Masayoshi Son had “earned a reputation as the Bill Gates of Japan” by making it big with the software distributor SoftBank. According to Sebastian Mallaby in The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future, while Son’s “childhood home was a squatter’s shack near a railroad that he shared with six siblings,” he invested “like a desperado with nothing to lose, even when his fortune was worth billions.” This style served him well when he negotiated with Yahoo’s f

Personal Hands-On Trial Skills Training, March 11-14, ICLEF Conference Facility, Indianapolis, IN

“Does it help or hurt to be unpredictable in a negotiation,” I am often asked these days. Let me give you a great legal answer – it depends! What does it depend upon?

Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of the Ethernet computer-networking technology and founder of a tech company sold in 2010 to Hewlett-Packard for $2.7 billion, called this negotiation tactic of a potential venture capital investor the “Oh-by-the-Way Syndrome.” Here’s what happened. This venture firm would reach a tentative agreement with him on all the major terms, but then – just when he expected to sign – they would say “oh, by the way, we also need …,” and add another signifi

Law firms constantly change and evolve. So to do the ethics and malpractice issues guiding lawyers’ conduct and representations. Only through regular review and updating of a firm’s processes and procedures to align with such changes can lawyers avoid unwanted surprises.

Jeffrey B. Kolb was a preeminent Estate Planning attorney and longtime friend of ICLEF.  Jeff was born in 1951 in Ft Geo. Meade, Maryland.  He graduated from Indiana University – Bloomington in 1973 and from its school of law in 1976 which is the year he joined the fourth oldest law firm in the United States, Emison, Emison & Doolittle (Currently Emison Law Group) in Vincennes, Indiana.

Appellate Use of AI in Indiana is a timely, half-day ICLEF program designed to give Appellate Practitioners a current and forward-looking understanding of how artificial intelligence is shaping appellate work in Indiana. Learn the fundamentals of how AI tools function, hear directly from judges about how Indiana’s Appellate Courts are currently using AI and what may lie ahead, and gain guidance on effective, responsible ways to incorporate AI into Appellate Practice. The mo

Our son recently interviewed for internships this summer (he’s a Northwestern University junior double majoring in computer science and psychology). It got me thinking about one of the most consequential negotiations of our lives, our first real career opportunity. Why is this first job negotiation often disproportionately impactful? Because it almost always provides a baseline starting point for all future job negotiations So, what is especially crucial here as a jobsee

Join Mark S. Zuckerberg and Eric N. Engebretson for a discussion on topics including; • Nondischargeable of Support Alimony, Attorney Fees, Guardian Ad Litem Fees • Bankruptcy Stay Affect on Collection of Support, Alimony, Attorney Fees • The Difference Between Bankruptcy Chapters 7 and Chapter 13 • Writing Effective Settlement Agreements (Nondischargeable Clauses) • 523(a)( 5) vs 523 (a) (15)

As virtual practice continues to reshape the legal landscape, mediations and depositions on Zoom have become common—but not always seamless. In this fast-paced one-hour CLE, Lonnie Johnson will explore the practical and strategic ways Zoom impacts case preparation, witness dynamics, confidentiality, professionalism, and the overall effectiveness of both mediations and depositions – when everyone is just a square on a screen.