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Legal Possession: What Does It Mean? Image

Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?

Thomas. C. Lambert & Steven Shackman

Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Juliet Gunev

Former Cognizant Technology COO Settles FCPA Case In Relation to India Office Construction Project

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Seeing Green: Protecting Brands In the Cannabis Industry Image

Seeing Green: Protecting Brands In the Cannabis Industry

David S. Gold

Branding is not a new concept, nor are the various intellectual property laws that protect brands. What is new to most is how this burgeoning industry can take advantage of those laws within the context of state and federal restrictions.

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Did Congress Create Unintended Risks to Innovators In the AIA?  Image

Did Congress Create Unintended Risks to Innovators In the AIA? 

Glenn E.J. Murphy

Many observers greeted the passage of the AIA into law as a long-overdue overhaul of U.S. patent law that aligned it with patent systems prevailing in the rest of the world. Who knew what mischief just seven of the AIA's more than 25,000 words contained? The U.S. Supreme Court answered earlier this year.

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Cybersecurity In the Legal Space: Is Your Organization Prepared? Image

Cybersecurity In the Legal Space: Is Your Organization Prepared?

Sundhar Rajan

Organizations that continue to be complacent about data security ignore the considerable risks posed by a breach: extended downtime, loss of billable hours, destruction or loss of sensitive data and work product, and the potentially catastrophic costs associated with repairing the damage — both to their technology infrastructure and to their reputation and brand.

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GDPR & CCPA Are Just the Beginning Image

GDPR & CCPA Are Just the Beginning

Karen A. Schuler

How Middle Market Companies Can Shore Up Their Data Privacy The most significant overhaul to the EU's data privacy policies in over 20 years, with extraterritorial reach, forced American businesses to remediate, and in some cases, overhaul their data privacy governance programs. But the GPDR was just the beginning. Organizations seeking compliance with the growing number of data privacy regulations will need to remain vigilant, especially for organizations that rely heavily on personal data.

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'Mixed Messages': DOJ Efforts to Dismiss Qui Tam Actions Image

'Mixed Messages': DOJ Efforts to Dismiss Qui Tam Actions

Jonathan S. Feld & Katie J. Welch

Despite the historical trend of reduced government involvement in qui tam actions, the government is sending "mixed messages" regarding its view of FCA relators.

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New York's 2019 Rent Laws: Impact on Commercial Landlords

Daniel J. Ansell

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation modifying existing rent laws and enacting significant landlord-tenant reforms. To date, the real estate industry has focused primarily on the sweeping impact the new laws will have on residential tenancies and the deregulation of rent-stabilized apartments. The reforms, however, also dramatically impact commercial tenancies by altering non-residential summary proceedings and significantly hampering the ability of commercial landlords to respond effectively and quickly to tenant defaults.

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Legislative Heat Wave: A Mid-Year Review of Upcoming Cybersecurity Laws and Enforcement Activity Image

Legislative Heat Wave: A Mid-Year Review of Upcoming Cybersecurity Laws and Enforcement Activity

Michael Bahar, Sarah Paul, Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik & Ali Jessani

While legislation to enhance data privacy rights and obligations continue to make headlines, regulators and legislators are also stepping up their cybersecurity expectations. In the first half of 2019, a number of states have updated their existing data breach notification laws and passed new cybersecurity requirements.

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SHIELD Act Signed in NY Image

SHIELD Act Signed in NY

F. Paul Greene

<b><i>Defines Data Breach and Requires Data Security Controls</b></i><p>New York has brought itself into line with a number of states concerning how they define a data breach, and, where applicable, what substantive security controls they require.

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