AI and Law Practice: Challenges and Opportunities
        
      October 01, 2023
    
 As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, legal practitioners are presented with both challenges and opportunities to harness the power of AI in their practices. This article lays out a general roadmap for success in modern legal firms through the strategic incorporation of AI technologies.
 
        Effective Hybrid Work Polices Need To Have Teeth
        
      October 01, 2023
    
 What seemed almost a near certainty a year ago — that law firms would fully and permanently embrace work-from-home — is experiencing a seeming reversal. While many firms have, in fact, embraced hybrid operations, the meaning of hybrid has evolved from "office optional," to an average required 2 days a week, to now many firms coming out with four-day work week mandates — this time, with teeth.
 
        The Cold War Between NCAA And States Over Athletes' NILs
        
      October 01, 2023
    
 Over the past four years, the NCAA aggressively lobbied Congress to pass a uniform NIL standard. Roughly a dozen bills have been sponsored by Democrats and Republicans alike, though none has ever advanced to a vote. Consequently, it appears increasingly likely that the courts will be called upon once again to intervene.
 
        DIP Financing and Liens On Avoidance Actions
        
      October 01, 2023
    
 The Eighth Circuit's decision in Simply Essentials has practical significance for Chapter 11 debtor in possession (DIP) lenders. U.S. Trustees and unsecured creditors regularly object to the granting of liens on avoidance actions, but this and other appellate rulings should now eliminate the purported legal obstacle.
 
        Restitution Rights for Victims of White-Collar Crime
        
      October 01, 2023
    
 However, when corporate misconduct rises to the level of a crime, and when that crime results in a federal criminal conviction, victims have an alternative: an order of restitution as part of the corporate defendant's criminal sentence. As discussed below, victims enjoy several strategic advantages in a restitution proceeding that they do not in civil litigation.
 
        Landlord & Tenant Law
        
      October 01, 2023
    
 Questions of Fact About Whether Tenant Exercised Renewal Option
Hearing Necessary to Determine Whether Landlord Can Remove Tenant to Complete Restoration Work
Questions of Fact About Landlord Fraud
Additional Security Deposit Constitutes Source of Income Discrimination
 
        How D.C. Fed. Court Denied Copyright to AI-Created Artwork
        
      October 01, 2023
    
 The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently upheld a final refusal by the U.S. Copyright Office to register a visual work that was "autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine," which the plaintiff called the Creativity Machine and identified as the "author" of the work.