Features
Victoria Hudgins
The true extent of funding amounts fueling legal tech and e-discovery software companies will likely never be widely shared. The reason is simple: Without regulatory requirements, the competitive risks of disclosing these investments regularly outweighs any potential benefits.
Features
Laily Sheybani
The Biden administration seeks to position itself as one that will crack down on employers' attempts to limit their employees' mobility and pay through allegedly non-competitive measures.
Features
Erik Sherman
The rush to such sectors as industrial and multifamily has compressed cap rates, leaving many to reconsider how they measure value and leaning more toward internal rate of return.
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Nashville Bar Association Annual Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Institute
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Amanda Bronstad
A bankruptcy filing allows Johnson & Johnson to shift legal liability over its talc-based baby powder into a potential $2 billion compensation program for cancer victims, but not without a big fight from the plaintiffs bar.
Features
Andrew Maloney
The talent crunch has triggered alarm bells about law firms' long-term viability, as epic workloads and existential upheaval continue to rain on a generation that's less interested in the traditional benefits of Big Law life.
Features
Jacob Weichholz, Daniel Mayo
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Chris DeMayo
A summary of information on the various provisions under the new federal economic stimulus package.
Features
Stan Soocher
Johansson alleges that, in order to generate new subscribers for Disney+, Disney intentionally interfered with her talent agreement with Disney affiliate Marvel Studios for her featured role in Black Widow — and thus allegedly induced Marvel to breach a promise in the Johansson/Marvel agreement for the film to be initially distributed in exclusive "wide theatrical release." Updated Oct. 1 to reflect a confidential settlement reached in the case.
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Lisa A. Fontenot
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Michelle Rae Heisner
The gold in the gold rush in tech M&A is talent to develop and integrate artificial intelligence technology. Faced with a shortage in skilled employees, buyers are using "acquihires," a discreet M&A strategy that oftentimes flies under the news radar, to bolster AI benches.
Features
David P. Saunders
Why Are Courts Breaking the Rules and What Are the Unintended Consequences?
A lesson learned by young lawyers everywhere is that internal, corporate investigations can be, and frequently are, privileged. However, it is difficult to square that concept with the recent spate of federal court opinions that have concluded that cybersecurity forensic reports generally are not privileged.
