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How Cultivating Existing Client Relationships Can Boost Business Development
Advances in CRM software can help connect lawyers across the firm, allowing them to compete as one firm and build on the successful results they have already delivered for clients.
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How Privacy Laws Shape COVID-19 Reopening Plans
When it comes to processing personal information, Americans do not have a general right to privacy because the United States does not have a comprehensive privacy law. That does not mean, however, that employers are not subject to other privacy requirements.
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Legal Tech: Spring 2020 E-Discovery and Privacy Case Review
This quarter's review will take a look at data in three formats: text messages, paper records and overseas email disputes.
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Legal Tech: Legal Departments Leaving Light On for E-Discovery Providers Willing to Renegotiate
In the COVID-19 economy, in-house legal departments will likely continue to insource many of their e-discovery needs since the same staff can often be used to perform other vital office functions. However, some departments may use this as an opportunity to try and negotiate lower prices with outside e-discovery providers.
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Legal Tech: As Bankruptcies Grow, E-Discovery Counsels' Work May Become More Challenging
Businesses reeling after multiple international stay-at-home mandates are finding themselves out of options and filing for bankruptcy. The situation has led some law firms to cash in on bankruptcy service, and made many cautiously optimistic that the bankruptcy practice will be in high-demand during the current recession.
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New Jersey's Latest Effort on the Privacy Front
New Jersey legislators are joining a growing line of states in proposing a bill to strengthen data privacy protections, following in the footsteps of privacy laws enacted in Europe and California.
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A CCPA Private Right of Action on the Horizon
Class Action Complaints Test Whether Plaintiffs Can Sue for Any Violation of the CCPA This article provides an overview of how the CCPA addresses private rights of action, summarizes recent class action complaints that attempt to use CCPA violations as the basis for class-wide claims, and provides suggestions for prioritizing activity in CCPA compliance programs in this new litigation environment.
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Privacy and Compliance Services: Why the Market Is Rumbling Against the Big Four
With the advent of stringent privacy regulations in Europe and the United States, corporations are spending more time and money scrambling to ensure their privacy and compliance processes are able to withstand these high levels of scrutiny. At the same time, competition to provide these services is heating up as the Big Four professional services firms plant their stakes more broadly in this fertile ground.
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Privacy Is Top Priority But Spending Will Decrease, Survey Says
Exterro's Annual Study of Legal Spend Management indicates that organizations are expecting to spend less on compliance with privacy laws in 2020 as they wait to see how new regulations like the CCPA are enforced first.
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COVID-19: Cybersecurity and Insurance Coverage
When cyber attacks succeed, in-house counsel and risk management professionals will look for coverage under their cyber insurance policies. Insurance coverage for such incidents, however, are also present in other policies, and these other policies should not be cast aside.
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