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Resolving the Competing Desires of Buyers and Tenants In Bankruptcy Image

Resolving the Competing Desires of Buyers and Tenants In Bankruptcy

Daniel A. Lowenthal

A Tension Between §§363(f) and 365(h) How do bankruptcy judges resolve the competing desires of buyers and tenants? Must buyers bid for property knowing that tenants might have the right to stay if their leases are rejected? Are tenants in jeopardy that they might have to move elsewhere to live or work?

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Juliet Gunev

Maryland Jury Convicts Former CEO of Israeli Company for Role In $145 Million Binary Options Fraud

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The Data-Driven Law Firm: The Next Frontier

Marcie Borgal Shunk

The next generation of elite law firms may have little in common with today's leading global providers of legal services. Whereas historically top-performing law firms combine stellar talent with marquee clients, brand reputation and client-focused excellence to rise to the top, future leading law firms are equally likely to rise to power using a distinctly different recipe: namely, a mixture of market savvy, strategic agility and operational effectiveness powered by data.

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Bankruptcy Court Rules U.S. Trustee Amended Fee Schedule Unconstitutional

Francis J. Lawall & Marcy J. McLaughlin

The Office of U.S. Trustee is known among practitioners as the "watchdog" of the bankruptcy process. To fund the U.S. Trustee, Chapter 11 debtors must pay quarterly fees. Following a recent substantial increase to the U.S. Trustee fee schedule, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the amended fee schedule to be unconstitutional because it was being applied nonuniformly to Chapter 11 debtors around the country.

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Despite State Law, Merger Extinguishes Renewal Rights of Successor in Interest Court May Rely on Parole Evidence to Show Illegal Purpose of Sublease

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The State of the U.S. Privacy Job Market, 2019

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A Reflection on the Year Behind, the Years Ahead and Why Privacy Means So Much to Us Part One of a Two-Part Article In just over a year since GDPR Day, privacy by design has made privacy as a profession one of the fastest growing and hottest verticals in and outside of the legal job market.

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Legislative Heat Wave: A Mid-Year Review of Upcoming Cybersecurity Laws and Enforcement Activity Image

Legislative Heat Wave: A Mid-Year Review of Upcoming Cybersecurity Laws and Enforcement Activity

Michael Bahar, Sarah Paul, Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik & Ali Jessani

While legislation to enhance data privacy rights and obligations continue to make headlines, regulators and legislators are also stepping up their cybersecurity expectations. In the first half of 2019, a number of states have updated their existing data breach notification laws and passed new cybersecurity requirements.

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How to Keep Mobile Data Safe: The Case for On-Device AI Image

How to Keep Mobile Data Safe: The Case for On-Device AI

Gevorg Karapetyan

Bring Your Own Device is one of the biggest compliance-related issues companies face today, and when it comes to security risks, law firms are prime targets. Considering law firms are built on their reputation, firms must make every assurance that the technology they use will protect their data.

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Cybersecurity Spending on the Rise in 2019

Debra Frank Montero

As data security challenges continue to escalate, many law firms and corporate legal departments are upping their efforts to strengthen cyber defenses and minimize risks.

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SHIELD Act Signed in NY

F. Paul Greene

<b><i>Defines Data Breach and Requires Data Security Controls</b></i><p>New York has brought itself into line with a number of states concerning how they define a data breach, and, where applicable, what substantive security controls they require.

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