By John J. Carney and Kevin V. Bluml  BridgeTower Media Newswires  Are you concerned your company’s intellectual property or proprietary data may have been misappropriated or otherwise lost or shared with unauthorized parties, intentionally or negligently? Typically, IP theft occurs shortly ...

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Recently, I was honored and humbled to be recognized by BTI Consulting as one of 364 attorneys nationwide, and one of only five attorneys in North Carolina, as a “BTI Client Service All-Star.” This award is based entirely on client ...

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As an avid cyclist, I recently toured the Eugene, Ore., home of a unique and very popular bike, the folding Bike Friday. Its founder and owner (and his daughter, the general manager), not only showed me, my wife and two of our travel companions around the shop and store, they talked at length about cycling concerns and how good customer relations can address them.

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At the end of January, I attended LegalTech 2013, a legal technology conference sponsored every year by American Lawyer Media. This conference is attended by thousands of legal and IT professionals seeking to learn about the latest legal technologies and innovations. If nothing else, this conference is oftentimes a convergence of some of the most innovative and influential people and companies in the legal technology space, and this year was no exception.

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I’ve discussed before how iPad apps for lawyers is a burgeoning arena and there are new apps released every day. For that reason, I figure it’s high time to highlight both newer apps and some of the more popular standbys that have been around for a few years now.

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Changes like this may not solve the problem of legal representation for low income persons and civic and charitable organizations, but they certainly could help.

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There were lots of options I could have taken, but this was not one I would have ever considered at the time. But I would come to see it was really the best option. And the teacher of this lesson was the last person I would have imagined.

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With 2011 now over, a lot of us are looking at our holdings and assessing what worked well and what didn’t. There were blue chips that did phenomenally well — way better than we expected — and boosted our profitability. But some of our holdings that had breakout years in 2010 pretty much crashed in 2011. Now it’s time to re-group, roll up our sleeves and make changes where necessary for 2012.

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Significant challenges hit the commercial real estate finance market in the last two years, but 2011 saw significant recovery and progress over the previous year. Mortgage bankers are optimistic that 2012 will be another solid year. For most commercial mortgage originators, 2011 was a dramatically better year than 2010. For instance, most companies in Strategic Alliance Mortgage, a national network of independently-owned mortgage banking firms, reported production increases of more than 50 percent year-over-year. Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services saw production rise more than 75 percent. While 2012 may not be a record year, it is expected to bring moderate growth.

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