Legal Tech: EDRM Is Getting a Facelift: Version 2.0 Is Coming
April 01, 2023
With proliferating data sources from collaboration apps, cloud technology and innovations like generative AI, along with evolving international data transfer regimes, e-discovery is in a rapid evolution. And the EDRM model is currently in the process of being updated to reflect that.
Revision to the Definition of 'Waters of the United States'
April 01, 2023
In April of 2020, the EPA and the Department of the Army began the process of revising the definition of the term Waters of the United States (WOTUS). After the new administration took office in 2021, a new final rule was recently published. The changes are scheduled to take effect this year. The definition is significant for a multitude of land uses, as it places limitations on activities that may be conducted within and adjacent to such waters or, in some instances, requires the issuance of permits before certain activities may be conducted.
Landlord & Tenant Law
April 01, 2023
HSTPA Does Not Violate Taking or Due Process Clauses
Landlord Liable for Bite By Tenant's Dog
Tenant Not Liable As Holdover Absent Offer and Acceptance of Rent Payments
Issues of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Habitability Claim
Real Property Law
April 01, 2023
Injunctive Relief Denied In Action to Enforce Restrictive Covenant
Neighbor Lacked Standing to Enforce Restrictive Covenant
Easement Holder Entitled to Preliminary Injunction
Disposition to Husband and Wife Creates Tenancy By the Entirety
Tax Sale Notice Satisfied Statutory and Constitutional Requirements
Co-ops and Condominiums
April 01, 2023
No Binding Contract Between COOPA and Shareholders
Failure to Provide Notice of Mortgage Justifies Return of Downpayment In Foreclosure Sale
ChatGPT or Me?
April 01, 2023
A Generative AI Primer for Law Firm Marketers
ChatGPT can provide a new channel for client engagement and interaction, which can help improve the client experience and drive client acquisition. It also has its pros and cons.
5 Benefits of Integrating Your Communications Strategy
April 01, 2023
An integrated communication strategy can increase the effectiveness of an organization's communication efforts by enabling targeted messaging, maintaining brand consistency, leveraging multiple channels, measuring results and responding effectively to crises.
Voice of the Client: General Counsel's Top Concerns and Other Takeaways From A GC Panel
April 01, 2023
While General Counsel are becoming involved in more areas of the business, especially as a result of COVID, their core responsibility remains enterprise risk. The conversation at a recent general counsel panel at the Southern California Marketing Partners Forum examined the evolution of the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel roles, especially in light of increasingly lean staffs and support and the ways in which outside counsel may be well-positioned to help bring more resources, more support, and more collaboration to the relationship.
Changing Reporter Landscape Affecting Legal Marketing
April 01, 2023
It's not your grandmother's legal marketing department. It's not even your mother's. For a marketer focused on media relations, the journalistic landscape is very different now and it affects the practice of media relations. For just as legal marketing departments have been growing, newsrooms have been shrinking. So what's a lawyer and her PR guy to do?
