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Bad Mouthed Baby Doll
We must be doing our jobs as products defense attorneys if this is what the plaintiffs' bar is beginning to resort to. This story was featured in the ABA Journal and I found it quite amusing. It...
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Women in the Law v Their Secretaries? Not so...
I got an e-mail the other day telling me that I should read an article published by the ABA. Normally I ignore such messages, but this one caught my eye. The title of the article was “Not One Legal...
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DRI Thanks Our Bloggers and Readers
During this holiday season, DRI would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our bloggers and readers for 2011.Postings on the DRI Blog were provided by DRI members representing nearly every...
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What Do Reputable Scientific Organizations Consider To Be Evidence?
The new IOM report, Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach, again emphasizes the difference between how scientific panels go about making a causal inference and the approach too...
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Using Social Media as a Tool to Advance Our Careers
Do you feel at a loss or intimidated or repulsed by the thought of using social media? Like it or not, social media sites are a new means of communication, which we cannot ignore any more than we can...
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Today is the Deadline for DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship
The deadline for DRI’s annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship, open to incoming second- and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American students, is Friday, April 27. Please...
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DRI MSP Task Force Advisory: The Third Circuit Finds Medicare Advantage Plans...
On June 28, 2012, the Third Circuit became the first Federal court of appeals to address the secondary payer rights of Medicare Advantage Organizations (also known as Medicare Part C plans). In In re...
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Don't Squander Your Unearned Reputation For Honesty
It is simply too easy for lawyers to quickly lose credibility within the bar and before the judiciary. It seems we've already lost this battle with much of the public, but within the profession I like...
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DRI Annual Meeting Less Than 2 Weeks Away!
Join us in a city world renowned for its charm and hospitality for DRI's 2012 Annual Meeting-October 24-28, 2012 at the New Orleans Marriott in the beautiful Crescent City. French and Spanish...
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The Approach to Diversity
“Is dicing the workforce into pre-set categories going to encourage working together,” ponders author Liz Ryan. In a recentHarvard Business Reviewarticle, she describes a recent diversity conference...
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Take Control of Your Career — Attend the 2013 Women in the Law Seminar
Last month the National Bureau of Economic Research released results of its recent research that indicates more women receive raises than their male counter parts, largely because women are more likely...
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... And That's A Wrap!
As 2012 comes to a close, DRI would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our bloggers and readers from this past year. Postings on the DRI Blog were provided by DRI members representing nearly...
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A Word from DRI's Membership Committee
Welcome! I have been a member of DRI since 2007. A partner at a former law firm suggested that I join DRI to develop my practice. At the first conference I attended (Insurance Coverage and Claims...
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The Cloud with a Silver Lining?
The "cloud." It’s a term all of us have become familiar with, but also one that many of us give little thought to within the context of our law practices. That, however, is likely to change, as an...
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A Word from DRI's Membership Committee: Why DRI?
People often ask me why they should join DRI. After all, there are lots of organizations out there for lawyers. Joining a legal association costs money and can take away from billable time. So then,...
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NLRB: Business as Usual in Wake of Recent Court Ruling
On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) lacked a sufficient quorum of members when it issued a finding that...
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The Road to a Climate Change Legacy Runs Through the EPA
It was reported on February 20, 2013, that President Obama appears to have selected federal air regulator, Gina McCarthy, to take over for Lisa Jackson as head of the EPA. The news indicates that the...
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The Art of Negotiation
There have been a number of attempts in the past 15 to 20 years to significantly increase the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), particularly mediation, by parties to civil and commercial...
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Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls in Mediation and Settlement Negotiations
Settlement negotiations can be tricky and knowing what you can and cannot ethically say can mean the difference between a valid and invalid settlement. According to a 2009 survey by Professor Andrea...
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Mediation – Past is Prologue
I. THE HISTORY OF MEDIATIONContemporary mediation defined by Black’s Law Dictionary as “a method of nonbinding dispute resolution involving a neutral third party who tries to help the disputing parties...
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