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Juggling Offers: Advice for Attorneys on How to Negotiate for a Better Deal
New Federal Rule of Evidence 502 Submitted to Congress
Get to Know: Ivan Fong, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Cardinal Health
How Globalization Affects Law Firm Management
Innovating at the Intersection: A Conversation with Frans Johansson
The State of Legal Outsourcing: Where It Is Now, Where It's Going

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The Sedona Conference

The Sedona Conference® presents dialogue-based, advanced conferences that are "intellectually stimulating and thought provoking."

The Sedona Conference® Institute(SM) presents its Second Annual Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve: Strategies to Reduce Costs and Meet Judicial Expectations on March 13-14, 2008, at the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego. This program is strictly limited to 150 registrants on a first-come, first-served basis; registration is now open! Go here for further information on the program, and to learn of upcoming webinars offered by The Sedona Conference®.

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The legal industry is changing around us.

Lawyers have a lot of options now: careers that follow paths aside from practicing law, contract work in addition to the more traditional route. In part, this is due to the shifting legal industry itself, which is affected by technology and globalization.

In this issue, we discuss negotiation, to help you make the right choice when presented with multiple options, and we talk with Ivan Fong, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Cardinal Health about his own experiences in the legal industry.

Change will only continue to accelerate. Take the case of New Federal Rule of Evidence 502, which would protect parties against inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents and further shift the world of e-discovery.

If you're looking to find the right place in the changing legal landscape, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Lumen Legal. We'll help you figure out where your skills best fit.

Be sure to let me know if you have any comments on this issue. And, please forward this newsletter to any colleagues who would benefit from its content.

Regards,

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David Galbenski, Esq.
President and CEO, Lumen Legal

Juggling Offers: Advice for Attorneys on How to Negotiate for a Better Deal

The process of carefully weighing your options, as well as negotiating for better terms, can be tricky. Keep in mind: The more information you have, the better equipped you will be to negotiate and evaluate offers. And, this negotiation for the best offer possible is your first chance to prove yourself as a lawyer to your potential employer.

Negotiate your way to what you want.

New Federal Rule of Evidence 502 Submitted to Congress

The Judicial Conference of the United States submitted proposed new Federal Rule of Evidence 502 to Congress in September. The new rule would protect parties against inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents--a problem that's become more prevalent during the e-discovery era. This article delves into the nuances of the new rule.

Understand the new rule.

Get to Know: Ivan Fong, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Cardinal Health

Ivan Fong has had what one could easily call an exceptional and diverse career in law. Fong gives this advice to lawyers looking to accelerate their success: "Become the best lawyer you can be by mastering substantive areas of the law, becoming an excellent writer and speaker, and observing the habits of analysis employed by those lawyers whom you respect the most."

Get to know Ivan Fong.

How Globalization Affects Law Firm Management

The roles of COO and ED have become more critical as the management of law firms has become more complex. Strong merger-and-acquisition activity among large firms means the creation of bigger operations that must increasingly rely on highly skilled management. Here's what law firms should look for if they're thinking about transitioning some of the tasks generally managed by partners.

Discover how COO/ED positions are evolving.

Innovating at the Intersection: A Conversation with Frans Johansson

Frans Johansson, the author of The Medici Effect, talks with Legal Career Insight about the principle in his book: that "we have the best chance of coming up with innovative ideas at the intersection of different industries and cultures." According to Johansson, creating diversity within companies is a major component in driving innovation.

Find the intersection.

The State of Legal Outsourcing: Where It Is Now, Where It's Going

Legal Process Outsourcing firms are growing at impressive rates. The type of work that LPOs take on is dominated by large document reviews, intellectual property with an emphasis on patent work, and corporate work. With a variety of solutions developing, it's a vibrant and ever-changing industry that can help firms close the price-value gap and help corporations get more for less.

Learn about the future of LPOs.

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