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Proposed Cybersecurity Rule Could Affect Many CRE Landlords

Erik Sherman

Attacks on building systems could easily be deemed within the scope of the rule and real estate owners who lease to covered entities would likely have to quickly report cyber incidents within 72 hours and payments made after a ransomware attack within 24 hours.

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Players On the Move

Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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SCOTUS Curbs 'Pure Omissions' Lawsuits

Jimmy Hoover

In a unanimous victory to the securities industry, the U.S. Supreme Court curbed investor lawsuits based on a company's mere failure to disclose known trends likely to affect their revenues.

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Am Law 100 Insights: Does Growth In Nonequity Partners Aid Profitability or Hinder It?

Dan Roe

For a long time, the formula for law firm leverage was simple: grow the base of the pyramid by hiring more associates, keep them busy, and profit. But in recent years, that arithmetic is looking more like calculus as expanding nonequity partner tiers increasingly contribute to the law firm leverage equation.

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IP News

Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Kaiying Wang

Federal Circuit Weighs On the Patentability of Claims to Targeted Advertising Federal Circuit Clarifies the Result-Effective Variable Doctrine

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Privacy Risk Management & Data Minimization

Therese Craparo & Sarah Bruno

Many organizations — from growing start-ups to mature, well-established companies — are struggling with the new reality of what it means to manage data in an era of digital transformation, exponential data growth, and expanding regulatory regimes focusing on data management and minimization.

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Digital Dibs: Rival Views of Generative AI Copyrights

Greg Moreman

GAI platforms like ChatGPT and OpenAI often require very little human input, shattering this legal landscape's framework by posing a simple question: Who authored the material? We'll explore how two countries are answering this question in different ways.

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Empowering Legal Professionals: Navigating AI Solutions for Efficiency and Data Security Image

Empowering Legal Professionals: Navigating AI Solutions for Efficiency and Data Security

Michael T. Murray & Tony Donofrio

Integrating AI tools into legal practice without compromising the security of sensitive client information is a paramount concern. In this article, we'll examine how AI is revolutionizing certain aspects of legal work, while offering best practices for employing these technologies and providing guidance for legal professionals in selecting the right AI products and service providers.

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Executive Producers' "Most Favored Nations" Clauses Could Be Applied to Walking Dead Series Producer's Profit-Participation Settlement   Image

Executive Producers' "Most Favored Nations" Clauses Could Be Applied to Walking Dead Series Producer's Profit-Participation Settlement  

Stan Soocher

Can the settlement of a lawsuit by one profit participant in a TV production be used to increase the contingent compensation provisions of other profit participants in the show?

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Pitfalls In Personal Device Data Collection

Marjorie Peerce & Marguerite O'Brien

The increasing frequency of "bring your own device" policies creates serious implications for subpoena recipients and litigants to ensure compliance with discovery demands. And courts across the country consider such personal mobile data fair game. To avoid pitfalls —and sanctions — counsel must take proactive steps to ensure proper preservation and collection of personal mobile data and verify that clients comply.

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