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Leveraging Law Firm KPIs for Success
Measurement is an essential management tool for law firms to monitor performance, manage resources, and highlight areas that need improvement. Utilizing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a law firm is crucial for evaluating performance, profitability, client satisfaction, and overall success.
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Hope for 'Spotify Model' for Licensing Content for AI
A "Spotify model" of licensing, regulation and royalties could be the answer to the recent slew of lawsuits and future litigation relating to generative artificial intelligence defined by rampant misappropriation of name, image and likeness of individuals, including high-profile celebrities.
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Navigating the Intersections of Commercial Real Estate and Eminent Domain Actions
For real estate attorneys, knowing how to navigate around eminent domain actions in the midst of various transactions and operations is critical to best position clients for the future condemnation conundrum.
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ZBA Adequately Explains Reversal of Condition Imposed on Variance Mandamus Does Not Lie to Compel Change In Zoning Designation
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The State of Supreme Court Jurisprudence On Public Corruption
In the past decade, each time the Supreme Court has taken certiorari in a public corruption case, the court has reversed trial convictions and limited the types of conduct that constitute a federal bribery offense.
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Patent Your Trade Secrets In Wake of Noncompete Ban
While it may be growing more difficult to protect business information with the FTC's noncompete ban, patents can provide strong protection over technical innovations, regardless of whether the inventor stays with the company or leaves.
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New Blockchain Domain Developments for Brand Owners
This article explores the issues associated with trademark protection in blockchain domain names and examines new steps and policies that blockchain domain registrars should implement to safeguard brand owners.
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5 Ways AI Strengthens Client Relationships and Revenue Generation
Maintaining consistent communication with clients can be time-consuming for most law firm professionals. Because balancing this task with other competing responsibilities becomes challenging, the time has never been better for firms to start introducing technology, like AI, to improve their overall business.
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It's Not Business Development Or Marketing. It's Business Development And Marketing
The common denominator between business development and marketing is the lawyers, who have to be savvy users of both the marketing and business development functions of their firms
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Fresh Filings
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
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