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Use a WISP to Detail Data Security Processes and Controls
The written information security plan (WISP) is not just another compliance document, it's a practical roadmap that turns abstract data protection duties into concrete business practices.
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5 Operational Foundations That Determine Whether Your Tech Investments Will Succeed In 2026
The difference between technology investments that succeed and those that fail may have less to do with the tools themselves than the operational foundation beneath them.
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5 Reasons Law Firms Keep Undervaluing Their Administrative Backbone and How to Fix It
The firms investing in administrative strategy — and in the people who embody it — continue to be the ones turning innovation into true competitive advantage.
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The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act After 'Laurelton'
In 2019, the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act/RPAPL §993 (the UPHPA) reshaped the rights of co-owners of inherited property in New York, replacing the traditional, sale-favoring partition system with a multi-layered process designed to limit the right to seek partition and to prioritize family ownership. The Second Department’s sweeping decision confirms that the partition landscape has drastically changed.
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Bankruptcy Court Provides a Clear Benchmark on the Uses and Limits of Leveraging AI
In a decision of first impression, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois imposed sanctions on a debtor’s counsel and his law firm for filing a brief that included fabricated citations to case law and nonexistent quotations that were generated by AI.
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‘Secret Sales’ of Invention Can Destroy Novelty Requirement
Can a sale that does not actually expose the to-be-patented invention to the public destroy the novelty of that invention? The answer to this question, which is often somewhat surprising to inventors and business owners, is “yes” — there are certain circumstances in which even a nonpublic, secret sale can trigger the novelty bar.
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SEC Halts Substantive Review of Public Company Requests to Exclude Certain Shareholder Proposals
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decision to halt substantive review of public company requests to exclude certain shareholder proposals has investor groups concerned their voices will be diminished in U.S. corporate governance.
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The Emerging Regulatory Landscape of AI In the Hospitality Industry
This article surveys the emerging regulatory and legal AI landscape and consider steps the hospitality industry stakeholders can take to safeguard against potential exposure as they consider adopting AI tools to drive improved performance.
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How to Get Published and Why It Matters
In an increasingly competitive legal landscape, publishing high-quality articles is one of the most effective ways for attorneys to demonstrate subject-matter expertise, attract clients, and strengthen professional credibility.
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Holes in U.S. Copyright Office’s Guidance for AI-Assisted Works
When can an artist using AI tools copyright their work? Earlier this year, the Copyright Office addressed the issue and rejected the proposition that only prompting an AI model can create a copyrightable work. But Copyright Office’s analysis missed that “randomness” for a computer means something entirely different than we generally think, ultimately underselling the amount of control someone can have over a model’s output.
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