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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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U.S. Tax Court Considers Whether Net Operating Losses from Film Production Companies Are Deductible
Structuring finances for independent film productions isn't for the faint of heart, especially where there are multiple entities formed in different states involved in the productions; loans involving different entity members; and efforts on tax returns to deduct net operating losses (NOLs).
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More Lawsuits Enter AI/Content Creators War
The litigation warfront over the use of entertainment content in artificial intelligence software is rapidly escalating.
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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.
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