Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Search


Majority of U.S. Law Firms Plan to Change Real Estate Footprint Over Next Two Years
July 01, 2024
Roughly 85% of U.S. law firms plan to change the size of their real estate portfolio over the next two years, with more than half expecting to add space and about a third planning to reduce it.
LJN Quarterly Update: 2024 Q1
June 05, 2024
Highlights some of the in-depth analysis and insights from lawyers and other practice area experts from the nine LJN Newsletters titles over the first quarter of 2024.
Are You For Real? Dealing with the Proliferation of Deepfakes
June 01, 2024
Notwithstanding the significant threats facing companies as a result of deepfake technology, there are several things companies can do to protect themselves and their employees from becoming the victim of a deepfake scam.
A Playbook for CRM Adoption
June 01, 2024
Here's the playbook for disruption: Take attorneys out of the equation. Stop building CRM that succeeds or fails on their shoulders. We need to shift the focus and, instead, build the technology from the ground up for the professionals who actually use it: marketing and business development.
CRM Success: A Playbook for Disrupting Traditional CRM
June 01, 2024
Here's the playbook for disruption: Take attorneys out of the equation. Stop building CRM that succeeds or fails on their shoulders. We need to shift the focus and, instead, build the technology from the ground up for the professionals who actually use it: marketing and business development.
Trade Secret Protection Plans Provide Certainty to Employers
June 01, 2024
The protection of trade secrets has long been understood to be a legitimate business interest, and, traditionally, companies have used non-competition clauses to protect their trade secrets. Now, with non-competition agreements in doubt and facing greater scrutiny, companies will need to rely on other protection mechanisms.
7 Recommendations for Social Media Influencers and Companies to Protect Themselves Against Copyright Issues
June 01, 2024
By understanding some of the risks posed by copyright law and by following the above recommendations, influencers and brands can protect their creative works and reputations and build a mutually beneficial partnership.
Federal Circuit Overrules 'Rosen-Durling' Test for Design Patent Obviousness
June 01, 2024
The downfall of the Rosen-Durling test will generally make it harder to obtain design patents and easier to invalidate design patents.
I Got Royalties, Babe: L.A. Federal Court Sides With Cher On Income from Sonny's Song Interests
June 01, 2024
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has decided that the termination by Mary Bono of grants made by her late husband Sonny Bono under the copyright-assignment termination provision of the Copyright Act didn't affect royalty rights under a 1978 marital settlement agreement between Sonny and ex-wife Cher.
Compliance Requirements of CISA's Proposed Cyber Incident Reporting Rule
June 01, 2024
This article focuses on the requirements of CISA's proposed cyber incident reporting rule, the compliance requirements for covered entities and the steps entities can take to protect themselves.

MOST POPULAR STORIES

  • Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
    “Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
    Read More ›
  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
    Read More ›
  • Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
    There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
    Read More ›