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Counsel Concerns: Ambiguous Offer for Daddy Yankee to Settle Suit Ends in Attorney Fees Denial Image

Counsel Concerns: Ambiguous Offer for Daddy Yankee to Settle Suit Ends in Attorney Fees Denial

Celia Ampel

Attorneys who sued “Despacito” artist Daddy Yankee for defamation should have heeded the song's title and drafted their settlement offer slowly, a federal appellate court ruled.

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Life in the (Regulated) Fast Lane: Companies Must Navigate Global Privacy Rules on Self-Driving Cars Image

Life in the (Regulated) Fast Lane: Companies Must Navigate Global Privacy Rules on Self-Driving Cars

Caroline Spiezio

<b><i>The race is on to develop the best technology for autonomous vehicles, but there are also drives to increase regulation around the data these cars and trucks collect.</b></i><p>Clearly, it's an exciting time to be in the autonomous car industry, and the race is on to develop the best tech first. But with an increasingly complex legal landscape, lawyers need to focus on compliance with evolving data privacy regulations.

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How Ticket Software Lost Trade Secret Protection Image

How Ticket Software Lost Trade Secret Protection

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

Trade secret protection applies only to confidential information. In almost all circumstances, broadcasting to the world the intricate details and applications of a trade secret extinguishes whatever “property right” an entertainment industry holder once possessed. What is a sufficient method of contractually notifying a software user of the trade secret status of certain information is a closer question.

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Adding Value with a Client Visit Initiative Image

Adding Value with a Client Visit Initiative

Brook W. Redmond & Ali C. Ferro

The increasing competition in the legal industry highlights the importance of differentiation and adding value beyond the work product. Face-to-face interactions with clients are a critical component in differentiation because they provide the opportunity to understand better the nuances of clients' businesses, develop deeper relationships, and drive productive collaboration.

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'Media & Communication:' We Wrote This Article to Share with You Image

'Media & Communication:' We Wrote This Article to Share with You

Mary Margaret Gorman & John Hellerman

Develop content with a purpose in mind versus simply creating content for its own sake. Retweets and shares are fine, but they shouldn't be the end goal of a lawyer's effort. Instead, creating content should be about enabling the lawyer to feel comfortable and easily engage with clients.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums Image

Cooperatives & Condominiums

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Questions of Fact Bar Summary Judgment in Condominium's Claim for Improper Alterations<br>Sponsor Did Not Breach Purchase Contract<br>Unit Owners Did Not Have Exclusive Right to Elevator Shaft

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Sexual Harassment & the Legal Industry Image

Sexual Harassment & the Legal Industry

John Hellerman

For members of a conservative industry that — literally — wrote the rulebook on sexual harassment, law firms need to be ready for a day of reckoning that seems inescapable.

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A Cautionary Tale for Lender Overreaching into Bankruptcy Remoteness Image

A Cautionary Tale for Lender Overreaching into Bankruptcy Remoteness

Jeffrey S. Greenberg

<b><i>In re Lexington Hospitality Group, LLC</b></i><p>Bankruptcy remote structures are often used to protect against the impact of default under a credit facility. A common mechanism is organizational documents requiring an outside director or member's vote to authorize a bankruptcy filing. However, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that such a requirement implemented at the behest of a lender, among other bankruptcy restrictions, and where there was not true independence frustrated the important federal public policy of favoring fresh starts in bankruptcy.

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Corporate Counsel Are Tackling Their Data Risk All at Once: Can They Do It? Image

Corporate Counsel Are Tackling Their Data Risk All at Once: Can They Do It?

Gabrielle Orum Hernández

A new BDO study finds a lack of priorities in data-related spending could, eventually, leave companies overstretched.

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<i>Legal Tech:</i> Four Lessons Learned from Exterro's 4th Annual Federal Judges Survey Image

<i>Legal Tech:</i> Four Lessons Learned from Exterro's 4th Annual Federal Judges Survey

Michael Hamilton

For the fourth time, Exterro has conducted an in-depth survey of federal judges in order to understand better how they see e-discovery law and practice changing.

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