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How Cyber Threats Affect Law Firm Marketers Image

How Cyber Threats Affect Law Firm Marketers

Melanie Trudeau

Even though law firms don't generally manage retail-type websites, they are far from immune to cyber threats. In fact, firms are prime targets for cyber criminals.

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The Power of Certifications in Legal Image

The Power of Certifications in Legal

Jared Coseglia

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>Professionals in e-discovery and privacy, including lawyers, are hungry for growth opportunities and may be ripe to transition into certain security-centric positions; however, the security job landscape is far more expansive and far less commoditized than ESI or privacy — for now. Part Two provides a road map for how certifications can assist an individual or an organization in reinventing, repurposing, creating or maintaining cybersecurity talents.

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Navigating the Fear and Promise of Artificial Intelligence Image

Navigating the Fear and Promise of Artificial Intelligence

Jeff Reihl & Rick McFarland

With the corpus of law data becoming ever-more complex and nuanced, the use of machine-assisted research and analysis is becoming more of a requirement, rather than an option, in the legal profession. Because of this, some have expressed fear that robot-lawyers will replace legal professionals.

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Supreme Court Gives <i>Inter Partes</i> Review the Green Light

Athul K. Acharya

<b><i>Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group</b></i><p>Is <i>inter partes</i> review of a patent grant compatible with Article III and the Seventh Amendment? That was the question presented in <i>Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group</i> and the U.S. Supreme Court answered in the affirmative.

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Impact on Accusers of Court-Approved Weinstein Co. Sale Image

Impact on Accusers of Court-Approved Weinstein Co. Sale

Tom McParland

A Delaware federal bankruptcy judge's ruling in May approved the $310 million sale of The Weinstein Co.'s television and film assets to Dallas-based Lantern Capital Partners. The development was the latest blow to women who had hoped to recover against the company for abuses suffered at the hands of company co-founder Harvey Weinstein.

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Lessons Learned from the Business Development Coach's Playbook

Peter A. Johnson

What does it take to be a successful attorney in today's legal environment? For one thing, it takes a little help, which more and more often comes in the form of a business development coach.

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Second Circuit Rejects Arbitration of Debtor's Asserted Discharge Violation Image

Second Circuit Rejects Arbitration of Debtor's Asserted Discharge Violation

Michael L. Cook

A bankruptcy court properly denied a bank's motion to compel arbitration of a debtor's asserted violation of the court's discharge injunction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held.

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The Tax-Exempt Entity's Property and a Lessee's Private Purpose Image

The Tax-Exempt Entity's Property and a Lessee's Private Purpose

Janice G. Inman

When a tax-exempt property's use by a lessee involves an element of private profit. Is the tax-exempt status lost?

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Estate Planning In the Age of Cryptocurrency

Jonathan Bick

<b><i>Cryptocurrency's Technological Character Allows Estate Planning to Protect the Intent of Its Holders, But the Lack of Statutory Structure Necessitates Proactive Steps</b></i><p>Cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, has value and therefore is increasingly likely to become an estate asset. Due to the nature of cryptocurrency, typical wills and revocable living trusts may not be well suited to efficiently transfer this new type of asset. Consequently, new estate planning questions and clauses are needed.

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Online Extra: The Evolving Nature of Cyber Law Image

Online Extra: The Evolving Nature of Cyber Law

Gabrielle Orum Hernández

<b><i>A Q&A with Penn Law Prof. Anne Toomey McKenna</b></i><p>The newly appointed Penn State professor sees a lot of room for questions in the evolving cyber law landscape, but so far there are few answers.

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