LJN Newsletters

Business development needn't be complicated, difficult or distressing. However, for many lawyers, it's all of that. Much of the uncertainty and anxiety can be eliminated by a single shift in perspective.

The modern-day snoop is all too often someone you know. If this consideration doesn't leave you paranoid and looking over your shoulder, it should.

The Copyright Office has mandated a new procedure for how online service providers — including websites, hosting companies, mobile app publishers and other online services that permit user-generated content — must designate an agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement under the DMCA.

Is the Department of Labor overtime rule now dead? Will the overtime rule be modified to a more modest version? Much uncertainty remains regarding the recently announced overtime rule in both the legal and the political sphere.

The number of lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) continues to increase. In 2015 alone, relators filed over 600 qui tam complaints — and courts awarded over $3.5 billion — under the FCA.

No common law right of public performance exists in New York state to compel Sirius XM Radio to pay fees for the use of pre-Feb. 15, 1972 sound recordings by popular artists such as The Turtles, the state's highest court ruled in Flo & Eddie Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc.

This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect Jan. 1, 2017.

Given the pending change in administration and uncertainty around President-elect Trump's priorities on cybersecurity, an analysis of the current federal cyber landscape may yield insights into how the next administration might prioritize their approach on this important front.