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Despite Aggressive Rate Increases from Law Firms, Clients Have Room to Negotiate
March 01, 2023
Rate increases across the legal industry haven't been as big as the conventional wisdom implies, and clients have more room to negotiate than they probably realize.
Marketing Tech: Legal Ops Success In an Uncertain Economy
March 01, 2023
Ari Kaplan speaks to leaders in legal ops on key themes emerged that are likely to drive new initiatives in 2023.
Rights of Tenant to Security Deposit When Landlord Files for Bankruptcy
March 01, 2023
As we debate whether there will be a "soft" or "hard" landing of the economy and the resulting effect of different landings on the volume of bankruptcy filings, it is helpful to review how a bankruptcy filing affects not only rights between a creditor and the debtor, but also the respective rights of creditors against property held by the debtor.
Embedded Finance Is Changing the Business of Law
March 01, 2023
A revolution is underway in small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) banking and payments and will impact the way legal, accounting and other professional services firms manage their finances.
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March 01, 2023
"Ripple Effect: The Taylor Swift Tour Ticket Debacle," at SXSW Conference. Austin, TX, March 15.
Co-ops and Condominiums
March 01, 2023
Amendment of Bylaws Relieves Condominiums of Obligation to Use Association for Repair Services
Crypto Collapse Gives View of 'Property' Values In the Metaverse
March 01, 2023
Before CRE owners and operators create that experiential virtual shopping mall or virtual office on a metaverse platform for their tenants, they need to make sure the tenants won't decide that the virtual experience is so good that they no longer have any use for the built portfolio.
IP News
March 01, 2023
Federal Circuit: Prosecution Laches Applies to Patent Claiming 1987 Priority Date Federal Circuit: Appellate Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Interlocutory Appeal of Protective Order Dispute
ESG 'Greenwashing' Litigation On the Rise
March 01, 2023
Increased attention paid to companies' public promotion of their environmental and sustainability programs is likely to continue in 2023, with further developments in regulation and litigation pertaining to "greenwashing" — a marketing practice which involves unsubstantiated or exaggerated claims about the environmentally friendly or socially-responsible attributes of an organization's products or services.
How to Cut Through the Content Marketing Noise
March 01, 2023
Content marketing is not dead. But it has evolved — and it's more challenging than ever to "win" at content marketing.

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