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Legal Operations Chiefs Say Managing Technology and Cutting Costs Are Main Priorities, Not Blockchain or AI Image

Legal Operations Chiefs Say Managing Technology and Cutting Costs Are Main Priorities, Not Blockchain or AI

Sue Reisinger

In-house legal operations chiefs see their main priorities as managing legal technology and cost-cutting, primarily on outside counsel spending. Blockchain remains a confusing concept to them, while artificial intelligence is the hottest topic of conversation.

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'Dark Overlord' Hack Shows Mounting Cyber Risks for Law Firms Image

'Dark Overlord' Hack Shows Mounting Cyber Risks for Law Firms

Dan Packel

<b><i>The Hacker Group Wants Ransom Payments from Dozens of Firms Involved In the Sept. 11 Litigation, and Experts Warn That More Attacks Are Coming</b></i><p>Leaders of those law firms are all likely scratching their heads about how to handle a recent announcement from a nebulous hacker entity calling itself the “Dark Overlord,” which claims to be in possession of 18,000 legal and insurance documents pertaining to the court fight.

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Sales Speak: The Reason Companies Aren't Buying Is How Lawyers Are Selling Image

Sales Speak: The Reason Companies Aren't Buying Is How Lawyers Are Selling

Eric Dewey

Conventional business development methods ignore an important part of the legal services selling process: the legal services buying process.

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Voice of the Client: So Important, It Comes First

Catherine Alman MacDonagh

It is vital to have effective marketing and communications, but if legal and business professionals don't listen for — and hear — the Voice of the Client, we risk missing the mark in our strategy, messaging and positioning.

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Digital Dive: How to Create (at least) Nine Pieces of Content in One Hour Image

Digital Dive: How to Create (at least) Nine Pieces of Content in One Hour

Spencer X. Smith

In just one hour, would it be valuable to have at least nine pieces of content that your lawyer clients may use on your website and on social media?

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Planning for the Crisis That Will Strike Your Law Firm

Gina Rubel

Reputation is everything. It only takes one misstep to cause irreparable damage to a law firm and its attorneys. As we get into 2019, it is imperative for law firms to plan for the effective management of myriad incidents that may have an adverse impact on the business of law and the reputation of the firm.

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11th Circuit Weighs in on Intersection of Lanham Act and FDCA Protein Powder Labeling Requirements Image

11th Circuit Weighs in on Intersection of Lanham Act and FDCA Protein Powder Labeling Requirements

Kyle-Beth Hilfer

A battle between two dietary supplement manufacturers has revived interested in the intersection between the Lanham Act and federal labeling regulations. The issue: can an advertiser challenge a competitor's product label for false advertising under the Lanham Act if it complies with applicable federal regulations?

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The USPTO Brings New Guidance to the Section 101 Quandary

Susan M. Gerber & A. Patricia Campbell

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>USPTO Attempts to Provide Greater Clarity for Patent-Eligible Subject Matter

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IP News

Howard Shire & Christine Weller

Kapoor v. National Rifle Association of America

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First Department Construes Open Space Requirement Image

First Department Construes Open Space Requirement

Stewart E. Sterk

In Peyton v. New York City Board of Standards and Appeals, the First Department faced a difficult question: when a zoning lot includes more than one building, can open space accessible to residents of one building, but not to residents of the other buildings, count as open space within the meaning of the New York City Zoning Resolution?

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