§5.19 Client Identity; Fee Arrangements

Alternative Fee Arrangements: an Idea Whose Time Has Come?

In this new legal economy, many clients have begun to reexamine the concept of alternative fee arrangements (“AFAs”) as an alternative to the billable hour model of legal services. A survey conducted by the Association of Corporate Counsel in 2008 found that 60% of general counsel and chief legal officers believed that the best way for outside counsel to improve relations would be to offer more...

Bass' identity and a coin arrangements lemma

There is no doubt that the Riemann zeta function is a function of great significance in number theory because of its connection to the distribution of prime numbers. The Ihara zeta function was first introduced by Ihara [5]. This zeta function is associated with a finite graph and aperiodic closed walks in it. Bass’ identity [1] shows that the Ihara zeta function is a determinant. It is shown i...

A Universal Client-Based Identity Management Tool

A wide variety of identity management systems have been introduced to improve the security and usability of user authentication; however, password-based authentication remains the dominant technology despite its well known shortcomings. In this paper we describe a client-based identity management tool we call IDSpace, designed to address this problem by providing a single user interface and use...

The Business of Startup Law: Alternative Fee Arrangements and Agency Costs in Entrepreneurial Law

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Obesity in childhood is a very common disorder with an increasing prevalence. It is one of the most serious public health challenges. The objectives of the present paper are to increase the awareness of the problem of obesity in childhood, its serious complications and the need for prevention. Overweight and obese children are likely to remain obese into adulthood and more likely to develop ser...