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State Report: NY Creates Nation's First Regulatory Cybersecurity Division
New York's financial regulatory agency has created a first-in-the-nation cybersecurity division to place special focus on protecting the state's consumers and industries from digital threats.
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Safe Harbor Shields Shareholders In Tribune Fraudulent Transfer Litigation
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a litigation trustee's motion for leave to file a sixth amended complaint that would have asserted constructive fraudulent transfer claims against 5,000 Tribune Company shareholders. The safe harbor of Bankruptcy Code §546(e) barred the trustee's proposed claims.
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Antitrust Issues Grow Out of Esports' Success
As esports continues its meteoric growth, its antitrust exposure also grows. Soon, the competitive video game industry must address its increasing market share, either voluntarily or in the form of lawsuits and regulations imposed from the outside.
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Competitive Intelligence: How Client Intelligent Is Your Firm?
<i><b>Ready, Set, Benchmark! </i></b><p>Underlying great client service is a strong understanding of the client's business and goals. There are many barriers to success when it comes to helping lawyers develop a strategic client mindset. So, how do you break down these barriers to create a Client Intelligent Law Firm?
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Best Ways To Expand Key Client Relationships from the Lawyer and Firm Perspectives
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Stanford Is Serving 11 Flavors of NPE
Stanford Law School made available to the public a database of every patent lawsuit that's been filed since 2007.
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How to Respond to a Search Warrant
Imagine you are in-house counsel, working on a transactional document, when you receive a breathless call from a manager at one of your warehouses that a search warrant is being executed on the premises. What do you do?
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The Best Markets for Opportunity Zone Investors
Opportunity zones are the latest big thing to hit the commercial real estate market, but many questions remain, including details of how deals can be structured, the best strategy for investing and just how much property there is in the zones.
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Failure to Procure Insurance Not a Curable Breach; Yellowstone Injunction Denied
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