LJN Newsletters

  • With 'Great Resignation', Corporations Need to Prepare for the Great Investigation

    Major crisis events, such as political uprisings or financial downturns, are typically followed by an increase in fraud in the business sector and heightened risk to corporate IP and other sensitive information. Anecdotally, this seems to be proving out again in the recent and ongoing fallout from the pandemic. Even before this Great Resignation movement, corporations across the globe were reporting increases in suspicious activity, data leakage, IP theft and other data risks stemming from departing employees and remote workers.

    January 01, 2022Veeral Gosalia

  • Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds

    It started as a hushed rumor in the beltway, then became a known fact by those going to join the administration. And now we all know: The Biden administration has brought with it a renewed focus on data privacy and cybersecurity.

    January 01, 2022David Saunders and Julian L. André

  • 'Never Trust, Always Verify': Zero Trust Security

    Recognizing the ever-increasing cyber threats to businesses, government entities, and individuals, the White House announced that Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must migrate toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Architecture by September 2024. Under Zero Trust, trust is the ultimate vulnerability of any system and, therefore, trust has to be eliminated from a business' cybersecurity approach.

    January 01, 2022Rebecca L. Warren

  • Enforcement of Obligations Imposed In SEQRA Findings Statements

    When, at the culmination of environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), a municipality resolves to require a developer to ameliorate environmental impacts, can anyone other than the municipality itself enforce the requirement?

    January 01, 2022Stewart E. Sterk

  • Using Section 365(n) to Minimize Loss of Use of IP In Licensor Bankruptcy

    This article provides an overview of Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, a key provision within the Code that allows a debtor to assume, assume and assign, or reject certain executory contracts and unexpired leases.

    January 01, 2022By Richard Assmus, Matthew Wargin, Monique Mulcare and Danielle Corn

  • Fresh Filings

    Notable court filings in entertainment law.

    January 01, 2022ELF Staff

  • Landlord & Tenant Law

    Nonpayment Proceeding Not Available for Use and Occupancy Questions of Fact About Whether Landlord Accepted Surrender Improper Withholding of Consent Does Not Excuse Guarantor Loft Board's Rejection of Abandonment Petition Upheld

    January 01, 2022NYRE Staff

  • COVID Pandemic Allows CMOs to Use Tech to Drive Firm Growth

    Perhaps it was not surprising that when the pandemic hit last year, chief marketing officers and their teams were among the first included in layoffs and budget cuts. But over the last several months, a new narrative has emerged: Law firms have turned bullish toward investments in marketing and technology.

    January 01, 2022Lavinia Calvert

  • Highlight Client Service Skills In the New Year

    Attorneys need their clients to see them as a trusted advisor and partner in their legal solutions. If the lawyer takes time at the beginning of the relationship to establish expectations, then future conflicts can be avoided or resolved more quickly.

    January 01, 2022Sharon Meit Abrahams

  • Potential Criminal and Civil Penalties of Digital Asset Exchanges

    This article discusses the potential criminal and civil penalties that companies can face if their employees engage in insider trading in digital assets, and suggests several measures that exchanges can take to reduce their exposure from such risks.

    January 01, 2022Nola B. Heller and Samson Enzer