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The State of Legal Finance in 2020

Ari Kaplan

Legal industry analyst Ari Kaplan interviewed 32 lawyers from Finland, France, Hong Kong, Norway, Singapore, the UK and the U.S. about the evolution of legal finance. He also surveyed 20 in-house lawyers at Fortune 500 companies and 18 law firm lawyers from Australia, the Cayman Islands, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, Sweden, the UK, and the U.S. about emerging trends in legal finance. Below are some of his findings and what they indicate about the current state of the sector.

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Expect Flurry of Bankruptcy Filings With Coronavirus Slowdown

Lidia Dinkova

Potential Clients Are Reaching Out to Bankruptcy Attorneys to Assess the Need for Business Filings Bankruptcy attorneys expected to get calls as the coronavirus pandemic swiftly slowed the economy — and they were right.

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What a Difference 3 Months Can Make

Lisa Brown

The coronavirus has brokers guessing as to how this will affect leasing in the short term, and a report says leasing activity is likely to have a degree of decline in transaction volumes compared to pre-crisis expectations

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Force Majeure and the Doctrine of Impossibility

John Kelly

The COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in landlords and tenants closely reviewing a clause in their lease that was long considered unimportant boilerplate. Yes, we are referring to the "force majeure" provision.

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Recovery Models for e-Discovery and Litigation Support Services that Make an Impact

Nathan Curtis

In 2019, Mattern went to the market to conduct its first deep dive into e-discovery and litigation support cost recovery in the 2020 e-Discovery and Litigation Support Cost Recovery Survey. Some of the results surprised us.

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Venue Reform in Corporate Bankruptcies

ssalkin

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a bill that aims to limit where distressed companies can file bankruptcy, making it harder for companies to file outside of the jurisdiction where they are headquartered or have most of their assets. The Bankruptcy Strategist asked Robert J. Gayda, a partner in Seward & Kissel's Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Group who represents a clients in all aspects of restructuring, about his thoughts on proposed venue reform in corporate bankruptcies.

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Coronavirus 'Brutal' for Real Estate Transactions as Lenders Hit Brakes on Financing Image

Coronavirus 'Brutal' for Real Estate Transactions as Lenders Hit Brakes on Financing

Lidia Dinkova

Much like other everyday activities, real estate transactions are coming to a halt because lenders are holding back over the coronavirus pandemic.

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Why the Cannabis Industry Must Address the Unique Challenges of Mandated Data Retention

Anita Sabine & Brandon Reilly

Two overarching factors increase the cannabis industry's data security risks: data sensitivity brought on by federal illegality and lingering cultural divisiveness; and massive, mandated data footprints brought on by intense state and local regulatory scrutiny.

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The Coronavirus Is Delaying a Construction Project. What Does Your Contract Say?

Erika Morphy

Construction project delays that could put developers in default of their contracts. Now is the time to re-examine those contracts to see what exactly they have agreed to.

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New Normal Sets In for White-Collar Lawyers in the Virus Era

C. Ryan Barber

In a practice that prizes in-person meetings, virtual communication has become commonplace.

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