Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Features

The State of the e-Discovery and Data Privacy Job Market: Pre and Post COVID-19 – Part 2 Image

The State of the e-Discovery and Data Privacy Job Market: Pre and Post COVID-19 – Part 2

Jared Coseglia

A deep dive into the pre and post pandemic e-discovery job market landscape and what data privacy professionals can learn from ESI employment trends. Part Two of a Two-Part Article

Features

In Decision of First Impression, Court Decides 'Gap Grants' Can Be Terminated Under §203 of U.S. Copyright Act Image

In Decision of First Impression, Court Decides 'Gap Grants' Can Be Terminated Under §203 of U.S. Copyright Act

Stan Soocher

In the 1976 Copyright Act, Congress inserted a termination right for authors or their successors for pre-January 1, 1978, assignments of copyrighted works. However, the legislators didn't directly address a key issue: how to determine termination rights for what are known as "gap grant" works — that is, those created post-1977 under copyright assignments made before then.

Features

COVID-19 and Force Majeure Clauses Image

COVID-19 and Force Majeure Clauses

Neil J. Rosini & Michael I. Rudell

The COVID-19 outbreak has wreaked havoc on the entertainment industry. Productions have been halted and distribution channels disrupted. In the midst of this pandemic, one big question for contracting parties is whether force majeure will excuse or postpone a party's obligations without liability.

Features

Legal Technology, Advanced Analytics, and the Impact of the Pandemic on Innovation In the Automotive Industry Image

Legal Technology, Advanced Analytics, and the Impact of the Pandemic on Innovation In the Automotive Industry

Tariq Hafeez

For the automotive industry already facing cost constraints as a result of the pandemic, the predicted increase in litigation activity accentuates the need to invest in innovative service and delivery models to cut litigation costs.

Features

COVID-19 Related Governmental Shut Down Order Triggers Force Majeure Provision In Restaurant Leases Image

COVID-19 Related Governmental Shut Down Order Triggers Force Majeure Provision In Restaurant Leases

Marisa L. Byram

While commercial leases and the force majeure clauses contained in such leases vary widely, a recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois may provide guidance to parties and help them to resolve similar disputes without resorting to the courts.

Features

Undercutting the Cost of Underperforming Attorneys Is Your Responsibility Image

Undercutting the Cost of Underperforming Attorneys Is Your Responsibility

Sharon Meit Abrahams

As a firm leader it is your fiscal responsibility to address underperforming attorneys. With COVID-19, are your underperformers flying under the radar? The cost to a firm is not only to the bottom line, but to your reputation as a leader.

Features

FL Federal Court Rules 'Despacito' Doesn't Infringe on 'Despasito' Image

FL Federal Court Rules 'Despacito' Doesn't Infringe on 'Despasito'

Raychel Lean

Federal Judge Kathleen Williams recently analyzed the hit song "Despacito" in a copyright lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, when she found its writers had not copied an earlier Spanish song with the same name.

Features

What Happens to Surplus Funds in Tax Lien Foreclosures? Image

What Happens to Surplus Funds in Tax Lien Foreclosures?

Stewart E. Sterk

When a sale follows a municipality's foreclosure on a tax lien, who is entitled to sale proceeds that exceed the amount of the tax lien?

Features

Summer 2020 Data Privacy Updates Image

Summer 2020 Data Privacy Updates

Rebecca Perry

America and the EU Continue Altering Data Privacy Frameworks for Businesses A close look at a couple of privacy-related issuances from California, along with the European Court of Justice ruling invalidating the EU-U.S. privacy shield.

Features

What's Your Trademark Worth? Determining the Value of Trademarks For Collateral, Sale or Licensing Image

What's Your Trademark Worth? Determining the Value of Trademarks For Collateral, Sale or Licensing

Stacey C. Kalamaras & Henry Kaskov

This article explores the options available to a client to value its trademarks during a financial crisis, to ensure one of the most valuable assets it owns can continue to work for the company and see it through the lean times.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES