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Legal Management Consulting

As our global economy expands, organizations operate under increasingly complex legal and regulatory mandates which inevitably lead to high-stakes disputes. With demands on the chief legal officer and corporate legal department evolving rapidly, companies need an agile partner to help navigate challenging issues.

Duff & Phelps has a specialized team of selectively recruited professionals with decades of experience in all areas of legal operations, technology and risk mitigation. This team helps clients improve their legal management strategies and allows them to successfully negotiate today's challenges, no matter how complex or demanding.

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Client Alert: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations Reverses its Position on Requiring a PI License When Conducting Computer Forensic Examinations
On June 12, 2010, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) released a statement temporarily reversing its prior position regarding the requirement for persons conducting computer forensic investigations to be licensed under the Illinois Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security and Locksmith Act of 2004.

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Government Employer’s Warrantless Search of an Employee’s Personal Text Messages on Employer Owned Pager
In a unanimous opinion issued on June 17, 2010 the United States Supreme Court ruled that a search of text messages made from a government issued pager did not violate a government employee's Fourth Amendment right to privacy.

Metropolitan Corporate Counsel - Controlling Legal Costs - Accounting Firms Modernizing Your Records Information Management Program
The number of ways to store data has increased dramatically over the past few decades. While this increase in options provides the user with greater flexibility, it also brings challenges and complexity.

National Cyber Corps: Recruiting the Best
Duff & Phelps’ Erik Laykin published in GovInfoSecurity.

ABI’s Commercial Fraud Manual: Chapter 3 Computer Forensics
Peggy Daley, Co-chair of Duff & Phelps' Global Electronic Discovery and Investigations practice, authored a chapter for ABI's Commercial Fraud Manual titled Computer Forensics.
Managing Policies and Procedures: How Do You Measure Up?
Duff & Phelps’ white paper Managing Policies and Procedures: How Do You Measure Up? discusses the results of a benchmarking study indicating that organizations lean heavily on corporate intranet and email capabilities to communicate compliance policy.
Client Alert: Individuals in Illinois Performing Computer Forensic Examinations Need to be Licensed Private Investigators
As an electronic discovery professional, you may be interested in the most recent announcement to address whether individuals who perform computer forensic examinations need to be licensed as private investigators.
Case Study: Computer Forensics Collection and Investigation
Duff & Phelps consultants were engaged by a law firm to assist its client, a private corporation with an intellectual property case.
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel - Mission Matters In Information Management Programs
A corporate mission serves as a foundation for successful corporate strategies. It can do the same for the information management strategy of a business.
Providing Electronic Data for SEC Investigation
Duff & Phelps professionals were engaged by a hedge fund being investigated by the SEC relating to its marketing of collateralized debt obligations.
Webcast: The Power of Financial Analysis - A General Counsel's Perspective
Senior administrators and directors of operations in corporate legal departments participated in an interactive forum to address their challenges and share best practices.

Expert and Legal Management Insights, Volume I
Vol. I of the Expert and Legal Management Insights newsletter.

Expert and Legal Management Insights, Volume II
Vol. II of the Expert and Legal Management Insights newsletter.

Expert and Legal Management Insights, Volume III
Vol. III of the Expert and Legal Management Insights newsletter.

Expert and Legal Management Insights, Volume IV
Vol. IV of the Expert and Legal Management Insights newsletter.

Expert and Legal Management Insights, First Quarter 2010
2010 First Quarter issue of the Expert and Legal Management Insights newsletter.
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