LJN Newsletters

  • Agentic AI introduces risks that are novel and complex, but the most effective response is a familiar one. Zero Trust answers the problem of when an AI agent misfires on its own by constraining what an agent can do rather than betting on how it will behave.

    July 31, 2026Matt Kelly and Kim T. Le and Alexander J. Franchilli
  • The outsourcing of office and administrative services is expected to grow 50%-60% in the next five years. Contrary to what decision-makers think, and what the service providers hope you think, the biggest risk in outsourcing isn't choosing the wrong provider. It's outsourcing the wrong process, under the wrong model, with the wrong performance measures and contract terms.

    July 31, 2026Rob Mattern
  • Headless is a simple idea with a complicated name: de-couple what a system knows from how it shows it. In a headless model, the firm’s intelligence layer sits underneath the AI tools. The interface can change, the AI platform can change, but the data layer remains the strategic prerequisite.

    July 31, 2026Tom Baldwin
  • On July 1, a narrowed version of SB 690 passed another legislative hurdle in lawmakers’ efforts to curb rampant wiretapping litigation in California. The new amendments curtail enforcement of CIPA’s trap and trace/ pen register provisions to the attorney general and the law would be retroactively applied for two years.

    July 31, 2026Bethany Lukitsch and Paul Karlsgodt and Andrew Burnquist and Safina Motiwala
  • When a debtor that is a landlord rejects a real property lease in bankruptcy, the tenant has a choice. Either the tenant can treat the lease as terminated or retain its rights under the lease. These rights include the use, possession, quiet enjoyment, subletting and hypothecation of the property. In a recent case, the parties and the court grappled with this question: when does the tenant need to make that decision? When the lease is rejected, or by some other date?

    July 31, 2026Daniel A. Lowenthal
  • Most sampling disputes are settled, but today there are enough legal guidelines to constructively analyze potential or actual sampling claims. This article examines several 2026 court decisions involving music sampling disputes.

    July 31, 2026Stan Soocher
  • A recent First Department case explores the breadth of the Uniform Heirs Property Act (RPAPL 993) which significantly modifies the partition process for property determined to be “heirs property.”

    July 31, 2026Stewart E. Sterk