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Cybersecurity Concerns Grow In Russia's War

James Carstensen

After a raft of debilitating Western sanctions on Russia and the exodus of global firms from Moscow, Russia-originating cyber attacks are a growing concern among law firms, as the war delivers the loudest reminder yet to both firms and their clients that they must be prepared.

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Moving from Unstructured to Structured Data

Jeff Cox

Data is everywhere. From the Zoom calls you're on, to the emails you send, the documents you work on, and the legal system you interact with, unstructured data is inherent in everything law firms and legal departments do. To make the most of this growing gold mine of data, law firms and legal departments must invest in better structuring of their data.

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Ninth Circuit Allows Data Scraping from LinkedIn Image

Ninth Circuit Allows Data Scraping from LinkedIn

Marianna Wharry

The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed data analytics company hiQ Labs Inc.'s ability to scrape publicly available data from LinkedIn's platform despite the social media company's claim that the data collected violated federal hacking laws.

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California Consumer Privacy Law Cases Climbing, and Not Just In California Image

California Consumer Privacy Law Cases Climbing, and Not Just In California

Jessica Mach

Plaintiffs filed 145 lawsuits last year to enforce provisions under the CCPA, a 60% increase from 2020. Lawsuits alleging violations of the California law were also filed across the country, pending at one point in 33 courts across 20 states.

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You Won't Know It When You See It: The Challenges of Fabricated Evidence in the Digital Age Image

You Won't Know It When You See It: The Challenges of Fabricated Evidence in the Digital Age

John G. Browning & Jonathan Bailie

How significant is the threat of fabricated digital evidence that can alter the outcome of a case? In today's wired workplace, it's considerable.

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The Slack Explosion: Convenient Yet Complicated  Image

The Slack Explosion: Convenient Yet Complicated 

Elizabeth Pollock-King

Part One of a Two-Part Series The informality of chat culture not only makes chat data harder to search, it also results in huge volumes of a new kind of data that must be processed in unique ways before it can be reviewed.

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Attorneys Forecast Legal Challenges In NFTs

Cedra Mayfield

As nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, continue to grow in popularity through cryptocurrency purchase, sale and trade online, opportunities for entertainment attorneys in the emerging industry also are booming. For this article, attorneys shared how they're grabbing hold of NFT-related work and the challenges they foresee.

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Opportunities, Risks and Strategies In the Metaverse

Brandon Leahy and Chloe Delehanty 

While it is still unknown how the metaverse will take shape lawyers advising brands should familiarize themselves with the opportunities it presents, the risks involved, and strategies to consider for enhancing and protecting a client's brand.

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The Legal Difficulties of Blockchain Domain Names Image

The Legal Difficulties of Blockchain Domain Names

Jonathan Bick

Blockchain domain names, a new set of domain names, are ripe for cryptocurrency legal abuse and generally not susceptible to traditional legal amelioration. A combination of legal, business and technological approaches is best used to address blockchain domain name legal difficulties.

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Keep Terms of Service and Privacy Notices Separate Image

Keep Terms of Service and Privacy Notices Separate

Shawn Helms, David Saunders & David Sorenson

This article examines why terms of service and privacy notices should work in conjunction with one another, but also why it is not advisable to incorporate privacy notices into online terms of service.

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