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Terrorism and Taxes - Proposed FAR Rule Imposes 2% Tax on Foreign Offers to Fund 9/11 Relief Fund

Sheppard Mullin
March 16, 2012 16:58

By David Gallacher and John Bonn On January 2, 2011, the President signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-347, which set up a relief fund for victims, first responders, and construction workers who were injured in the September 11 terrorist attacks in New...

Daylight Savings Time and Your Lost Billable Hour

Michelle Golden
March 14, 2012 03:56

A Facebook friend said today that she misses her hour. (I miss mine, too.) It got me thinking about billing by the hour and what someone actually does when he or she works into the...A Facebook friend said today that she misses her hour. (I miss mine, too.) It got me thinking about billing by the...

Cable A la Carte and Economic Efficiency

Rob Frieden
March 13, 2012 16:30

             In preparing updates to the loose leaf treatise All About Cable and Broadband, I reviewed the FCC’s latest report on cable television prices.  See  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-377A1.doc.  The Commission reports that cable operators consistently raise...

What if Law Firms Priced Like Apple?

March 12, 2012 16:03

Apple is a juggernaut; currently the most valuable company worldwide by market cap (over half-a-trillion USD): it also has over $100 billion in cash on hand. It wasn’t always that way. For many years Apple was an also-ran in computer sales. Apple’s Mac line was seen as too expensive,...

Ready to Join Firms Who Are Breaking Old Business Models?

Michelle Golden
February 23, 2012 18:58

Changing workforce mentality, evolving customer/client needs, and transparency of service are shining big, scary spotlights on many of the flaws in the professional-firm business model of old. Some problems inherent in the traditional business model...Changing workforce mentality, evolving...