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Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team “Be Prepared” is one of the world’s most enduring mottos. It has been used, with international and organizational variations, by millions of Boy Scouts—and later Girl Guides and...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Like at most trade conventions, LegalTech® New York 2014 offered its share of novelties. For LexisNexis, the event provided an opportunity to host an inaugural series of Google+ Hangouts, the first...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Here’s a suggestion for a movie sequel. It takes its cue from the 2012 dark fantasy action film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , which was based on a mashup novel of the same name. This is...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Cosmologists argue that we live in a multiverse. Granted, it’s only a theory, but it’s a plausible one that’s strengthened by new evidence supporting decades-old scientific reasoning...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Ancient tomes often guide modern times. For example, the 2,000-year-old military treatise The Art of War , attributed to the Chinese general-philosopher Sun Tzu, is cited regularly in contemporary political...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Understanding cycles is important when making predictions. That’s true of weather events, but it can also apply to many political and legal issues. The debate surrounding caps on awards in medical...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Few public entertainers have topped the showmanship of Jean François Gravelet-Blondin. The 19th-century French tightrope walker and acrobat was famous for many astounding feats, including crossing...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Technology is changing the role of law librarians. That reality recently prompted LexisNexis to hold a Twitter contest asking law librarians 10 questions about their profession for the chance to win...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team There’s good news—and cause for concern—in recent numbers about the U.S. economy. On a positive note, the Export-Import Bank of the United States reported in early June 2014 that the...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Donald Rumsfeld is not always popular or easily understood, but he is often quotable. For example, in one of his most famous encounters with the media while serving as U.S. secretary of defense prior...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Mobile devices have changed the way the world works. Business is no longer conducted exclusively in boardrooms and offices; it happens everywhere and at any time. This shift is especially apparent among...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team With a hundred or so empty pop cans, you can comfortably heat a small building. Perforated and sealed end-to-end, those cans become a manifold inside a wood or metal frame with a clear panel sealed on...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Thomas B. Paton saw an opportunity, and seized it. In 1889, after five years as an editor with Rhode’s Journal of Banking , he looked upon a landscape of evolving legal and regulatory issues that...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Here we go again. That sentiment—or one close to it—is surely on the minds of many in financial institutions across the country. The reason: after a grueling race to prepare for sweeping...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Online piracy of copyrighted works isn’t going away soon. There are just too many reasons why downloading digital content by various means remains attractive to people. For one thing, it fulfills...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Decisions, decisions. With just days to go before the 2014 mid-term elections, voters across the country are weighing important choices affecting all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Misfortune is a venerable teacher. Whenever an accident or mistake occurs, or someone suffers a defeat, those affected by the outcome may be prompted to ask why it happened and what can be done to avoid...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Think about transparency for a moment. As a property of physical objects, it is easy to define and understand. According to Merriam-Webster, for example, it’s the result of light that is transmitted...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Most of the people we now see in movie crowd scenes are not real. They aren’t created with digital special effects, either. In fact, a popular alternative to human extras is to use plastic, inflatable...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Sometimes the surprise is that there are no other surprises. That realization might be dawning now on many financial institutions across the country, and their legal counsel, as 2014 draws to a close...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Scott Greenfield’s popular legal blog Simple Justice is published with a disclaimer. Alongside articles that comment on current issues related to criminal defense, the New York City-based attorney...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Ask a hypothetical question, and you’ll get a hypothetical answer. That realization is behind a movement over the past couple of decades to adopt behavior-based interviewing for employment opportunities...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Where energy prices are going in 2015 is anyone’s guess. According to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , Barclays and the Tokyo-based Marubeni Corp. , for example, the price of crude oil could soon plummet...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team You’re in a police cell. It’s dark, and it reeks of sweat and urine. If you’re lucky, you aren’t hurt. Even if you are injured, provided it’s not serious, you might have...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team In a recent article, The Huffington Post challenged its readers with a simple test. It consisted of viewing three videos on YouTube. “Watch these,” wrote Morra Aarons-Mele , founder of Women...