Blog Entries tagged 'Best Practices'

Milberg-Weiss Round Up

james.crane@altep.com — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Most attorneys have at least casually followed the Milberg Weiss scandal that has been playing out for the last couple of years. The felony settlement by one of the class-action leaders included some troubling details that many people suspected, but hoped were not true. The partners at Milberg, Bill Lerach and Melvyn Weiss, admitted to felonies and settled for $75 million.

The firm admitted that over the decades, seven former partners paid sec [...]

Five Reasons Companies Should NOT Conduct Their Own Forensic Investigations

james.crane@altep.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Corporate counsel is always dealing with the challenges of controlling costs and providing their corporate client with the most defensible position. One question that always comes up is "why shouldn't we just collect our own data?" It's a good question. Many corporations have an IT department staffed with talented and available personnel.

The short answer is that sometimes, in-house IT is the "logical" choice [...]

Even the Greatest Thinkers Are Not Always Right

james.crane@altep.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Aristotle thought that earthquakes were caused by subterranean winds. OK, so he was a little off, according the USGS - tectonic plate movement simply fell outside his realm of experience. Like Aristotle, though, many attorneys think their methods are as good as it gets. What we attorn [...]