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Law Firms Embracing 'Hoteling' to Save On Office Lease Costs

Anthony Davies

While new to law firms, hoteling strategies are line with the practices of companies in other verticals where hoteling and 100% work flexibility have been successfully in place for some time.

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Keeping Track of Developments in Cases That Pit Creative Content Against AI Programs

Stan Soocher

2024 starts off with court decisions and procedural rulings that took shape in 2023 in lawsuits that were filed over the collision of creative content with generative AI programs. Most of the complaints allege copyright infringement and related claims prompted by the unlicensed copyright works that AI companies input into their AI programs.

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Split Second Circuit Narrows Bankruptcy Code's Settlement Payment Safe Harbor Image

Split Second Circuit Narrows Bankruptcy Code's Settlement Payment Safe Harbor

Michael L. Cook

The majority was sensibly concerned with the possible structuring of leveraged buyouts by artful counsel who would use a financial institution as a "mere conduit" to exploit the Code's safe harbor.

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The Benefits of Utilizing a Written Joint Defense Agreement Properly Tailored to Limit Future Conflicts

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida illustrates a benefit of utilizing a written joint defense agreement properly tailored to limit future conflicts, rather than relying on the oral agreements that are common among many practitioners.

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Start 2024 By Embracing the Synergy Between Retirements and Succession Planning

Sharon Meit Abrahams

Attorneys retiring and succession planning are critical issues are often overlooked at the management level of law firms. A key question arises: What should come first, retirement or succession planning? Although they go hand in hand, many firms avoid addressing both.

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How Likely FTC's Comments On Copyright & AI May Become Policy Image

How Likely FTC's Comments On Copyright & AI May Become Policy

Isha Marathe

The FTC said that the misuse of training data like infringing on a work's copyright license is tantamount to unfair competition, thus implicating consumer protection with copyright policy and securing the agency's jurisdiction in the regulatory space.

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Distressed Real Estate Bankruptcies Continue, Despite Interest Rate Peak

Andrew C. Kassner & Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

Although interest rates may have peaked, we continue to expect a large volume of distressed real estate debtors to utilize the bankruptcy system over the next couple of years. This article analyzes two recent decisions regarding distressed real estate bankruptcies, both of which involve rights of real estate lenders against proceeds of collateral other than the real estate itself.

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Nurture Your Clients To Develop, and Deepen, Relationships

Yuliya LaRoe

Business development is, first and foremost, about people and your relationships with these people. While marketing and visibility activities (speaking, writing, etc.) are critical, it's the people who ultimately make the hiring decisions. As a lawyer, while time is rarely on your side, developing your Nurture System will help you strengthen and deepen your important relationships in ways that are sustainable and effective.

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Distressed Real Estate Filings to Continue

Andrew C. Kassner & Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

Although interest rates may have peaked, we continue to expect a large volume of distressed real estate debtors to utilize the bankruptcy system over the next couple of years. This article analyzes two recent decisions regarding distressed real estate bankruptcies, both of which involve rights of real estate lenders against proceeds of collateral other than the real estate itself.

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Interviews With Defense Lawyers In Authors' AI Suit Against Meta

Ross Todd

Whether there's a fair use right to use copyrighted texts to train learning language models (LLMs) such as LLaMA is one of the central legal questions facing companies developing generative artificial intelligence. District Judge Chhabria then knocked out a significant chunk of the plaintiffs' initial claims — a win for Meta's legal team. Following are interviews about the case with these defense lawyers.

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