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Do Your Lawyers Think as Business Owners or Employees? Image

Do Your Lawyers Think as Business Owners or Employees?

Kimberly Rice

There are two types of lawyers — those who have their own business and those who work for those who do. How do your lawyers size up?

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Social Media Scene: How to Compel Your Staff to Share Your Firm's Social Media Posts Image

Social Media Scene: How to Compel Your Staff to Share Your Firm's Social Media Posts

Spencer X. Smith

Consider advocating for your employees first before you ask them to advocate for you. Give your employees a reason to care.

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General Data Protection Regulation: Defense or Offense?

Nina Cunningham

Ostensibly, GDPR's mission is to strengthen and unify the EU's protection of online privacy rights and promote data protection for citizens of the 28 countries currently in the EU. In the global economy, however, GDPR serves as an alarm to all countries with business flowing across Europe and well beyond. Where business flows, data follow.

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Professional Development: Firm Culture As Your Competitive Recruiting and Engagement Advantage Image

Professional Development: Firm Culture As Your Competitive Recruiting and Engagement Advantage

Sharon Meit Abrahams

Future attorneys are seeking the right place to launch their careers; therefore, by promoting your firm's unique culture, you can more effectively attract and retain the best talent for your firm.

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Measuring Success in Cybersecurity

Chris Moschovitis

Cybersecurity concerns are akin to health concerns. You can practice a healthy lifestyle; you can get regular medical check-ups; you can be vigilant in monitoring your own body. Still, the question remains, “How do I know I'm healthy?” The answer is, “You don't.”

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How Disney Qualified for Design Patent for Marvel's Captain America Shield Image

How Disney Qualified for Design Patent for Marvel's Captain America Shield

Lawrence E. Ashery

Fans of movies about fictional superheroes are probably familiar with Captain America and his miraculous shield. Recently, however, his shield showed up in a most unlikely place: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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Five Takeaways from Recent Cybersecurity Developments by Colorado and the SEC Image

Five Takeaways from Recent Cybersecurity Developments by Colorado and the SEC

Brian Neil Hoffman

Colorado recently adopted a new law expanding companies' obligations in the event of a cybersecurity incident, and establishing new data security and disposal obligations. Recent announcements by the SEC likewise emphasize important responsive points for both companies and their personnel in the wake of an incident. Five key takeaways from these developments are highlighted in this article.

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Protecting Privilege Before and After a Cyber Breach

Robert W. Anderson & Eric B. Levine

Critical to any counsel working to prevent a cyber attack or respond to a successful cyber intrusion is an understanding of why and how to properly utilize both attorney-client and work-product privilege.

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Counsel Concerns: Lawyer Ethics Rule In Play in Suit By Business Manager Against Rap Artist Image

Counsel Concerns: Lawyer Ethics Rule In Play in Suit By Business Manager Against Rap Artist

Stan Soocher

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina dismissed a conversion counterclaim by rapper Chingy against his former business manager Leslie King, who is a lawyer, on the ground that the artist hadn't established that a royalty purchase agreement he signed with the lawyer was void for allegedly violating the state's attorney ethics rule. However, the district court allowed the artist to pursue the ethics rule as an affirmative defense in the underlying lawsuit the attorney's music company has filed against Chingy.

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Is Gmail's New Ephemeral Messaging Service a Threat to Data Retention? Image

Is Gmail's New Ephemeral Messaging Service a Threat to Data Retention?

Rhys Dipshan

Despite some potential problems with widespread use of Gmail's 'confidential mode,' the new ephemeral messaging function can be easily managed from an information governance perspective.

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