College Quarterback vs. EA Sports and NCAA

Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Talk | Posted on 04-06-2009

This month, former Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller filed a lawsuit against EA Sports and its partner, the NCAA, claiming they illegally used the likenesses of college athletes in video games without sharing profits with players. Bob Ambrogi welcomes Peter Goplerud, Dean and Professor of Law at Florida Coastal School of Law and Clay Travis, attorney, former editor at Deadspin.com and writer for FanHouse.com, to discuss the legal issues behind this lawsuit and how athlete’s can legally protect their image.

Greening Your Career: Surviving after a Layoff

Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Talk | Posted on 03-06-2009

Many in our legal community are coping with layoffs and firm/company restructuring. In this edition of Law Technology Now, host Monica Bay welcomes Babs Deacon, director of consulting and data analytics with Integreon and Mark Reichenbach, vice president for client and industry development, Capital Legal Solutions, to talk about their experiences this winter finding new jobs. Later in the program, Monica is joined by Chris Braun, director of online recruitment for the North American division of Incisive Media (lawjobs.com), and Seth Chavez, marketing coordinator for the Los Angeles County Bar Association, to discuss the “Greening Your Career” networking breakfast at Legal Tech WestCoast.

Medicare’s Mandatory Reporting Requirements

Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Talk | Posted on 01-06-2009

The Medicare mandatory reporting requirements have been pushed back and will go into effect on January 1, 2010. Ringler Radio host, Larry Cohen welcomes Tim Doherty, MMSEA Advisor at Specialty Risk Services, LLC to discuss who will be affected by Medicare mandatory reporting requirements, look at real world consequences on handling claims and discuss the effect of SRS Medicare requirements on workers compensation claims as well as structured settlements.

Consulting Agreements for Small Business

Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Research | Posted on 01-06-2009

Consulting Services Agreements are an essential part to your business if you are in a field where technology and times change. Compared to brick and mortar businesses and services whose procedures remain unchanged over time, companies that utilize fast paced technology often need to get some advice from an expert in that field. For these [...]

Has the time for listservs passed?

Posted by Admin | Posted in Legal Justice | Posted on 01-06-2009

Greg Lambert asks (as reported by Joe Hodnick) on the Law Librarian Blog: “Is it time to retire listservs”?
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