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Cyberattacks on U.S. Courts System Affect White-Collar Criminal Clients
The federal judiciary’s electronic case management system, known as CM/ECF, was hacked in large-scale cyberattacks this summer. Although court officials are mum on the possible perpetrators, news reports have said investigators suspect that the hacking could possibly have been perpetrated by Russian state-linked actors. The far-reaching breach has exposed the identities of cooperating witnesses and victims.
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A Business Guide to the U.S. AI-Privacy Crossroads
As AI becomes more embedded in everyday life and business operations, companies are facing a growing regulatory maze at the intersection of state privacy laws and emerging AI standards. This article explores the privacy laws that impact the use of AI and automated decision making and offers a practical guide for business leaders that aligns AI innovation with privacy expectations.
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Legal Teams Are Leaving Critical Mobile Evidence on the Table
One of the most revealing contradictions in today’s legal landscape is hiding in plain sight. Mobile data now plays a role in more than 75% of e-discovery matters, yet fewer than half of legal teams say they see it in even half of their cases. In an era of encrypted messaging, BYOD policies, and dispersed workforces, this isn’t just an oversight, it’s a liability.
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Cloud Migration for E-Discovery and RelativityOne
This is the first article in a two-part series dedicated to examining the evolving landscape of e-discovery for legal professionals. Part One addresses the complex challenges and established best practices associated with migrating e-discovery processes to the cloud, emphasizing perspectives from law firms and legal IT specialists.
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Cybersecurity Safe Harbor? There Be Dragons
When we examine where the dragons be in cyber litigation, you’ll start to realize that there are safer, deeper ports in which to anchor. And those are just about every state in the Union and every federal agency that has cybersecurity regulations where “reasonability” is the standard of care.
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Beyond Pilots: Smarter Paths to Generative AI in Law Firms
Stop running pilot after pilot with different tools but failing to move beyond testing. Start with business outcomes. Redesign processes and guardrails. Rethink pricing models. And then, with clarity of purpose, choose the tools that enable the future of legal work.
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How AI Is Transforming the Buyer Journey: The End of Google, Part One
The end of Google page one is not the end of discovery. It is the beginning of a new discovery model — one where the winners are those who align with how buyers actually search, learn, and decide in the age of AI.
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Preserving Business Data When Employees Leave: A Mobile Device Offboarding Checklist
When employees leave, they don’t just walk out the door with their personal belongings, they often take with them valuable institutional knowledge, IP, and other business-critical data. Without proper data retention policies for departing employees, organizations risk losing essential information, exposing themselves to security threats, and facing costly legal consequences.
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AI Isn’t Replacing Lawyers — It’s Changing How They Work
Instead of eliminating legal jobs, generative AI can be transformative for the in-house role by stripping away repetitive tasks and giving lawyers room to focus on higher-value work.
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The Ovsiannikov Breach and Why Enhanced Due Diligence Must Become a Compliance Standard
In April 2025, the United Kingdom secured its first-ever criminal conviction for a breach of Russian sanctions — a milestone in the global enforcement landscape. But beneath the headline lies a far more pressing narrative: how a sanctioned Politically Exposed Person (PEP) was able to enter the UK, open a bank account, and launder funds through mainstream financial and non-financial institutions without detection.
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