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Where CRE Prices Are Trending By Type Image

Where CRE Prices Are Trending By Type

Erik Sherman

The Trepp Property Price Index (TPPI), which measures CRE price movements over time, is now generating sector-specific figures for multifamily, office, retail, industrial and lodging.

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Adequate Tech Budgets Are Essential For Effective Marketing Department Performance

Deborah B. Farone

Adequate investment, especially for marketing technology, enables departments to function effectively. Unfortunately, this funding is often insufficient. Technology without support is like installing a lightbulb in a home that has no electricity.

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Co-ops and Condominiums

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Sale of Unit Did Not Extinguish Liability for Common Charges

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Majority of U.S. Law Firms Plan to Change Real Estate Footprint Over Next Two Years Image

Majority of U.S. Law Firms Plan to Change Real Estate Footprint Over Next Two Years

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

Roughly 85% of U.S. law firms plan to change the size of their real estate portfolio over the next two years, with more than half expecting to add space and about a third planning to reduce it.

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Are You For Real? Dealing with the Proliferation of Deepfakes Image

Are You For Real? Dealing with the Proliferation of Deepfakes

Matt White

Notwithstanding the significant threats facing companies as a result of deepfake technology, there are several things companies can do to protect themselves and their employees from becoming the victim of a deepfake scam.

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A Playbook for CRM Adoption

Kiara Hughes

Here's the playbook for disruption: Take attorneys out of the equation. Stop building CRM that succeeds or fails on their shoulders. We need to shift the focus and, instead, build the technology from the ground up for the professionals who actually use it: marketing and business development.

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CRM Success: A Playbook for Disrupting Traditional CRM Image

CRM Success: A Playbook for Disrupting Traditional CRM

Kiara Hughes

Here's the playbook for disruption: Take attorneys out of the equation. Stop building CRM that succeeds or fails on their shoulders. We need to shift the focus and, instead, build the technology from the ground up for the professionals who actually use it: marketing and business development.

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Trade Secret Protection Plans Provide Certainty to Employers

Hannah Elizabeth Jarrells & Edward D. Lanquist

The protection of trade secrets has long been understood to be a legitimate business interest, and, traditionally, companies have used non-competition clauses to protect their trade secrets. Now, with non-competition agreements in doubt and facing greater scrutiny, companies will need to rely on other protection mechanisms.

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7 Recommendations for Social Media Influencers and Companies to Protect Themselves Against Copyright Issues Image

7 Recommendations for Social Media Influencers and Companies to Protect Themselves Against Copyright Issues

Sushila Chanana & Tom Pardini

By understanding some of the risks posed by copyright law and by following the above recommendations, influencers and brands can protect their creative works and reputations and build a mutually beneficial partnership.

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Federal Circuit Overrules 'Rosen-Durling' Test for Design Patent Obviousness Image

Federal Circuit Overrules 'Rosen-Durling' Test for Design Patent Obviousness

Mikaela Stone

The downfall of the Rosen-Durling test will generally make it harder to obtain design patents and easier to invalidate design patents.

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