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Individual Liability and Criminalizing Cybersecurity Response
June 01, 2022
To date, cybersecurity has generally been viewed as an organizational responsibility, and data breaches similarly have been treated as organizational weaknesses or failures. Against this backdrop of organizational responsibility, the Department of Justice has brought a noteworthy criminal case against an individual for his personal response to a corporate data breach.
Landlord & Tenant Law Case Update
June 01, 2022
COVID-19 Does Not Trigger Frustration of Purpose or Impossibility Defenses Tenant Entitled to Actual Damages for Landlord Breach, But Not to Suspension Payment COVID-19 Does Not Excuse Failure to Pay Rent
Upcoming Event
June 01, 2022
30th Cutting Edge Entertainment Law Seminar. New Orleans, July 7-9, 2022
Rising Expenses and M&A Slowdown Could Sink Profit Growth This Year
June 01, 2022
Stifling expenses and a slowdown in transactional work during the first quarter could sink profit growth for the rest of the year, according to a new analysis of legal industry performance.
IP News
May 31, 2022
Federal Circuit: Agreement Between Patent Owner and Third Party Was Not Insulated from The On-Sale Bar
The Slack Explosion: Convenient Yet Complicated, Part 2 
May 01, 2022
Best Practices to Simplify Future E-discovery Part Two of a Two-Part Series Just as the legal industry had to scramble to figure out how to handle email and other electronic documents a couple decades ago, e-discovery practices must once again shift to account for the realities of business being conducted via chat and the massive amounts of new types of data that chat platforms generate.
The Importance of ISO Certification for Law Firms
May 01, 2022
ISO certification is not just a critical way to ensure your firm's security; it's increasingly important for any firm that wants to maintain a competitive advantage in today's legal market.
Metaverse Raises Privacy and Cybersecurity Concerns
May 01, 2022
The Metaverse will be the next version of the Internet that provides an immersive virtual experience. For now, the extent to which Metaverse technology will be integrated into our physical world remains unknown. This raises new concerns about data privacy, cybersecurity, new cybercrimes and constitutional issues.
E-Commerce Sellers Should Be Preemptive to Mitigate Effects of Account Suspensions for IP Infringement
May 01, 2022
E-commerce channel providers' suspension of sellers' accounts associated with alleged intellectual property infringement is fast, and suspension remediation is time-consuming and costly. Consequently, e-commerce sellers should contemplate pre-emptive legal and business arrangements to ameliorate potential e-commerce account suspensions consequences.
Cybersecurity Concerns Grow In Russia's War
May 01, 2022
After a raft of debilitating Western sanctions on Russia and the exodus of global firms from Moscow, Russia-originating cyber attacks are a growing concern among law firms, as the war delivers the loudest reminder yet to both firms and their clients that they must be prepared.

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