LJN Newsletters

  • Privacy and Ethical Concerns of Vaccine Passports

    While the concept of digital vaccine passports might seem like a perfect solution, implementation is muddled not only by administrative feasibility, but the web of legal and business considerations raised if requiring the passport to return to the workplace or enter a business. This article untangles some of these complex legal considerations, including privacy and ethical concerns, offering employers guidance in evaluating their feasibility at the workplace.

    April 01, 2021Emily N. Litzinger and Alexa R. Hanlon

  • Developments In Student Athletes' Publicity Rights

    The rights of college student-athletes to receive compensation for the use of their "name, image and likeness" (NIL) are finally being addressed. As…

    April 01, 2021Benjamin Tulis and Gregg E. Clifton

  • Corporate ESG Integration Not Optional

    Corporate ESG (environmental, social and governance) integration is becoming less optional every day, driven by increasing regulation, investor demand and the recent embrace of stakeholder capitalism.

    April 01, 2021Alexandra Poe and Bryan Sillaman

  • Competitive Intelligence: How Do You Listen When You're Not In the Room?

    Although we understood how important in-person listening was before the pandemic, the background listening was something we used to take for granted. Here are five ways to practice active listening and remain engaged when we can't be in a physical environment.

    April 01, 2021Patricia Ellard

  • Building Successful Partnerships Requires Collaboration

    Partnerships are relationships, ideally relationships built on trust and a common goal. Successful partnerships require all parties working together — working together to service a client fully, generate revenue and to build a business. This requires openness and coordination.

    April 01, 2021DeWitt A. Sullivan

  • California Privacy Protection Agency Roster Set

    California named five members to the inaugural board of the California Privacy Protection Agency, a new entity created by voters in 2020 that will enforce the state's sweeping consumer privacy laws.

    April 01, 2021Mike Scarcella

  • Landlords Could See Courts Sympathetic to Tenants In Eviction Lawsuits

    While residential cases will grab the headlines, commercial property owners, managers and their attorneys should know that financially troubled tenants will be making news of their own. Armed with the hope of keeping their business afloat, they will unveil, or expand on, defenses to mitigate the pandemic's financial impact and to save their leases.

    April 01, 2021James D. Silver

  • Congress Leaves SEC Subject to Litigation Over Disgorgement

    Buried in the massive National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 is §6501, a provision authorizing the SEC to seek disgorgement of unjust enrichment within 10 years for certain securities law violations, and five years for others.

    April 01, 2021Sarah Aberg and Chris Bosch

  • Synergizing Patents to Drive Innovation and Growth

    As intellectual property continues to influence business operations, more companies are considering defensive patent pools as a strategic measure to guard against threats that can stifle innovation and growth for both businesses and industries.

    April 01, 2021Siraj Husain