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New Blockchain Domain Developments for Brand Owners
July 01, 2024
This article explores the issues associated with trademark protection in blockchain domain names and examines new steps and policies that blockchain domain registrars should implement to safeguard brand owners.
5 Ways AI Strengthens Client Relationships and Revenue Generation
July 01, 2024
Maintaining consistent communication with clients can be time-consuming for most law firm professionals. Because balancing this task with other competing responsibilities becomes challenging, the time has never been better for firms to start introducing technology, like AI, to improve their overall business.
It's Not Business Development Or Marketing. It's Business Development And Marketing
July 01, 2024
The common denominator between business development and marketing is the lawyers, who have to be savvy users of both the marketing and business development functions of their firms
Fresh Filings
July 01, 2024
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.
Ninth Circuit: Debt In Asset Case Is Nondischargeable If Debtor Fails to Properly Schedule the Debt
July 01, 2024
In a recent published decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed a previously unresolved question in that circuit: whether a debtor's failure to properly schedule a debt in an "asset case" renders the debt nondischargeable.
Defending Against Extradition to the United States
July 01, 2024
The arm of U.S. extradition law is long. Fortunately, practitioners have defenses at their disposal that they may raise in the requested country's courts to help either limit the scope of prosecution once extradition occurs, or to prevent it altogether.
Real Property Law
July 01, 2024
No Release of Escrow When Questions of Fact Remain About Breach Questions of Fact Remain About Delay In Enforcing Easements Merger Doctrine Bars Buyer's Breach of Contract Claim Partition Claim Premature Without Judicial Investigation Reciprocal Easement Requires Cost-Sharing Secretary of State Not Required to Adopt Inspection Regulations
Key Takeaways from the Latest USPTO Guidance on AI
July 01, 2024
The April Guidance, which supplements prior guidance issued in February, seeks to remind practitioners of existing rules and to educate them on potential risks associated with artificial intelligence tool use, allowing practitioners to mitigate these risks.
Colorado Emerges As Pioneer With Consumer AI Legislation
July 01, 2024
The Colorado AI Act, the first of its kind in the country, aims to reshape AI system deployment and development, setting a precedent for other jurisdictions.
A Prepackaged Bankruptcy Could Be the Answer to a Mortgage Default
July 01, 2024
This article discusses the value of prepackaged bankruptcy as an alternative route for addressing commercial mortgage defaults in high tax jurisdictions.

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