LJN Newsletters

  • Consolidation: Coming to a Firm Near You?

    Automate Onboarding & Offboarding Processes for Smoother Transitions Questions about the role of AI in the legal market continue to dominate current headlines, but firm consolidation remains a big part of the transformation the industry is undergoing. And yes, technology and automation are playing key parts in this. As firms merge or acquire others to expand their capabilities and client base, a streamlined approach to attorney onboarding and offboarding has become essential.

    August 01, 2023Harold Westervelt

  • New Report: The Expanding Influence of Legal Operations

    Ari Kaplan interviewed 50 legal operations professionals to better understand how they are adapting to today's legal, business, and operations landscapes, including examining the effect of contract lifecycle management tools and the rise of analytics and artificial intelligence on their law departments.

    August 01, 2023Ari Kaplan

  • Legal Marketers and Business Developers Are Bullish On AI

    As buzz around artificial intelligence continues to grow, law firm leaders are by and large taking a cautious approach. But when it comes to the marketing and business side of the legal industry, leaders are bullish about the prospects of AI assisting their overworked teams, with many actively exploring possible applications, if not using them already.

    August 01, 2023Max Mitchell

  • 'All Messages Matter': Crisis Insights from Law Firm Marketing Pros

    In June, when the internal emails of former Lewis Brisbois partners were leaked to the New York Post a month after the partners, along with over 100 other attorneys, left the firm to start their own, it offered another lesson to learn in crisis management.

    August 01, 2023Everett Catts

  • A Diverse Patent Portfolio Better Protects Artificial Intelligence Inventions

    Takeaways from 'IBM v. Zillow' from A Patent Drafting Perspective Part One of a Two-Part Article This two-part article sheds light on several important aspects of patents on AI technology. In Part One, we provide a general overview of the IBM v. Zillow lawsuit and discuss strategies to diversify patent portfolios to maximize protection on AI-related technology.

    August 01, 2023Xuechen (Rebecca) Ding and Aseet Patel

  • The Intersection of Generative AI and Copyright Law

    Whether prompted to write a corporate slogan, create music, generate works of art and advertisements, or summarize a book — GAI can do it all. However, its increasing popularity means that users of GAI programs face substantial intellectual property risks — particularly when businesses use GAI for marketing and other public-facing purposes.

    August 01, 2023Karl Zielaznicki, Victoria D. Summerfield and Eliza Cen

  • Trade Secrets Management In Taiwan

    Recognizing the value of trade secrets, many countries have successively enacted and amended laws to strengthen the protection of corporate trade secrets.

    August 01, 2023Chia-Yun Lu and Jeffrey A. Pade

  • Insurance Issues In AI-Related Risks

    Most entertainment industry organizations have by now heard the warning bells of risks that come with the use of artificial intelligence technology, from data privacy and cybersecurity threats to potential copyright infringement and discrimination claims. In face of the recent spike in AI-related litigation, such risks could soon prove costly, leaving one last barrier of defense for entertainment companies that use AI: insurance.

    August 01, 2023Cassandre Coyer