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In the Courts

Review of a case in which a judge allowed a suit against FBI agents and two Assistant United States Attorneys to proceed.

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How to Run Your Law Firm More Like a Business

Steven A. Davis & Tyler Quinn

If your firm is like most, your top goals include growing revenue, and in turn, increasing profitability. You've implemented practice management software, and probably even a customer relationship management (CRM) system to help you achieve those objectives. Now what?

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Business Crimes Hotline

In-depth analysis of a case in which Cayman Islands entities plead guilty for assisting U.S. taxpayers.

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Law School, Disrupted

Dan Lear

The last few years have been rough for legal education. But shoots of innovative, provocative life can be seen at a few law schools. And these changes hint a broader change coming for all in legal education.

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Debating Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms

Arthur J. Ciampi

Lawyers love a debate, and it looks like a doozy is set concerning nonlawyer ownership of law firms (NLO). The president of the New York State Bar Association, David P. Miranda, has requested that New York lawyers just "Say No to Nonlawyer Ownership (NLO)."

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Drug & Device News

A look at the latest news and developments.

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FinTech: The Emerging Financial Crime Compliance Minefield

Daniel R. Alonso & Timothy Stone

The proliferation of so-called "FinTech" ' particularly by startups outside the financial sector ' raises a host of thorny FCC issues for regulators and financial institutions required to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its anti-money laundering (AML) mandates.

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Does Adoption of Cloud Computing Shift Cyber Liability Risk?

Ted Sabety

The rapid adoption of cloud computing has attracted companies that seek to lower their information technology costs. At the same time, it is reported that there has been an increase in data loss and an increase in cyber-liability claims against companies. But the biggest vendors in the cloud computing industry want to push the risk of penetration of their systems onto their customers adopting the technology.

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Zhiqiang Liu

Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Finding Claim Covering Method for Gene Detection Is Directed to Unpatentable Subject Matter <br>Federal Circuit: Estoppel Provision Does Not Apply To Any Grounds Raised in a Petition for IPR Where Such Grounds Are Denied and the IPR Has Proceeded To a Final Written Decision

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Do Panama Papers Give Opportunity to Collect Judgment From Daddy Yankee?

Monika Gonzalez Mesa

Puerto Rican reggaeton megastar Daddy Yankee, whose hits include "Gasolina" and "Limbo," owes a $2.2 million judgment to a concert promoter who sued him and his booking agent in 2011. Attorneys for promoter Diego Hernan de Iraola have been trying to enforce the federal district court judgment against Daddy Yankee, by garnishing the singer's accounts in Miami, FL, and Puerto Rico. Now that Daddy Yankee has come up in news reports from the document leak at the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, de Iraola's legal team has new leads on accounts with companies linked to Ayala Rodriguez.

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