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Twitter Chat Recap
Several members of Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy's Board of Editors and contributors to Law.com and our ALM sibling GlobeSt.com took part in a Twitter chat on "Do We Need Offices Anymore?"
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Upcoming Webinar: Does COVID-19 Trigger Force Majeure? Navigating the Legal and Business Issues
Join Corporate Counsel Editor in Chief Heather Nevitt and international lawyer Lisa Richman in a discussion about the practical implications of force majeure in making business decisions state-by-state and across the globe.
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COVID-19 and Working Remotely: Embracing the Changes and the Challenges In a Pandemic
Experts share their experience and insight around workplace trends and the value of technology tools to drive productivity and engagement in a roundtable discussion.
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The State of the e-Discovery and Data Privacy Job Market: Pre- and Post-COVID-19, Part 1
Part One of a Two-Part Article This deep dive into the specific cause-and-effect paradigms impacting the data privacy and e-discovery verticals illustrates broader trends in the overall legal technology job market while simultaneously giving professionals in (or eager to be in) those disciplines a clear roadmap of where the legal technology, data privacy, and ESI job market was, is today, and where it will be in the future.
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The Critical Role of Law Firm PR During the COVID-19 Crisis
PR is earned and sustainable, especially during a crisis. That's why PR is positioned to step up, take a leadership position and have the greatest impact on company reputation during tumultuous times. The focus and approach necessarily changes during a crisis, but the work should go on.
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Cybersecurity for Remote Workers: Keeping Financial Information Secure
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses scrambled to rapidly deploy a remote workforce which created new challenges for businesses to continue operating and providing critical services. It also created an opportunity for malicious actors to hack into and gain access to IT systems and sensitive, personal information.
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Court of Appeals Upholds Pipeline Condemnation
This article focuses on a recent decision upholding a pipeline developer's exercise of eminent domain under New York law in National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. Schueckler.
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Man of La Mancha Revival Dispute Involves Whether Attorney/Client Relationship Arose
A thorny concern for lawyers is whether — and if so, when — an attorney/client relationship has been formed with a party with whom the lawyer has entered into a business arrangement. Current litigation over an agreement involving theatrical production rights to the Tony Award-winning musical Man of La Mancha offers some perspective on the issue.
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Lessons from the Insider Trading Prohibition Act After Its Likely Demise In the Senate
For a moment there, it really looked like it was going to happen. After a long and winding road, insider trading reform had reached the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote. The Insider Trading Prohibition Act (ITPA) had support on both sides of the aisle and on Dec. 5, 2019, the House voted to pass the ITPA. Then the bill went to the Senate and vanished. We should take this opportunity to learn what lessons we can from the successes and failures of the ITPA as a bill with an eye toward fashioning the best possible legislation next time — whenever that may be.
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