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Social Media Scene: It's Time to Reassess Your Social Media Goals Image

Social Media Scene: It's Time to Reassess Your Social Media Goals

Keith Ecker

Given that the social media landscape of today is already drastically different than the social media landscape of three years ago, how should legal marketers invest their time and money in order to derive the greatest return on their investments? The answer starts with a thorough look at a law firm's social media goals.

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NJ Businesses Are Vulnerable to Unionization

James J. La Rocca

Although private-sector union membership in the United States is near its all-time low at just under 7%, recent actions by the NLRB and DOL make New Jersey businesses vulnerable to unionization now more than ever.

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Banks and Landlords: Competing Lien Interests

John G. Kelly

Banks that provide financing for commercial tenants and the real estate landlords for those same tenants both want additional security in the tenant's personal property located at the premises. This article provides a discussion of the varied interests of the landlord and the tenant's lender in the tenant's personal property, along with suggested compromise solutions.

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Crisis: Controlling the Threats and Seizing the Opportunities Image

Crisis: Controlling the Threats and Seizing the Opportunities

Jennifer Connelly

When it comes to crises, businesses practically tie themselves in knots trying to avoid any potential conflict. But what are the best ways to control a crisis once it comes up?

Foreign Whistleblowers Fuel SEC Enforcement Activity, Raising the Stakes for Global Corporate Compliance Image

Foreign Whistleblowers Fuel SEC Enforcement Activity, Raising the Stakes for Global Corporate Compliance

Jonathan B. New & Samuel M. Light

An "eligible" whistleblower is a person who voluntarily provides original information about a possible violation of the federal securities laws that has occurred, is ongoing, or is about to occur. If that information leads to a successful SEC action resulting in an order of monetary sanctions over $1 million, the whistleblower(s) can collect their bounty. Over the lifetime of the program, the SEC has addressed more than 390 award claims and has awarded more than $67 million to 29 individuals, known as claimants, in connection with 16 actions.

<b><i>Legal Tech</b></i> Could Federal Courts' Inherent Powers Upend the New Amendments to Rule 37(e)? Image

<b><i>Legal Tech</b></i> Could Federal Courts' Inherent Powers Upend the New Amendments to Rule 37(e)?

Robert Tucker

The recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure completely overhauled the sanctions portion of Rule 37, and were designed to resolve conflicts on the standards to apply in ordering spoliation sanctions. But one recent decision indicates that neither may be the debate on the standards a federal court can employ in ruling on a spoliation motion.

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Landlord & Tenant

In-depth discussion and analysis of the latest rulings.

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Debtor's Power to Reject Executory Contract Trumps Counter-Party Debtor's Power to Assume Same Agreement Image

Debtor's Power to Reject Executory Contract Trumps Counter-Party Debtor's Power to Assume Same Agreement

Andrew L. Turscak, Jr. & James J. Henderson

Among the various rights and protections afforded by the Bankruptcy Code to a debtor-in-possession, one of the most potent is the debtor's broad authority to assume or reject existing executory contracts and unexpired leases. Indeed, this power is one of the most useful tools available to a debtor, and in certain cases, it can be a major or even a primary reason for the bankruptcy filing.

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The Tyson Foods Ruling

Pablo Orozco

The Supreme Court's recent decision in <I>Bouaphakeo v. Tyson Foods</I> provided useful guidance for class-action litigants regarding the proper use of representative evidence ' i.e. , that which requires the trier of fact to draw conclusions about one subset of the class, or even an individual putative class member, based on an analysis of a different part of the class.

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International Cybersecurity Compliance Concerns Image

International Cybersecurity Compliance Concerns

Steven Rubin & Stephen Milne

Social media has made even the most mundane and possibly personal pieces of data available to many with a press of a finger. Such an open relinquishment of private information is almost assumed, and has become part of the American culture. Those who think about how easy it is to access data understand how their own data has become part of the searchable cyberspace.

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