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<i>Media & Communications</i><br>Getting Quoted on Breaking News
When news breaks, reporters want a source immediately — not in an hour, later that day or first thing the next morning. Reporters who can get to a source first and fast — and are confident that source will provide reliable and insightful analysis — win the day. If you want to be considered and quoted as a thought leader on timely topics, understanding the compressed timing of the news cycle is critical. To get on a key reporter's speed dial, here are three tips you can incorporate into your PR and marketing activities.
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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i><br>Financial Industry Groups Slam NY's Proposed Cybersecurity Rules
Major banking and insurance industry groups are attacking New York's proposed regulation requiring member companies to adopt stringent protections against cyberattacks that compromise consumers' confidential information.
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Salvaging a Patent After a Post-Grant Proceeding
When the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decides to institute a post-grant proceeding, the subject patent is in jeopardy.
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Retiring Boomers Pose Big Challenges For Firms
The boomer generation — 75 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 — and a tiny cadre of over-70s Silent Generation lawyers currently make up just under half of partners at Am Law 200 firms. As partners with the greatest seniority, they constitute a majority in the equity and management ranks, and control an outsize share of client relationships. The impacts of retirement are amplified because a long surge in hiring and promotion that began when boomers entered law firms has halted since the financial crisis.
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Duty to Warn and Third-Party Conduct: A Look at Two Recent New York Cases
In the past year, New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, issued two decisions addressing both the scope of a defendant's duty to warn in negligence and products liability actions, and the scope of tort liability in actions predicated upon third-party conduct.
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Managing Risk in Light of 'Shadow IT'
Information Governance in the Age of Cloud Application Proliferation
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Law Firms, Meet Your New Regulator: Your Clients
While major banks, retailers, hospitals and insurance companies were the brick and mortar of a growing media monument to hubris and cyber overconfidence, law firm breaches went mostly unnoticed. That is, until government agencies and law enforcement grew concerned that the wealth of intellectual property curated by law firms could be used to manipulate financial markets by front running trades.
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Client Document Security Audits: Is Your Law Firm Ready?
It is essential for all law firms to safeguard their clients' documents against ever-evolving threats and thoroughly understand the security challenges and potential solutions in today's demanding world of legal document compliance.
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Looking to the FFIEC Revised Information Security Booklet for Best Practices in Data Security for Financial Institutions
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently revised its Information Security Booklet. The changes bring the financial services industry closer to the goal of having a clearly defined set of cybersecurity and data protection protocols to ensure regulatory compliance.
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Optional Safety Equipment
<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p><p>In last month's newsletter, the author began a discussion of the manufacturer practice of making increased safety features available to purchasers — but only for a price. The discussion concludes herein.
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