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How to Make 2017 a Game Changer

How will you help make 2017 a different kind of year for your lawyer clients? More prosperous?

10 Things That Should Be on Every CMO's Radar in 2017

The legal profession, marketing technology and clients' buying and retention habits are changing dramatically. Law firm marketing leaders need to think differently about lead generation, big data, project delivery and leadership.

Make 2017 the Year To Get Smart

Taking Your Firm's CI to the Next Level

The One Shift That Will Improve Lawyers' BD Results and Make Life Easier

Business development needn't be complicated, difficult or distressing. However, for many lawyers, it's all of that. Much of the uncertainty and anxiety can be eliminated by a single shift in perspective.

Virtual Snooping

The modern-day snoop is all too often someone you know. If this consideration doesn't leave you paranoid and looking over your shoulder, it should.

The Copyright Office has mandated a new procedure for how online service providers — including websites, hosting companies, mobile app publishers and other online services that permit user-generated content — must designate an agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement under the DMCA.

Injunction of the DOL's Overtime Rule and Its Appeal

Is the Department of Labor overtime rule now dead? Will the overtime rule be modified to a more modest version? Much uncertainty remains regarding the recently announced overtime rule in both the legal and the political sphere.

The Continuing Evolution of the False Claims Act

The number of lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) continues to increase. In 2015 alone, relators filed over 600 qui tam complaints — and courts awarded over $3.5 billion — under the FCA.

Decision of Note NY Apps. Court Says Pre-'72 Recordings Have No Public Performance Right

No common law right of public performance exists in New York state to compel Sirius XM Radio to pay fees for the use of pre-Feb. 15, 1972 sound recordings by popular artists such as The Turtles, the state's highest court ruled in Flo & Eddie Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Quarterly State Compliance Review

This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect Jan. 1, 2017.

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