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Understanding Your Clients' Changing Needs In a Post-Pandemic Legal Market
September 01, 2021
If it was challenging to get facetime with clients pre-pandemic, that challenge has only multiplied in the post-pandemic world. As firms look for creative ways to reconnect with clients, client interviews and surveys have become more important than ever for ensuring client satisfaction, loyalty and profitability.
Bit Parts
September 01, 2021
N.Y. Federal Court Rules State's Anti-SLAPP Statute Doesn't Apply in Federal Court Lawsuits
Beyond Se Habla Español: Insights Into Selling to the Expanding Hispanic Market
September 01, 2021
Law firms frequently lack the appropriate marketing strategies to engage the growing U.S. Hispanic population. The lack of a cohesive strategy poses a risk to a law firm's current and future growth potential. This article explores practical insights for law firms that want to serve this rapidly expanding market.
Emojis and E-Discovery
September 01, 2021
Emojis are an important aspect of everyday communication in 2021. Given their ubiquity, there should be little surprise that emojis have become a key source of evidence in civil and criminal cases.
How Will Courts Determine Business Expense Legitimacy Under SEC's New Disgorgement Authority?
September 01, 2021
Answering that question will force defendants facing SEC enforcement actions to focus on demonstrating the legitimacy of expenses in developing their litigation strategies.
U.S. Supreme Court Could Make Copyright Officer Significant Player In Copyright Infringement Litigation
September 01, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Unicolors v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz to address the following question: "Did the Ninth Circuit err in breaking with its own prior precedent and the findings of other circuits and the Copyright Office in holding that 17 U.S.C. §411 requires referral to the Copyright Office where there is no indicia of fraud or material error as to the work at issue in the subject copyright registration?"
Professional Development: Training the New Crop of Incoming Associates
September 01, 2021
Young lawyers do not learn to practice law in school. They are missing practical application of the law. This must be taught by senior lawyers. The following is a step-by-step guide for attorneys who finds themselves responsible for training new lawyers.
Real Property Law
September 01, 2021
Exclusion for Zoning Regulations Bars Title Insurance Claim Transfer of Residential Properties Not a Fraudulent Transfer Property Owner on Constructive Notice of City's Relocation Lien Fraudulent Transfer Finding Upheld
Second Circuit Expands Federal Class Actions for Mortgagors
September 01, 2021
The Second Circuit recently held that a bare violation of mortgage satisfaction recording statutes without a demonstration of actual injury conferred federal jurisdiction, meaning that a mortgagor now has the ability to bring a class action in federal court. Thus, statutes designed to be merely remedial in nature can now be used punitively against lenders and servicers.
Supreme Court's Denial to Hear Student Debt Discharge Case Leaves Ambiguity
September 01, 2021
With federal student loan forbearance set to expire at the end of September, many hoped the high court would provide, if not clarity, at least uniformity for the millions of Americans who currently are on the hook for student loans.

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