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Data Breach Liability
Today's legal departments are undergoing fundamental changes thanks in part to the imminent threat of ongoing cyberattacks. Given the massive breaches at some of the world's visible brands, it is increasingly clear that cybersecurity can no longer be regarded as the exclusive domain of IT.
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A Practical Primer on Enterprise Legal Management
During the past 30 years, corporate legal departments made the move from paper case files, word processing documents, and Excel spreadsheets to what is now the industry standard: enterprise legal management (ELM). This article offers a primer about the primary components of ELM, its cost savings, its benefits, and the relationship between corporate IT and legal departments.
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Debating Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms
Lawyers love a debate, and it looks like a doozy is set concerning nonlawyer ownership of law firms (NLO).
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The Proliferation Of Patent Boxes
Patent box is the catchy shorthand label that has been given to the tax incentive programs for intellectual property assets that have recently sprung up all over the world. While it may be descriptive of the British system, it is hardly descriptive of most tax regimes in other nations.
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Privacy v. Data Security
The year 2005 really marked the beginning of the "era of data breaches," and with it, the "era of data breach lawsuits." In its place, what is now commonplace in the wake of major data breaches ' class action "privacy" litigation on behalf of data subjects, seeking millions of dollars in damages, under a dizzying array of legal theories.
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Cost Recovery in 2016
2016 is in full swing and we will soon be conducting the 2016 Mattern & Associates Cost Recovery Survey. We've been conducting this bi-annual survey since 2004 and, during that time, it has become an industry resource for tracking the cost recovery practices of law firms across size and geography.
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<i>TriVascular, Inc. v. Samuels</i>
On Feb. 5, 2016, in <i>TriVascular, Inc. v. Samuels, </i> the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the written decision of the PTABin an <i>Inter Partes</i> Review. In particular, the court affirmed the Board's conclusion that the '575 patent was not invalid as being obvious over the prior art of record despite the Board's initial institution of the IPR based on obviousness grounds.
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Ninth Circuit Finds No Publicity Claim In <i>Hurt Locker</i>
The producers of the movie <i>The Hurt Locker</i> had a First Amendment right to fictionalize the experience of a U.S. Army explosives technician in the Iraq war, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled.
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i.think Therefore i.am? Not Exactly
Fame, they say, is fleeting ' but the brands and value they create are not. Little wonder the adopted names of certain stars become not only brands in the popular imagination, but also legally defended rights and trademarks.
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Drone Financing Opportunities Emerge As FAA Creates New Drone Regulations
Is financing or leasing drones a flight of fancy or a real business opportunity for lenders and lessors? In this article, we show that, properly structured, opportunities for financing and leasing commercial drones exist today, but will grow rapidly in the foreseeable future for lenders and lessors ("financiers") as the drone industry produces ever more sophisticated equipment and services.
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