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Online Extra: 'Across-the-Board' Cost Increases Expected To Have Major Impact On 2024 Legal Ops
December 01, 2023
Although the inflation rate is down, law firms are still fighting "across-the-board" cost increases, including for talent and technology, as well as overhead costs for occupancy. Those costs are expected to have an outsize influence on law firm operations going into 2024.
EU's New Foreign Subsidies Regulation Creates Risk for Foreign Companies
December 01, 2023
Now, large companies doing business in the EU must report any financial contribution received from a government in a non-EU country in the last three years.
PA Court Rules Against Property Owners Alleging Impermissible Spot Zoning
December 01, 2023
In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rejected an appeal brought by neighboring property owners alleging that a local ordinance constituted impermissible spot zoning. In its analysis, the Commonwealth Court emphasized the heavy burden a challenger must meet to overcome the presumptive validity of a zoning ordinance.
IP News
December 01, 2023
Ninth Circuit Upholds Copyright Infringement Dismissal In 'Jangle Vision Twins' Case
Online Extra: WeWork Creditors Likely to Attempt to Pierce Corporate Veil In Bankruptcy Court
December 01, 2023
WeWork's Chapter 11 bankruptcy has stayed a Manhattan Commercial Division decision allowing plaintiffs to dig around in 11 years of the tanked company's finances — but observers say it's likely creditors will now try to pierce the corporate veil in the bankruptcy proceeding.
Co-ops and Condominiums
December 01, 2023
Summary Judgment Denied In Trespass and Nuisance Claim Against Upstairs Neighbor
INFOGRAPHIC: Keeping Up with the Evolving Patchwork of Laws: An Interactive Map of State Privacy Laws
December 01, 2023
An Interactive Map of State Privacy Laws
Happy Anniversary ChatGPT! Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence in Your Law Firm Practice One Year into this Disruptive Technology Phenomenon
November 01, 2023
While the societal impact of technology is not a new concept, GenAI stands out due to its accessibility to the public and its profound influence on knowledge-based industries like law. In addition to boosting efficiency and productivity, GenAI's new technological capabilities hold the promise of empowering lawyers to offer more precise and insightful guidance to their clients.
Testimonial Evidence Technology Is Transforming the Litigation Landscape
November 01, 2023
Managing and presenting testimony are changing a lot these days thanks to new technology. Some of the innovations lawyers are using to handle depositions, witness statements, exhibits and other evidence more efficiently and persuasively will alter the way matters are handled for the foreseeable future.
AI and Law Practice: A Roadmap for Success In Modern Legal Firms, Part 2
November 01, 2023
Part Two of a Two-Part Article A report on the September panel discussion sponsored by the Miami Dade Bar Association Law and Technology Committee, on AI and how to effectively use it in law firms.

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