Archive for March 2011

The proposed AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom: initial thoughts

Mar 21st, 2011 | By | Category: Antitrust/Competiton issues, Mergers/Competition/Investigations, Top Story

Reported by:  Gregory P. Bufithis, Esq. (with special thanks to Johann Jurgens who is a telecom analyst for a hedge fund and is an advisor to The Posse List on the telecom industry)  21 March 2011 — Late yesterday AT&T and Deutsche Telekom announced an agreement for the sale of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and [...]



NEW POST: Thoughts on that NY Times article on e-discovery – “It’s the technology, and it’s a game changer”

Mar 7th, 2011 | By | Category: Contract Attorney Market: Trends, Top Story

  7 March 2011 — In case you missed it over the weekend, the New York Times published an article titled “Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software” which discussed the “new e-discovery software that can analyze millions of documents in a fraction of the time, and at a fraction of the cost consumed [...]



April 4th from the D.C. Bar – “Demystifying Social Media Seminar-What Every Lawyer Should Know”

Mar 6th, 2011 | By | Category: Webinars, Seminars, Surveys

Lawyers and law firms face both opportunities and risks when using the multitude of social media tools now available. On April 4, 2011, the Practice Management Service Committee in cosponsorship with the Law Practice Management section are presenting a free program that will explore the issues faced by the legal community when using such social [...]



March 3rd in Richmond, VA: Symposium – “Electronic Discovery in a World of Cloud Computing, Data Hoarding, and Social Networking”

Mar 1st, 2011 | By | Category: Webinars, Seminars, Surveys

On Thursday, March 3, from 1-5pm, the University of Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (JOLT) will host a symposium, “Electronic Discovery in a World of Cloud Computing, Data Hoarding, and Social Networking,” in the law school’s moot court room. Approved for 3.5 CLE credits, the symposium is free and open to the public. Held [...]