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United Kingdom Approves Online Safety Bill; Making Social Media Companies Responsible
December 01, 2023
The United Kingdom's Online Safety Bill makes social media companies responsible to prevent and remove illegal or dangerous content, including posts relating to terrorism, child exploitation, hate crimes or fraud.
New Jersey Looks to Other States In Enacting Data Privacy Legislation
December 01, 2023
At this juncture New Jersey stands at a crossroad, with the Legislature facing important choices on the scope and terms of comprehensive privacy legislation that will have a dramatic impact on business operations as well as the individual rights of New Jersey residents.
Turning the Tables: Ransomware Actor Files Complaint With the SEC Against Victim for Failing to Timely Disclose Cyberattack
December 01, 2023
Ransomware operation AlphV/BlackCat has filed a SEC complaint against one of its alleged victims, MeridianLink, for allegedly failing to comply with the four-day rule to disclose a cyberattack.
In Case You Missed It: AI Ethics, Algorithms and Other Takeaways from the First-Ever IAPP AI Conference
December 01, 2023
The conference's panels and keynotes looked to connect the dots between the tools governments and individuals have in the age of AI to protect themselves — and the tools they will need to develop.
Litigation Finance Offers Significant Benefits for Restructuring Matters
December 01, 2023
In today's volatile economic climate, companies need to be more creative to find ways to mitigate risk. Litigation finance is one of those out-of-the-box solutions that can provide benefits.
Experience Management: Selecting Best of Breed Solutions for Better Business Outcomes
December 01, 2023
Experience management is vital not only in terms of raw time savings and cost efficiencies but is pivotal in the firm's ability to win new business.
Leveraging Data and Deal Terms to Meet the Demands of the DOJ's New M&A Safe Harbor
December 01, 2023
This article describes the DOJ's new M&A safe harbor policy and also provides practical insights on how companies engaged in M&A can meet the DOJ's expectations.
Ninth Circuit Focuses On Extrinsic Test In Ruling On Choreography Copyright
December 01, 2023
Reversing and remanding, the Ninth Circuit emphasized: "The district court's approach of reducing choreography to 'poses' is fundamentally at odds with the way we analyze copyright claims for other art forms, like musical compositions."
Want to Get Your Attorneys More Engaged? Get Them In the Office
December 01, 2023
Law firm leaders are increasingly concerned with lack of engagement. With law firm demand down and office attendance policies in flux, many firms don't believe their workforce is optimally motivated and are struggling with disengagement. The concern is that psychological investment changes when professionals don't see co-workers in the office, making it easier to develop distance, and disconnect.
Second Circuit Likely to Deliver Big Win for Commercial Shopping Center Lessor
December 01, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, on remand from the Supreme Court, further remanded to the district court the key issue of whether the Chapter 11 debtor gave "adequate assurance of future performance of" a commercial real property shopping center lease "as required by the Bankruptcy Code after the debtor's assignment of its lease.

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