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Clients Drive Information Governance: Business Benefits Flow to Firm Image

Clients Drive Information Governance: Business Benefits Flow to Firm

Stephen Cole

Information governance and the protection of corporate data are top concerns for law firms. To ensure standards are met, some clients are now tying payment to compliance with Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCG).

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Legal Tech: How E-Discovery Trends Are Reshaping E-Discovery Teams

Nishad Shevde

E-discovery, as an industry, is once again at an inflection point. What are the big trends that are exerting pressure on e-discovery teams today — and more importantly, what will an effective e-discovery team look like in the coming years?

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A Primer on Insurance for Music Festivals Image

A Primer on Insurance for Music Festivals

Mikaela Whitman

From a risk management perspective, festivals now run the gamut on potential liabilities that include collapsed stages, cancelled performances, severe weather, terrorism, alcohol liability, patron bodily harm and death, product liability and breach of contract claims. In essence, music festivals have become a microcosm of live entertainment-related liability exposures.

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Fourth Quarter Educational Events to Stay on Track

Nina Cunningham

A review of upcoming programs and events that bring together many of the most active professionals in the field and its various branches.

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Litigation Expense Deductibility: New Appellate Court Decision Image

Litigation Expense Deductibility: New Appellate Court Decision

Daniel Mayo

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that explains some of the requirements for deducting litigation expenses. The facts of the case are bizarre, but the controlling legal principles are not.

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Landlord Considerations When Drafting Assignment and Subletting Provisions Image

Landlord Considerations When Drafting Assignment and Subletting Provisions

Mark Morfopoulos

Restricting a tenant's right to transfer the property it is leasing to a third party is a key component to any lease. Many lenders require landlords to obtain lender consent before the transfer is effective. Failure to obtain such consent could lead to a landlord's default under the terms and conditions of the loan documents, so it is imperative for a landlord to review its loan documents each time it receives a request from a tenant to transfer its interest under the lease.

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Retail's New Normal

Natalie Dolce

Welcome to the evolving world of retail — a world that is geared toward changing the way people engage in retail and retail destinations feature a blend of entertainment, experiences and services.

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The International Encryption Debate: Privacy Versus Big Brother Image

The International Encryption Debate: Privacy Versus Big Brother

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

Although increased reliance on technology such as emails and texts has provided greater opportunity to gather evidence of criminal activity, law enforcement agencies around the world complain that encryption technologies make it difficult to catch criminals and terrorists and therefore should be restricted.

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Basic Tax Issues for Social Media Influencers

Robert M. Jason

This article provides a general introduction to social media influencers and discusses common tax issues arising on the income side of the equation. What is taxable income? What happens if the influencer's compensation is paid in equity?

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Counsel Concerns: Bid to Remove Daughters' Lawyer from Petty Estate Litigation Image

Counsel Concerns: Bid to Remove Daughters' Lawyer from Petty Estate Litigation

Jenna Greene

Remember the nasty fight between Tom Petty's widow and daughters over control of his estate? Now the mud is splattering the lawyers, too.

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