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The Blockchain Can Finally Secure Supply Chains Against Cyberattacks
Cyber criminals looking for new ways to exploit company networks are turning their focus to the privileged network access given to the many players involved in supply chains. As supply ecosystems grow, and points of vulnerability proliferate, businesses will have to turn to distributed ledger technology.
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Worried About Complying with ABA Opinion 483 on Cybersecurity? Fear No More
In response to the omnipresent threat of cyberattacks, the ABA issued Formal Opinion 483, which addresses the obligations imposed upon lawyers to safeguard their clients' data. Here's how to achieve compliance.
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Legal Tech: Cloud and Security Considerations for e-Discovery
E-discovery presents some special considerations that need to be examined before deciding what is best for your organization and really taking a stand in the on-premises vs. cloud debate.
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Legal Tech: Cases Highlighting Judicial Discretion in Ordering E-Discovery Sanctions
Three cases from the summer of 2018 reinforce some of the key themes of recent e-discovery case law
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Appellate Division Complicates the Rules for Municipalities Charging Consultants' Fees
In a case addressing what consulting fees (in particular attorneys' fees) can be charged to an applicant before a Zoning Board of Appeals, the Second Department in Landstein v. Town of LaGrange found that the Town had overreached its statutory authority.
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Real Property Law
Co-Tenant Obtains Partition Upon Failure of Adverse Possession Claim<br>Questions of Fact Remain About Violation of Covenant Requiring Use As a Catholic High School<br>Mortgagor's Letter Seeking Short Sale Did Not Reset Statute of Limitations on Mortgage<br>Failure to Construct Facility Triggers Reverter Provision in Deed<br>Questions of Fact About Whether Buyers Had Made Time of the Essence<br>No Equitable Mortgage When Statute of Limitations Bars Written Mortgage<br>Cotenant Entitled to Partition with Accounting
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Landlord & Tenant
Video Surveillance an Adequate Substitute for Lobby Attendants<br>Yellowstone Injunction Unavailable When Tenant Could Not Establish Willingness to Cure<br>Landlord Prevails In Nonprimary Residence Proceeding
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Cooperatives and Condominiums
Shareholder Can Compel Board to Cooperate With Building Department
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How Will the Music Modernization Act's Mechanical Licensing Collective Work?
This article focuses on managing change for clients affected by the MMA's government-mandated mechanical licensing collective. In my view, far from putting songwriters on a trajectory away from the government regulation that has oppressed them for generations, the collective imposes an entirely new bureaucracy with potentially significant costs that are not readily apparent.
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Three Simple Steps of Marketing Mentoring
As experienced marketers, we can help coach newer attorneys in their marketing pursuits through mentoring. With the right assistance, newer attorneys can find ways to market that they actually enjoy and are, therefore, more likely to do. And it doesn't need to be complicated.
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