey & LeBoeuf: Five Reasons Why Law Firms Fail
Dewey & LeBoeuf’s seemingly rapid free fall has caught the attention of business analysts and bankers as much as the legal community. As a result, the legal industry today is undergoing the same scrutiny as the financial services industry did in 2008. While criminal allegations, lush multi-year contract guarantees and big debt dominate the Dewey […]
May 23, 2012