LJN Newsletters

  • What In-House Legal Compensation Negotiations Reveal About Retention, Risk and Value

    Our 2025 Navigating Compensation Negotiations report, based on the experiences of over 300 in-house legal professionals, provides a detailed look at how negotiation is evolving, where professionals succeed or struggle, and what employers can do to retain top legal talent. The findings suggest a profession that accepts negotiation as standard practice but continues to struggle with inequities in information, internal advancement, and the valuation of non-cash compensation.

    August 31, 2025Anne Kerwin Payne

  • Mass Tort Cases Test Boundaries of Chapter 11 Bankruptcies

    Courts continue to grapple with issues impacting the rights of debtors, creditors and insurers in Chapter 11 cases filed by companies facing mass tort liabilities. This article summarizes key takeaways from significant cases such as Red River Talc and Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

    August 31, 2025Christopher F. Graham and Frank J. Perch III and Morgan A. Goldstein and Lina Maria Diaz

  • Landlord & Tenant Law

    Kingston’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance UpheldBroker Discriminated On Basis of Disability and Source of IncomeTenant’s Default In Payment of Rent Precludes Defense Based On Breach of Covenant of Quiet EnjoymentGuarantors Bound By Settlement AgreementTenant Challenge to MCI Increases RejectedLandlord Established That Reconfigured Apartment Was Deregulated

    August 31, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

  • SEC’s Cybersecurity Unit to Focus on ‘AI Washing’

    The SEC recently created the Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies Unit, which is responsible for rooting out fraud schemes related to AI, including fake social media sites, and blockchain and crypto fraud. As a result, SEC whistleblowers will have an opportunity to play a key role in providing the SEC original information leading to investigations and prosecutions of AI cases, commonly known as “AI washing.”

    August 31, 2025David Chase and Scott Silver

  • Is Article 9 Compliance Enough to Preserve a Creditor’s Rights In Its Collateral?

    When it comes to foreclosing on collateral, secured creditors must be cognizant of the statutory requirements of Article 9 of the UCC. Article 9 has very specific rules governing the foreclosure process and the exercise of remedies. But is compliance with those rules enough to preserve a creditor’s rights in its collateral? It seems there is disagreement among courts as to the correct answer.

    August 31, 2025Barbara M. Goodstein and Adam C. Wolk

  • Preserving Business Data When Employees Leave: A Mobile Device Offboarding Checklist

    When employees leave, they don’t just walk out the door with their personal belongings, they often take with them valuable institutional knowledge, IP, and other business-critical data. Without proper data retention policies for departing employees, organizations risk losing essential information, exposing themselves to security threats, and facing costly legal consequences.

    August 31, 2025Jason Purviance

  • Recent Decisions from CA and NY On AI Training and Copyright

    In late July, two important decisions came down from courts in the Northern District of California regarding the unauthorized use of copyrighted material for the training of large language models. No real consensus has emerged as to the effect they will have on the broader AI litigation landscape.

    August 01, 2025Stephen M. Kramarsky