Smart Legal Marketing Tips for 2012 (Part 2)

In a recent post, we looked at pro-active marketing strategies law firms can devise now to stay one step ahead of the game in 2012. Here are more tips for leveraging your current client base to get more clients and other results-oriented marketing strategies for the coming year. Have a “What do you need?” conversation […]

Conflict Brews Among Executives of the Gaming Industry Over Online Poker

1/31/2012   Anthony Marnell III, the president of M Resort, has joined Sheldon Adelson, the Chairman of the Sands Corporation, in declaring his opposition to online poker’s legalization and regulation in the United States. In a time when attempts to bring online poker back to the U.S. is under attack from the morality police, skittish […]

Issues on South Carolina Voter ID Law Takes Center Stage

1/31/2012   South Carolina is among the seven states that enacted new legislation that require government-issued photo-ID to vote. The new measures have come with some degree of controversy. Saying that such measure could keep some voters away, the Justice Department has stepped in to stop the state from implementing the new law. These laws, […]

Role in Farm Lawsuit Explained by University of Maryland

1/29/2012   The two groups that are involved in the lawsuit regarding Hudson Farm are now issuing new statements intended to win followers beyond the courtroom The University of Maryland law school clinic, which filed a lawsuit against the farm, recently launched a website explaining its role in the case. This developed as some legislators […]

Obama Recess Appointments Backed by Justice Department

1/28/2012   The controversial recess appointments of President Barack Obama to two agencies were defended Thursday by the U.S. Justice Department. It also released a thorough legal analysis on why the appointments passed constitutional muster. The legal opinion was issued after angry complaints from Senate Republicans who allege Obama is trampling on the Constitution and […]

Feds Warn Marijuana Stores Close to Schools

1/28/2012   For the first time, the federal government is cracking down on Colorado’s medical marijuana dispensaries, ordering twenty-three dispensaries situated close to schools to close shop within forty-five days or face seizure of their property and criminal prosecution. U.S. Attorney John Walsh have sent warning letters Thursday to these unidentified marijuana dispensaries and stated […]

State Asked to Revise Toxic Flame Shield Statute to Protect Kids

1/27/2012   Advocates are asking the state to tighten up a new law on toxic flame retardants that are being used in children’s items like changing pads, car seats and high chairs. Although the state Legislature last year banned the use of chlorine-based chemical called tris, more particularly a form called TCEP, other varieties of […]

Credit Card Company Security Standards and Fines Challenged

1/27/2012   A tiny celebrity-friendly restaurant located in Utah is at last doing what many other merchants have only thought about of doing for many years. It is legally challenging part of the payment card industry’s defective system for securing card data by charging merchants penalties for failing to secure their data. The owners of […]

Smart Legal Marketing Tips for 2012 (Part 1)

Competition for clients is always tough, but law firms that design pro-active marketing strategies will always be one step ahead of the game. It’s still early enough in the new year to ratchet up your marketing and outreach efforts for 2012.  Here are tips for making the most of your limited resources and devising plans […]