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Justin Tilghman & Howard J. Shire

Appeals Court Backs Nickelback In Copyright Infringement Case

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FTC Chair Concerned About Dominant Tech Firms

Maydeen Merino

The concentration of dominant technology firms could harm U.S. national interests and global leadership, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said in March at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event.

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Law Firms' Pressing AI Questions

Cassandre Coyer

Most of the legal industry has by now boarded the generative artificial intelligence train, filling up conference sessions dedicated to the topic, testing new legal technology solutions and exploring the emerging legal questions that the technology will pose. But most of their questions about generative AI are still unanswered.

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Co-ops and Condominiums

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Housing Discrimination Claim Dismissed Co-Op Did Not Breach Shareholder's Guaranty Agreement Co-Op Not Exempt from Lead Paint Mandate

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Amazon Didn't Exceed Scope of License to Stream Chinese Drama California Talent Agency's Lawsuit in Texas Won't Be Stayed Pending Proceeding Before California Labor Commissioner King Holmes Fires Back at Band's Legal Malpractice Complaint No Substantial Similarity Found Between TV Show Abbott Elementary and Plaintiff's Teacher-Focused Treatment for Proposed TV Series

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Law Firms Happy to Trade Falling Realization Rates for Strong Rate Increases

Dan Roe

While some firm leaders pointed to market factors such as economic uncertainty, most indicated that declining realization rates were a price they were happy to pay in exchange for several years of strong rate increases.

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Law Firm Offices Continued to Shrink In 2023, But Real Estate Costs Did Not

Dan Roe

Despite the overall trend of downsizing, about 42% of the 80 Am Law 200 firms increased their real estate footprints in 2023. Proportionally, the downsizing was more aggressive than the footprint growth.

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An Early Look: The 2024 Am Law 200 Financials

ALM Staff

As firm financials results stream in, we're covering them firm by firm, as we've always done. You can read those story in this continually updated feed. So bookmark it, check back regularly, and stay tuned for the Am Law 100 and Second Hundred reports coming soon.

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AI Needs Its 'Come to Jesus' Moment

Brett Burney & Steve Salkin

It's time to stop the hype, stop talking up AI as if it's the next best thing since sliced bread and prove that it's a useful tool and technology that can actually be used in the actual practice of law.

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Sui Generis: Draft Like You Mean It

Lydia Pilch

The automatic acceptance of various boilerplate clauses in commercial leases in the face of jurisprudential modernity and evolving legal approaches is dangerous. The evolutionary exploits of a commercial lease aren't done yet, nor should they be.

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