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Legal Tech: Effective Preservation Measures In Litigation Readiness
February 01, 2022
Basic ESI preservation steps, including litigation holds, relevant source checklists, and follow up steps with custodians may not be enough in some instances. Given the frequency of data loss from custodial and non-custodial sources, companies should also consider incorporating remediation strategies into their approach to preservation to better ensure defensibility.
Damage Mitigation Under the HSTPA
February 01, 2022
When the NY state legislature enacted the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA), much of the statute's focus was on increased protection for rent regulated tenants. But the statute also includes a number of significant provisions that apply to market rate tenants.
Real Property Law
February 01, 2022
Questions of Fact About Whether Deed Conveyed to Centerline of Abutting Road Deed Created Easement, Not Fee Questions of Fact About Meaning of Restrictive Covenant Adverse Possession By 99-Year Lessee Equitable Lien Claim Fails Agreement Released Trespass and Nuisance Claims Against Neighbor Easement Not Abandoned
Co-ops and Condominiums
February 01, 2022
No Quorum At Shareholders' Meeting Nuisance and Fraudulent Conveyance Claims Restored
Development
February 01, 2022
Landowner Lacked Standing to Challenge Zoning Amendment Sierra Club Lacks Standing to Challenge Zoning Amendment
Landlord & Tenant Law
February 01, 2022
DHCR Had Rational Basis for MCI Determination Guarantor's Letter Did Not Revoke Guaranty
The Rise of Innovation In a Hyper-Competitive Market for Legal Talent
February 01, 2022
The results of interviewing 30 chief talent officers along with directors and managers of recruiting reveal the impact of the pandemic on entry-level and lateral hiring, the appetite for leveraging technology to address the rapid acceleration in on-campus interviewing and lateral recruitment, and the increased focus on innovation to fuel law firm success.
SEO for Law Firms: Will It Help You Win More Clients?
February 01, 2022
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a great way to help drive traffic to your website, but is also a very misunderstood term. This article helps clarify what SEO for law firms really is, and if it will help with your business development activities.
Is Sales Enablement The Next Big Thing In Legal Services?
February 01, 2022
Law firms can look to a growing trend, however, among their corporate brethren as a model to solve the business development training challenge. It's called Sales Enablement.
Five Important Marketing Steps to Take In 2022
February 01, 2022
There's simply no better time than these early days of 2022 to take the time to consider and prioritize some essential first steps you can promptly execute to ensure your law practice is on the right path to being even more successful in January 2023 than it is today.

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