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How Should Lawyers Be Using AI Today? A Legalweek Unscientific Survey Image

How Should Lawyers Be Using AI Today? A Legalweek Unscientific Survey

Steve Salkin

Results of our annual informal poll of tech experts at Legalweek: How law firms should (or could) be using AI as the technology stands today.

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Safeguarding Your Law Firm: Why AI Policies Are Essential for Legal Practices Image

Safeguarding Your Law Firm: Why AI Policies Are Essential for Legal Practices

Eric Hoffmaster

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic idea for law firms; it is a rapidly evolving reality reshaping the way practices operate, offering law firms opportunities for greater efficiency, enhanced research capabilities and improved client service. However, as AI’s role in legal work expands, firms must adopt well-defined AI policies to protect client confidentiality, mitigate risks and ensure ethical compliance. Without a structured AI framework, law firms expose themselves to security breaches, malpractice risks and reputational damage.

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Crypto Enforcement Still Has a Pulse Image

Crypto Enforcement Still Has a Pulse

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert & Emily Smit

The contrast between the Trump Administration’s ostentatious embrace of cryptocurrency and the prior administration’s chilly skepticism has led some to suggest that the multi-billion-dollar industry is at the dawn of an enforcement-devoid free for all. A more recent, lower key announcement, however, indicates that enforcement still has a pulse, and can be expected to play a part in that new approach.

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A Primer on the New Jersey Data Privacy Act Image

A Primer on the New Jersey Data Privacy Act

John Soumilas

The New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA), went into effect this past Jan. 15. The NJDPA represents New Jersey’s entry into the burgeoning field of data privacy laws, as it joins 18 other states that have passed such laws.

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Back to the Future: How Data Privacy Laws Can Teach Us What to Expect With AI Regulation Image

Back to the Future: How Data Privacy Laws Can Teach Us What to Expect With AI Regulation

Ryan Steidl

While the amount of AI legislation introduced in various states is relatively limited, the scope of issues being legislated is quite broad. Despite the many uncertainties that remain to be clarified, there are actually many parallels between how data privacy laws took shape five years ago, and how AI legislation is developing today.

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The Curious Persistence of the Six-Factor Trade Secret Test Image

The Curious Persistence of the Six-Factor Trade Secret Test

Richard Rothman

This two-part article discusses the proof required for information to be considered a trade secret under U.S. statutory law, and includes detailed insight into the six-factor test outlined in the Restatement of Torts. Part One includes the evolving tests for determining a trade secret.

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From Good to Great: How Law Firms Achieve Best-in-Class Profitability Image

From Good to Great: How Law Firms Achieve Best-in-Class Profitability

Gary Allen

What makes a law firm a best-in-class financial performer — and how to make my own practice more successful and enjoyable? This article provides simple principles any small to midsize law firm can use to improve performance.

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Beyond the Logo: How AI Complicates Trademark Protection In the Digital Age  Image

Beyond the Logo: How AI Complicates Trademark Protection In the Digital Age 

Allen Adamson

Today, building brands solely on the promise of a different product or service has become unsustainable. Any “new and improved” feature or benefit is quickly eclipsed by competitors. Consequently, brands signal category superiority not through rational claims, but by reinforcing a distinct persona — a “ness” comprised of distinguishing traits and behaviors that form an ownable brand essence difficult for competitors to replicate.

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AI Emerging As Critical Tool for Commercial Real Estate Image

AI Emerging As Critical Tool for Commercial Real Estate

Brian Peykar

In the fast paced world of commercial real estate, AI is emerging as a critical tool to increase efficiency, reduce costs and provide new opportunities. The infusion of AI into the real estate industry has the potential to change how properties are valued, managed and marketed.

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Non-Creditor Was Entitled to Actual Notice of A Chapter 11 Plan’s Injunction Barring Suits Against Insurance Carriers Image

Non-Creditor Was Entitled to Actual Notice of A Chapter 11 Plan’s Injunction Barring Suits Against Insurance Carriers

Daniel A. Lowenthal

A person who was not a creditor of a bankruptcy estate was entitled to actual notice of an injunction that would bar the non-creditor from suing the debtors’ insurance carriers, a federal court has ruled.

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