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Top Security Intrusion Trends the Legal Community Should Watch
Lawyers (whether corporate counsel or outside counsel) are increasingly expected to understand the implications of cybersecurity when providing advice relating to a long list of matters that include privacy compliance, contract compliance, data breach response, data breach litigation, M&A due diligence, and insurance coverage. Legal counsel, as trusted neutral advisors, are uniquely qualified to help navigate risk considerations and bridge customer deliverables and workforce expectations with adequate security and shifting legal requirements. As a result, it is important that lawyers understand the latest trends in cyber intrusions that may expose their stakeholders to unwarranted risk and allow adversaries to exploit technical and human vulnerabilities. This understanding will make lawyers effective in establishing a program that properly addresses security within the greater context of organizational risk.
If a risk-mitigation program is not tailored to what the company does and what the company has, the organization is bound to be doing too little in some areas and perhaps even too much in others. This problem can lead to inadequate allocation of resources, underutilization of security and other assets, and likely, unknown exposure to threats and vulnerabilities.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel
'Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel is a continuation of the discussion of client expectations and the disconnect that often occurs. And although the outside attorneys should be pursuing how inside-counsel actually think, inside counsel should make an effort to impart this information without waiting to be asked.