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The Critical Role of Legal and PR in Crisis Management
July 31, 2025
A crisis can greatly threaten an organization's reputation and operational stability. Whether a major product failure, cyberattack, or public health scandal, how a company reacts can define its future. Recent crises involving industry giants underscore the need for a coordinated response that integrates both legal and public relations expertise.
Denmark Deepfake Strategy Anchored In Copyright, Not Privacy
July 31, 2025
Denmark aims to make EU history by using copyright law — not privacy rules — to crack down on deepfakes and protect personal likenesses, diverging from the approaches adopted in the U.S. and other nations.
Inside the AI Revolution: Reshaping Law and Public Policy
July 31, 2025
For attorneys, especially those working in and around state governments, where lobbying and practicing law often go hand-in-hand, the writing on the wall is clear: manual research and traditional legal software are not optimized for these tasks. This is why generative AI is starting to establish a presence in the legal and lobbying industries.
In the AI Era, Authority Is the Key to Future-Proofing a Law Practice
July 31, 2025
The more we become commodities — and most legal marketers are happy to assist in this process — then the less we can charge our clients, the less we can match up with the right clients, and the easier we are to be replaced by AI. The old tricks that fooled Google will soon stop working.
Legal Pros Discuss How to Handle Personally Identifiable Information In Bankruptcy Cases
July 31, 2025
Large amounts of data including personally identifiable information can be compromised in the event that debtors file for bankruptcy, and sell the information to pay back creditors.
Meta’s Use of Copyrighted Books to Train LLMs Ruled ‘Fair Use,’ But Ruling Limited
July 01, 2025
A federal judge handed Meta a major win on June 24 in a closely watched copyright case over its use of books to train large language models, but the ruling stopped well short of giving tech companies blanket protection to scrape creative works for artificial intelligence.
Challenges and Evolving Role for Legal Ops Pros In AI and Tech Environment
July 01, 2025
The role of legal operations professionals is changing as their responsibilities grow and they contend with new and potentially disruptive technologies.
Five State Privacy Laws Went Into Effect In 2025: Here’s What You Need to Know
July 01, 2025
Five new state privacy laws took effect in January 2025 — Delaware (DPDPA), Iowa (ICDPA), Nebraska (NDPA), New Hampshire (NHPA), and New Jersey (NJDPA) — adding to the compliance maze for businesses operating across state lines. This latest wave of legislation creates a patchwork of requirements that include critical variations in three key areas: applicability thresholds, covered data categories and enforcement protocols.
As Restaurants Roll Out AI, Cyber Risks Are On the Menu
July 01, 2025
A quick-service restaurant holding company’s plans to use artificial intelligence to enhance customers’ ordering experience is highlighting a new era of cyber liability risks. Data privacy concerns continue to drive lawsuits, and plaintiffs’ attorneys continue to seek creative ways to litigate privacy violations alongside rapidly evolving AI technologies, often bringing claims under laws that predate the internet itself.
Med Tech Patent Case Offers Examples for AI Enabled Innovation In Any Industry
July 01, 2025
While the case discussed in this article involved medical health technology, the implicated issues inform patent strategies for AI enabled inventions across all industries. Patent applicants should expect to see reliance by the Patent Office not only on its 2019 Guidance but also on its examples illustrating application of the guidance in the context of AI related innovation.

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