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A Broadening Consensus to Narrow Asset Forfeiture

Edmund W. Searby

The Supreme Court as a whole appears aligned and motivated to review critically federal and state asset forfeiture procedures. In addition, Attorney General Sessions last month restored the federal forfeiture of property seized by state and local law enforcement ("federal adoptions"), but with certain additional safeguards.

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Bringing <i>Falsettos</i> Musical from Stage To Movie Screens

Stephanie Forshee

During this year's annual Tony awards recognizing Broadway theater, Whoopi Goldberg took to the stage to announce that the musical revival of Falsettos would be hitting movie theaters nationwide in July. Falsettos, which played at Lincoln Center Theater in New York, was nominated for five Tonys, but a deal had been negotiated long before the June 11 awards broadcast to make the stage production into a piece of event cinema.

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Standing at the Crossroads of Legal Innovation

Teresa J. Walker

The law firm business model of the past is under attack. Slowly, private legal is responding with things like developing knowledge management systems, establishing jobs for data analysts who can establish pricing of services and beginning to look at ways to outline workflows and processes. Unfortunately, corporate clients are impatient and are beginning to push harder for improved efficiency and increased speed of service delivery.

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Cyber Crime Now Targeting Law Firms

Collin Hite

<b><i>Is Your Firm Truly Prepared?</b></i><p>Cyber attacks and theft are on the rise around the country, and law firms are becoming prime targets. Similar to healthcare providers, a law firm's data can be the gold standard. Unlike manufacturers, banks and retailers, law firms are unique organizations that result in them being highly vulnerable.

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Social Media Scene: Permission to Post Image

Social Media Scene: Permission to Post

Spencer X Smith

<b><I>NASA Doesn't Need a Social Media Policy, and Neither Do You</I></b><p>You don't need a separate policy governing how your firm's staff will represent you on social media. You already have one.

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3 Tips for Handling the Difficult Decision to Downsize

Randy Evans & Shari L. Klevens

By handling all involuntary terminations with professionalism and formality, law firms can limit the potential for conflict and give proper attention to the potential ethical and legal issues. Here are three tips for handling the transition of attorneys and staff from the firm.

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Development

ljnstaff

A look at several rulings, including an article 78 proceeding challenging grant of an area variance to proposed operators of a religious school.

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China's New Cybersecurity Law Image

China's New Cybersecurity Law

Dan Whitaker

<b><I>The Challenge of Complying</I></b><p>In a bid to assert control over cyberspace, China passed a sweeping cybersecurity law that affects virtually every company doing business in that country. Despite its broad reach and potential for disruption, it appears that very few legal professionals are aware of the law.

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<i>Matal v. Tam</i> and Viewpoint-Discriminatory Prohibitions Against Federal Registration Image

<i>Matal v. Tam</i> and Viewpoint-Discriminatory Prohibitions Against Federal Registration

Theodore H. Davis Jr. & Samuel T. Kilb

In <i>Matal v. Tam,</i> the SCOTUS held that a portion of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1052(a), prohibiting the federal registration of potentially disparaging trademarks and service marks, violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.

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Reflections on <b><I>Kokesh v. SEC</I></b> Image

Reflections on <b><I>Kokesh v. SEC</I></b>

Dixie L. Johnson & M. Alexander Koch

<b><I>Potential Ramifications of SEC Disgorgement Being a Penalty</b></i><p> <b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</I></b><p>In reference to <I>Kokesh</I>, most commentators have focused on the five-year limitations period, which certainly carries important ramifications for the SEC. But as we describe here, the Supreme Court's ruling that "SEC disgorgement constitutes a penalty" has more far-reaching ramifications.

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